SIOP Lesson Plan Template 2

STANDARDS:
PA 5.4.8.B Describe the foreign policy tools of diplomacy, economic aid, military aid, sanctions, and treaties.
PA 5.4.8.C Explain how common problems (e.g. natural disasters, ethnic conflict, environmental concerns) are addressed
by organizations and governments.

THEME: International Relations

LESSON TOPIC: Crisis of Nations
OBJECTIVES:
Language:
Students will be able to accurately identify the concepts of the complex relations between
nations by completing a 3-2-1 exit ticket using at least 4 out of 7 vocabulary words. The
student will then read the exit ticket outloud.

Content:
Students will be able to gather, at least, 5 of one resource in the "Crisis of Nations" game.

LEARNING STRATEGIES: graphic organizer, 3-2-1

KEY VOCABULARY: the united nations, veto, security council, general assembly, permanent
members

MATERIALS: smart board

MOTIVATION:
(Building background)
How do problems in your school get solved?
How do countries come together to make decisions, agree, or disagree?
The UN- a global organization that promotes international cooperation

PRESENTATION:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback)
Basics:
- The UN was created after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict
- General Assembly: main body of UN and meet yearly, members are given opportunity to
address the assembly and bring items to the attention of the board
- Security Council: 5 permanent members (China, US, UK, France, Russia), 10 rotating
members. Only permanent members have veto power.
Pros and Cons:
So far it has been proven effective
- There have been no major World Wars since
- Many international conflicts have been resolved

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- They have taken on issues regarding human rights, environmental protection, nuclear
weapons, terrorism, and much more
- They have avoided nuclear war
- peacekeeping
However
- There is no police force, which makes it harder to carry out resolutions and easier for defiant
countries to ignore orders (ex. when the US went to the UN to gather support for the invasion of
Iraq in 2002 with the justification of weapons of mass destruction, the UN disagreed and told the
US not to go, but the US ignored them and invaded Iraq in 2003 anyway)
- Security Council Members have veto power and are permanent
- Many countries who contribute the most money do not have a seat on the Security Council
On a smaller scale there are other regional (usually by continents) organizations that aim to solve
crises and cooperate with each other:
EU - European Union
AU - African Union
ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:

(Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)
https://www.icivics.org/games

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT:

(Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)
3-2-1

EXTENSION:
Gather 10 of one resource in the "Crisis of Nations" game OR Finish one "Crisis of Nations" game
(Reproduction of this material is restricted to use with Echevarria, Vogt, and Short, 2008. Making Content
Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.)

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