Do Now Quietly take out your notebook Go to www.mrmurtagh.com Click 8th grade classwork Download Lesson 7: Decisions Unit Overview Scroll to slide # 2 and complete the Do Now Task Do Now

Do Now Task Answer the questions below in your notebook: Scenario: It is the year 2018 and Russia has invaded Alaska and hopes to take it from the United States. Questions: How would you respond as President? What decisions would you make to resolve what has occurred? Why would you make those decisions?

Pair-Share Turn to a partner and discuss the do now scenario questions with a partner: Scenario: It is the year 2018 and Russia has invaded Alaska and hopes to take it from the United States. Questions: How would you respond as President? What decisions would you make to resolve what has occurred? Why would you make those decisions?

Class Discussion Accountable Talk Prompts: As president of the United States I would decide to ____________ because ____________. I disagree with __________’s decision to ___________because ________. Scenario: It is the year 2018 and Russia has invaded Alaska and hopes to take it from the United States. Questions: How would you respond as President? What decisions would you make to resolve what has occurred? Why would you make those decisions?

Copy the Objective and Essential Question into your notebook: To identify the decisions that have been a part of America’s early rise as a world power. Essential Question How have political and military decisions made America a world power and how have those decisions impacted other nations?

Mini-Lesson (Read) Key Facts About America as a World Power America decided to conquer overseas territory after the country took over Indian land and industrialized. Industrialize: To develop technology and business to make money Manifest Destiny: Term used to describe the feeling that Americans had. Believed they had a God-given right to take over lands. Lands America conquered by 1898

Mini-Lesson Continued….. 2 Types of Decisions Domestic Decisions Made by political leaders to help the American public in times of crisis at home. Example: Lower taxes to allow citizens to spend more money. Foreign Policy Decisions Made by military and political leaders to benefit Americans, but may have harmful effects on people overseas. Example: President and Congress declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor 1941.

Independent Practice Look at the image and answer the questions in your notebook. You do not need to write in complete sentences: Is this a domestic or foreign policy decision? What is the decision that is being made?

Independent Practice Is this a domestic or foreign policy decision? What is the decision that is being made?

Independent Practice Is this a domestic or foreign policy decision? What is the decision that is being made? Why would the president declare war?

Independent Practice Is this a domestic or foreign policy decision? What is the decision that is being made? Why would the U.S. government create this poster?

Independent Practice What is the issue in the photograph? If you were president, what decision would you make to help fix the issue?

Independent Practice If you were an architect, why would you build cities like this? What would be a potential issue for people who live and work in this building? How would you solve that potential issue?

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Lesson Assessment Answer the following short response question in your notebook. Think about your response to the Do Now Task when answering the question. Inference Question: In response to Russia’s invasion of Alaska, how would your decision to ___________ impact Russia, America and the World?