CSW International Relations

Friday 1/6 – groups will meet to determine national goals, ambassador assignments, and start diplomatic logs

Tuesday 1/10 -

• Background info (Intelligence Packet) Quiz – 50 pts- there will be a vocab matching section and a written section on “What the World Knows” – in order to continue with participation in the simulation you cannot miss more that 5 questions on “what the world knows”
• The rest of the period will be spent in groups planning for the beginning of the simulation

1/24 – Diplomacy Simulation Begins

You will be assessed on the US Diplomacy material presented by your classmates on December 19th.  You should have notes that you took during these presentations.  Organize these and study from them to prepare.  I will allow you to use your notes for part of the assessment.  If they are a mess, it will be difficult for you to reference them.

Wednesday’s class will be spent reading about and discussing Special Envoys.   We will resume US Diplomatic Presentations on Friday.

If you are not going to be in class on 12/7 because of the NHS trip to New York City, you are to read the article “The Special Envoy in American Foreign Policy” and complete handout #1-1 “Compare and Contrast Envoys and Missions.”    You will need to pick up the reading and chart in class on 12/ 5 or during activity period on 12/6.   This will be the class assignment for 12/7.

DUE 12/13

1. Please have your evaluations of the four special envoys discussed in your reading.  You may use the chart I provided on handout 1-1 or you may recreate the chart either in your notebook or electronically. 
2. In addition to your chart, please make a list of qualities/characteristics you believe is important for special envoys to have in order to be successful in their position.  

Foreign Policy & Special Envoys Powerpoint notes from class 12/15

With all of our discussions in class concerning the violence in Syria, I thought this PBS Frontline episode titled “Syria Undercover”  Undercover reporting of this conflict is shown giving an insiders look at what is really happening.  Check it out!

While we are focusing on US Diplomacy Presentations, I would like you to keep up with current events on your own.  This will be an assignment that will substitute for participation points.  I would like you to summarize at least five current world events per week.

• Round 1 due Tuesday 11/29 – include events from 11/22 – 11/29.
• Round 2 due Monday 12/5 – include events from 11/29 – 12/4.
• Round 3 due Tuesday 12/ 13 – include events from 12/4 – 12/12.
• Round 4 due Thursday 1/12 - include events from 1/7 – 1/11

In addition to the summary, you need to cite your source (the entire URL) and document the date of the article.  Your articles should come from various sources and the dates should be spread out throughout the week and not all be from the day before the assignment is due!

Starting Tuesday November 15 IR students will be making presentations to the class regarding specific diplomatic situations faced by the US over the course of its existence. The presentations will go in chronological order. Students should research their topic and be ready to explain the following:

1. What is the nature of your event? What led up to it? What was the motivation behind it?
2. Who (people/countries) is involved?
3. How is the US involved directly or indirectly?
4. What are the short and long term consequences of this event?

Using the reading “National Power and Diplomacy” complete a detailed outline for the following sections by these due dates:

1. National Power: The Foundation of National Diplomacy (Nature and Elements of Power) pages 255-266 – Due Tuesday 10/18
2. Nature of Diplomacy (Diplomatic Events, Functions and Setting) pages 266-273 – Due date: Thursday 10/20
3. Evolution of Diplomacy (Early and Modern) pages 273-281 – Due date: Monday 10/24
4. Conduct of Diplomacy (Communications, Rules, Options) pages 281-287 – Due date: Wednesday 10/26

Download print/copy the IR History notes, read through them, highlight where you need clarification, and answer the 2 questions on the last slide regarding the new world order.

You will need to do some research to answer the questions about NWO.  Both questions have multiple answers.  You should have two separate paragraphs with citations for your research sources.

Due Monday 9/26

While you are doing this research, start to make a list of what you consider to be a superpower.

Realism, Liberalism, and the levels of anaylsis will be assessed in class on 9/22.  We will spend the first part of class reviewing the reading questions from the homework assignment on Realism & Liberalism.  Be prepared with a pencil for the assessment.