1. UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER?
IS THE USA THE
UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER?

2. TO
SETTLE AN
WAYS
ARGUMENT?

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING OUTCOMES
TITLE: IS THE USA THE ONLY SUPERPOWER COUNTRY?
DATE: XX/XX/XXXX
EVALUATE (AF5) & EXPLAIN (AF4) WHETHER THE USA CAN BE CONSIDERED THE ONLY SUPERPOWER COUNTRY
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE U.S.A IS THE UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER COUNTRY
LEARNING OUTCOMES

4. UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER?
IS THE USA THE
UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER?

5. STEP 1
YOU WILL BE WORKING IN PAIRS.

6. STEP 2 EACH PAIR WILL BE ASSIGNED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TITLES:
THE USA IS THE UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER OF THE UNIVERSE.
THE USA ISN’T THE UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER OF THE UNIVERSE.

7. Use the persuasive techniques you have been taught in English lessons.
STEP 3
Use the persuasive techniques you have been taught in English lessons.
EACH PAIR HAS TO PREPARE A PERSUASIVE SPEECH ABOUT YOUR MINI TOPIC FOR EITHER ARGUING THE USA IS OR ISN’T THE UNDISPUTED SUPERPOWER OF THE UNIVERSE.

8. STEP 4
EACH PAIR SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE SUPERPOWER CRITERIAS IN YOUR ARGUMENT. BELOW ARE HINTS OF THINGS YOU COULD DEBATE.
Criteria
Is the undisputed superpower
Isn’t the undisputed superpower
Economy
Has the largest GDP
Has major TNC’s like Apple.
Is $20trillion in debt.
China will have a larger GDP by 2030
Military
Largest and most expensive military in the world.
Spending on military means you can’t spend on……
Culture & Media
Has Hollywood, worldwide brands, celebrities,
Has a gun crime issue that is increasing and has the death penalty
Population
Population in excess of 330million
Long life expectancy
Only a third the size of China and India and ageing
Resources
Has large amounts of oil, tar sands, gas etc
Relies on imports from Middle East

9. STEP 5 YOU SHOULD PREPARE A 2 MINUTE SPEECH IN YOUR BOOKS.
USE THE HANDOUT, BUT RESEARCH EXTRA UP TO DATE INFO & ELABORATE.
MAKE IT INTERESTING!
YOU’LL BE MARKED AS A PAIR - TEAM WORK!

10. STEP 6
SHOWTIME!

11. FEEDBACK & HOMEWORK VISIT THE PADLET LINK AND COMPLETE YOUR ANSWER.

12. I believe the USA is/isn’t the undisputed superpower of the universe because____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I also believe this because _____________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, there are weaknesses that to the USA being a superpower which include_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXPLAIN (AF4) & EVALUATE (AF5) WHETHER THE USA CAN BE CONSIDERED THE ONLY SUPERPOWER COUNTRY.
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