Explore the Past… Shape the Future To empower young people with the skills, knowledge, and habits necessary to be engaged citizens who are capable of addressing international issues with thoughtful public discourse and informed decision making. Our Mission Brown University’s Watson institute for International Studies Office of Continuing Education
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Explore the Past… Shape the Future
To empower young people with the skills, knowledge, and habits necessary to be engaged citizens who are capable of addressing international issues with thoughtful public discourse and informed decision making.
Our Mission
Brown University’s Watson institute for International Studies Office of Continuing Education
Choices at a Glance
40 Curriculum Units
Web Resources Support Units Over 700 Scholars Online videos “Teaching with the News” lessons
Professional Development Webinars & Leadership Summer
Point of View, Persuasive Techniques, Rhetoric Analysis, Critical Thinking
Reflecting on the WarCritical Thinking
Blogging the War in Iraq
Media Literacy, Document Analysis, POV
Geography of IraqMap Interpretation Skills
Part I: Provides a brief overview of the people and the history of Iraq. It includes early history, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and the first Persian Gulf War.
Part II: Leads students up to the March 2003, with material on sanctions, a new security strategy, 9/11, and the buildup to the decision to invade. The Options Role Play is found here.
Part III: Provides information on the war in Iraq, including the invasion, the occupation and the effects of the war.
Student Readings
Found in Student BookFound in Student Book
OPTIONS ROLE PLAY
Adaptability of Unit
You Control the Information You Give Students for Each Option
Values & Beliefs
Action Steps
Supporting Arguments
Excerpts from Historical Records
Concluding Activity: What are the Lessons of the Iraq War?
P. 53 ofStudents draw their own conclusions, based on readings, discussions, lessons and Scholars Online.
Unit Outcomes
The geography and history of Iraq;
Multiple perspectives on why the U.S. invaded Iraq;
How the decision to invade Iraq impacted the U.S. and Iraq; and
How the U.S. presence in Iraq impacted the region as a whole.
Students will walk away with an understanding of:
Deepen the learning with Scholars Online
Use to:
Introduce the unit
Reinforce concepts for visual/oral learners
Advanced assignments
Your own professional development
Organized by Student Readings & Lessons
Scholars Online Participants
Lee RobertsPublic HealthColumbia University
P. Terrance HopmanPolitical ScienceBrown University
Jarat ChopraU.N. Peacekeeping Brown University
Michael OttermanHuman Rights Consultant
How has the 2002 invasion of Iraq fueled
terrorism?
How has the 2002 invasion of Iraq fueled
terrorism?
Why did the U.N. impose sanctions on
Iraq?
Why did the U.N. impose sanctions on
Iraq?
Charles TrippPolitical ScienceUniversity of London
Ricardo LagosFormer President of Chile
Thomas M. NicholsNational Security AffairsUnited States Naval War College
Senator Jack ReedU.S. Senator from R.I.
Teaching with the News
5 Teaching With the News Lessons on Iraq, dating back to 2002, can be found at:
http://www.choices.edu/resources/archives.php
Lessons of Iraq (2010) "What Have We Learned
from Iraq?," by K.T. McFarland
"Obama Wants Us to Forget the Lessons of Iraq," by Andrew Bacevich
"The Surge and Afghanistan," by Senator John McCain
"The Lesson of Iraq," by Don Kraus
Best Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html