World History
Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. One of the stated goals of this blog is to highlight sites which discuss teaching history. I do not always follow through on this as well as I like. But I do blog this way sometimes.
I found this ERIC Digest from 1994 and realized it could serve several roles on this blog. As history, it shows how at least one history teacher saw American foreign policy in 1994. At the same time, it gives tips on ways history could be used to teach the topic of foreign policy.
Go ahead and read this digest. Please note the section on Themes In Foreign Policy. How accurate are these themes today? Are they still the same as 1994? Have events like 9/11 and the War on Terrorism changed anything? If so, how? This site could provide for a good teaching moment.
From the site:
Today the United States finds itself in a world that has changed fundamentally. For more than 40 years the United States and the Soviet Union were the foremost powers and rivals in international affairs. U.S. foreign policy, U.S. domestic politics, and international relations revolved largely around this intense rivalry. Now the Soviet Union no longer exists, and the fifteen new states of the former Soviet Union are caught up in the turmoil of economic and political change. Since the end of the Cold War, there have been fewer external constraints on the projection of U.S. power abroad than at any time since the years immediately following World War II. And yet, there are no longer common understandings among Americans about what the U.S. role should be in this changing international environment. This ERIC Digest treats the (1) need and rationale for teaching and learning about current foreign policy issues; (2) main themes in foreign policy education in the post-Cold War era; (3) balance, inquiry, and decision making in the classroom; and (4) current classroom materials.
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- Teaching The Responsibilities Of Citizenship
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- Wikinfo - Soviet Union
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- Teaching About The U.s. Presidency
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- Teaching About Vietnam And The Vietnam War
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World History
Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. One of the stated goals of this blog is to highlight sites which discuss teaching history. I do not always follow through on this as well as I like. But I do blog this way sometimes.
I found this ERIC Digest from 1994 and realized it could serve several roles on this blog. As history, it shows how at least one history teacher saw American foreign policy in 1994. At the same time, it gives tips on ways history could be used to teach the topic of foreign policy.
Go ahead and read this digest. Please note the section on Themes In Foreign Policy. How accurate are these themes today? Are they still the same as 1994? Have events like 9/11 and the War on Terrorism changed anything? If so, how? This site could provide for a good teaching moment.
From the site:
Today the United States finds itself in a world that has changed fundamentally. For more than 40 years the United States and the Soviet Union were the foremost powers and rivals in international affairs. U.S. foreign policy, U.S. domestic politics, and international relations revolved largely around this intense rivalry. Now the Soviet Union no longer exists, and the fifteen new states of the former Soviet Union are caught up in the turmoil of economic and political change. Since the end of the Cold War, there have been fewer external constraints on the projection of U.S. power abroad than at any time since the years immediately following World War II. And yet, there are no longer common understandings among Americans about what the U.S. role should be in this changing international environment. This ERIC Digest treats the (1) need and rationale for teaching and learning about current foreign policy issues; (2) main themes in foreign policy education in the post-Cold War era; (3) balance, inquiry, and decision making in the classroom; and (4) current classroom materials.
- At Cold War's End: Us Intelligence On The Soviet Union And Eastern Europe, 1989-1991
At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 - A CIA document including links to full-text intelligence reports on events during the final years the Soviet Union and the Cold War. It also includes a brief historical...
- Teaching The Responsibilities Of Citizenship
Teaching the Responsibilities of Citizenship. This is an ERIC Digest from 1991. While not geared specifically towards history, it does have good ideas for teaching about citizenship in the USA. And a good knowledge base of history is a definite need for...
- Wikinfo - Soviet Union
Wikinfo - Soviet Union. This is an article on the former Soviet Union for the Web encyclopedia Wikinfo. It has a synopsis of Soviet history. From the site: Unhappiness with the Russian involvement in World War I led to the Russian Revolution in...
- Teaching About The U.s. Presidency
Teaching about the U.S. Presidency - Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which gives advice to teachers about instructing students on the American Presidency. From the site: The role of the executive in the United States government...
- Teaching About Vietnam And The Vietnam War
Teaching about Vietnam and the Vietnam War. This is a nice piece on the history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War. It includes advice for instructors on how to teach the subject. From the site: A high school senior recently told a reporter, "I keep...