Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.12a
The Standard
- SS24.CWI.12
- Research a current world issue or conflict and present information regarding its effects on the quality of life for individuals, groups, or countries.
Construct a possible solution to a global issue or conflict.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Issue Resolution
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who is affected by a global problem or conflict. They propose a workable response and explain who would carry it out. They consider costs and what each side might give up.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can propose shared water targets and drought rules for two countries on one river. They can explain how the countries would check compliance and why each might accept the plan.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may write that countries should cooperate without saying what they would agree to. They may assume every side benefits equally or leave out costs and enforcement.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Two countries share a river. One plans a dam, and the other needs water for crops. Propose one agreement, name who would carry it out, and explain one tradeoff.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a river map, 20 water tokens, and three country cards; have them divide the water and set a drought rule.
Ask students to write whether upstream countries should need permission to build dams, with one compromise for downstream farms.
Give groups four river-sharing proposal cards; have them score each for cost, fairness, and drought readiness, then revise the weakest.
Hand out a printed news report on Nile dam talks; students underline one proposed agreement and circle a concern it leaves open.
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Related Standards
- SS24.CWI.7a
Investigate and explain how individuals and non-governmental groups may cause or perpetuate conflict, citing specific cases.
- SS24.CWI.7b
Formulate possible means to prevent and resolve modern conflicts.
- SS24.CWI.12b
Describe means of implementing a possible solution to a global issue, analyzing its benefits and costs.
- SS24.CWI.12
Research a current world issue or conflict and present information regarding its effects on the quality of life for individuals, groups, or countries.
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