Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.16b
The Standard
- SS24.US2.16
- Describe significant foreign policy events during the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter that decreased hostility in the Cold War.
Evaluate how the United States’ increasing involvement in the Middle East during the 1970s affected both the region and the United States itself.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Trace the 1973 U.S. airlift to Israel, the Camp David talks, and U.S. support for Iran's shah. Explain effects in the Middle East and at home, then back a judgment with evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can link U.S. support for Israel to the 1973 oil embargo and higher gas prices at home. They can weigh the Egypt-Israel peace treaty against tensions tied to U.S. support for Iran's shah.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may see the oil embargo as an unrelated shortage, rather than a response to U.S. support for Israel. They may think the Camp David accords ended the wider Arab-Israeli conflict.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: The U.S. resupplied Israel in 1973, and Arab oil producers then embargoed oil sales to the United States. Name one effect in the region and one at home, then explain which mattered more.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards for the 1973 airlift, oil embargo, Camp David accords, and Iranian revolution; have them build a timeline.
Ask: Did the Camp David accords make deeper U.S. involvement worthwhile? Write a claim with one benefit and one limit.
Play a cause-and-effect match with cards for U.S. aid to Israel, the oil embargo, gas lines, and Egypt-Israel peace.
Show a 1974 gas-price graph beside a 1973 oil embargo headline; ask students to explain what connected them.
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