Getting Started

How the United States government interacts with the world affects people

around the globe.

What does this mean? Can you think of examples of how our government policies affect other countries?

You will

1.choose a specific US foreign policy:

adoption, immigration, or piracy.

2. State a position on that policy. Ask yourself, how effective is the

policy? You will evaluate a specific foreign policy based on an analysis of its causes and effects.

Create a thesis statement that defines your position. (Cause and Effect is the key to creating your thesis)http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/thesis_generator/

thesis_generator.html

3. Outline the reasons in support of your position. Why was the policy implemented? (Choose 3 of the following interests and write from those perspectives)

GeographicCulturalPolitical

EconomicSociological

Psychological

4. What are the effects of the policy?

• Discuss how the policy affects stakeholders in the U.S.

• Discuss how the policy costs or benefits other countries.

Concepts and Vocabulary

• Foreign Policy = a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.

• Geographic perspective = A geographic perspective is a way of looking at and understanding the world. When you view the world through the lens of geography, you are asking who, what, where, and when people, places, and things are distributed across the surface of the earth.

• Cultural perspective = the customs, values, social institutions, art, music, dance, language, and traditions, that are part of a society’s culture

Concepts and Vocabulary continued

• Political perspective = How do groups of people make collective decisions? The term is generally applied to the running of government. Who has the authority or power and how is it used?

• Economic perspective = What does it cost and who benefits or suffers?

• Sociological perspective = What are the social patterns and how do groups interact? Think of social groups and organizations, crime, race and ethnicity, sex, gender, economic differences, education, family structure and lifestyles.

• Psychological perspective = what are the changes in behavior as a result of the environment?

So…Let’s Get Started!!Step One

Identify the topic…Piracypi·ra·cy (pr-s)n. pl. pi·ra·cies 1. a. Robbery committed at sea.b. A similar act of robbery, as the hijacking of an airplane.2. The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy.3. The operation of an unlicensed, illegal radio or television station.

Step Two

Where can we find relevant and reliable information? How do we know it is a good source to use?

Step ThreeWhich 3 perspectives will be used?

geographicpoliticaleconomic

Step Four

After reviewing resources and perspectives to gain background information, it is time to state your position. Draft a thesis statement using the thesis generator.

http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/thesis_generator/thesis_generator.html

Step Five

Fill out the graphic organizer. Have you established the reason for your position?Have you found the reasons the US has established its policy and the connections to national/international interests?Analyze the connections of each perspective to your position on the policy.What are the effects of the policy on US stakeholders? On other nations?How do these effects connect to your position?

Step Six

Identify the sources you are going to use and record them in your NoodleTools account.

http://www.nkschools.org/1600206475557657/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=64230

As you continue your research, remember to add every source you use.

Step Seven

Now is the time to use every skill you have learned about

reading for information locating main ideasfinding the telling detailsparaphrasing!!

ANDAsking for help when you need it! We are here for you!