Friday, February 28, 2025

 Friday, February 28, 2025

Vocab Quiz: Soft Power, Cost-Benefit, Return on Investment(ROI), Domino Theory

Reading: Bring your book, be prepared, stay quiet and focused.

Circle: When you are feeling an oncoming conflict--between you and a friend, you and a teacher, you and a sibling, or you and a parent--what is your typical response: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn? 

Geo Practice: Look at several countries in South East Asia.  For each, identify the following:

1. What is the capital?
2. What is the largest city?
3. What is their population?
4. What is the chief export?
5. Are they an adversary or ally of the United States?
6. Does the US have a military base or presence in the country?
7. What current conflicts does the country have?  (this can include internal or civil conflicts)

Essential Question: What should we understand before we go to war?

Brainstorming: Write 5 lines about reasons you would support a war. What would make it “just”?

Share with your table and report out to the class.

Write another 5 lines about what would be a war you couldn’t support.  What would make it unjust?

Share with your table and report out to the class  

As a table, do so brief research about where there are current armed conflicts in the world. Which ones fit your definition of “just”? Which fit your definition of “unjust”?

Appeasement: Read a brief article (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/appeasement-and-peace-our-time). Choose 3 quotes which connect to your own perceptions of what make a just or unjust war.

Share your quotes with your table then choose 2 from your whole group to report to the whole class.

Writing: Write at least 10 lines summarizing your ideas about just and unjust wars and what you would be willing to compromise about to avoid war.

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