Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.5b
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 benefits and limitations of non-government entities resolving international events and crises.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · International Relations
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how non-government groups can help during crises across borders. They also explain what those groups cannot do on their own, such as force a border open or make a government stop fighting.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a crisis, a student names a specific action a group could take and explains why it would help. They also identify a limit, such as needing permission to enter a country.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume aid groups have the same legal powers as governments. They may also think that delivering food or medical care resolves the conflict that caused the crisis.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A charity wants to deliver medical supplies to families across a closed border. Name one way it could help and one thing it cannot make either government do.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a two-country map, ten aid tokens, and a closed-border card; have them route supplies and name what needs government approval.
Ask: If volunteers deliver food during a war, what problem have they addressed, and what problem remains? Write two sentences.
Give pairs crisis cards and action cards; have them match each action to what a charity can do or needs a government to do.
Read a Doctors Without Borders report about blocked aid; have students mark one service staff can provide and who controls access.
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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.5
Describe the roles of international governmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in addressing international issues and crises.
- SS24.CWI.4
Compare and contrast the functions and powers of United States government entities which shape official responses to international issues and events.
- SS24.CWI.6
Evaluate the extent to which nations have successfully collaborated to achieve broad international goals, citing specific instances.
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