Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.5a
The Standard
- SS24.CWI.5
- Describe the roles of international governmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in addressing international issues and crises.
Explain the structure and roles of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and programs.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · International Relations
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students map how the General Assembly, Security Council, and Secretariat fit together. They explain what each does and how groups such as WHO and UNICEF address specific problems.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a crisis, a student identifies the UN body or group that could respond and explains what it can do. They know WHO is a specialized agency, while UNICEF is a program.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the UN is a world government that can order any country to act. They may treat General Assembly resolutions as laws or call UNICEF a specialized agency.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A disease spreads across borders. Name the UN body where all member states can debate it, the specialized agency that gives health guidance, and one limit on their power.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled General Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, WHO, and UNICEF; have them build a chart of roles and label agency versus program.
Ask: Should the General Assembly or Security Council respond to a cross-border attack, and what could each actually do?
Play a matching game: students pair outbreak, food shortage, and armed conflict cards with WHO, World Food Programme, and Security Council cards.
Read a current WHO outbreak update; students mark the agency's actions and one decision left to national governments.
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