Pod Save the World

THE ENTIRE CLASS WILL LISTEN TO THIS 36 MINUTE PODCAST TOGETHER. 

BEFORE STARTING THE PODCAST EACH STUDENT SHOULD DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. Get out a your current events notebook. Open to the lecture notes section & title a new page "Pod Save the World". While you listen to the podcast you will take notes on what you hear. 

• • the goal is to take notes on what is being said as a way to help you in the discussions that you will have. Also, because you will be writing a reflective essay on the podcast you will want to take good notes to help you include details in your essay. 

2. I have left you an outline (below) of the topics and breaks in the podcast to help you follow along.

3.  The sub will stop/pause the podcast at commercial breaks. During this break you will have 3-5 minutes of conversation. 

• • Turn to a neighbor. Help one another process and understand what you just heard. Check in with what other people have in their notes and share details to help one another. 

Pod Save the World :Bipartisan Discussion - Outline

1. INTRODUCTIONS & BACKGROUND

2. THE IRAN DEAL

3. NORTH KOREA

4. BREAK - PAUSE the podcast and turn to neighbor. Discuss - what were the positions taken? What examples and facts were used to support the positions. 

5. NORTH KOREA

6. WAR ON TERROR

7. DEVELOPMENT DIPLOMACY

8. THE VIETNAM COMPARISON

9. BREAK - PAUSE the podcast and turn to neighbor. Discuss - what were the positions taken? What examples and facts were used to support the positions. 

10. CRITICISMS OF TRUMPS FOREIGN POLICY RHETORIC

11. DECISION NOT TO STRIKE SYRIA

12. WITHDRAWL FROM AFGHANISTAN

13. THE IMPACT OF THE POLITICIZING OF FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS

AFTER THE PODCAST

After the pod cast and all your discussion is over, get out a laptop. In your International relations folder there is a document called "Pod Save America Reflection Essay". Open that document and complete the reflection as directed there. 

Directions to the Substitute Teacher:

Click below when the class is ready to begin listening to the podcast!

Click the PLAY ARROW in the upper left of the screen and turn up the volume on the desktop speakers before you begin.