FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Class representative, please get this reading papers passed out. Everyone will need a pencil for this activity.

WHAT IS FOREIGN? (NAME SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER FOREIGN) Class representative, select three students. Please write an approximation definition for foreign at the top of your reading page.

WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY? In our class election, you voted for a class representative and a class policy. What do you think the difference is between a class policy and foreign policy?

WHAT IS DIPLOMACY? (EXPLICIT DEFINITION ALERT) the work of maintaining good relations between governments of different countries Please write the underlined words at the top of your reading page.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Please follow along with me as I read. When I repeat a sentence, the class needs to underline that sentence.

Imove forward independently A country’s leaders make a decision to deal with the problem alone instead of working with others. Propose a treatyT Two or more countries make a formal agreement to do something (or not do something). Nhold negotiations A group of countries dealing with similar problems comes together to figure out possible solutions to the problem. The solutions would involve all the countries. have a mediationM Two countries having a problem ask a third country or some other organization to help them solve the dispute. Involves applying international law to the situation. Diplomatic Strategies

Thousands Starving in Isolatia! Isolatia has been ruled by a cruel dictator for decades. Only one country in the world, Popula, has diplomatic relations with Isolatia. The dictator in Isolatia spends all of the country’s money on the military while the citizens live in poverty. The world doesn’t know much about Isolatia because the dictator won’t let reporters into the country. However, a few people have escaped and are telling stories about thousands of people dying of starvation because of a horrible famine inside Isolatia. United States Foreign Policy: Support democratic countries. Cut diplomatic ties with states violating human rights. Help countries in a humanitarian crisis. No military action unless it is absolutely necessary.

Smalland Under Threat of Attack! Smalland is a small, poor country that is friendly to the United States. Smalland is a democracy. Last year, Smalland discovered it is sitting on top of a huge oil reserve. Drilling this oil could raise tons of money for Smalland. But one of Smalland’s neighbors, Greedia, is ruled by a dictator who wants Smalland’s oil for his own country even though Greedia already has a lot of oil. The United States learns that Greedia is preparing its military to invade Smalland. United States Foreign Policy: Support democratic countries. Support countries using their own natural resources to help themselves. Build good relationships with countries that have oil. No military action unless it is absolutely necessary.

This next worksheet is your home prep for tonight. You may use any time you have left today to work on it with other students. I am only grading the front of the worksheet. FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY