Today we will start discussing conflicts that are happening in our world today. We will do some research and discuss strategies for resolving these conflicts. The war in Afghanistan will be our first topic.
Watch this video.
Be ready to choose one of the four options on page 40 of the Afghanistan packet.
Break into groups.
Begin research to prepare for one-minute speeches and class discussion on this topic.
One-minute speech: Click here to see the rubric for this assignment.
Once you have chosen one of the options to defend in our discussion of the U.S. role in Afghanistan, you will need to do some research to identify one problem that the U.S. will encounter in implementing your group's strategy. Your job is to develop a strategy for solving this problem. Use our decision matrix to analyze the problem and your solution and be sure to include this analysis as part of your speech. In your speech you should:
Identify the problem you are analyzing;
Explain your solution to that problem;
Analyze your solution using our decision matrix.