Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.18

SS24.US2.18 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.US2.18a

  Investigate the role and influence of the United States in peacekeeping efforts around the world from the 1990s into the early twenty-first century.

• SS24.US2.18b

  Evaluate the effectiveness of the United States’ response to the September 11 attacks, including the war in Afghanistan, creation of the Department of Homeland ...

• SS24.US2.18c

  Compare and contrast Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, including why they took place, the domestic political consequences of United States’ in...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students trace U.S. roles in peace efforts after the Cold War. They compare the goals and effects of the 1991 and 2003 Iraq wars. They judge responses to September 11 using evidence about Afghanistan, security, and civil liberties.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain how U.S. forces helped enforce the Bosnia peace agreement alongside NATO allies. They can distinguish the 1991 goal of removing Iraqi troops from Kuwait from the 2003 invasion and describe an effect of each at home or abroad. They can weigh the results and costs of the Afghanistan war, the Department of Homeland Security, and the PATRIOT Act.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often mix up the 1991 war over Kuwait with the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Some think Iraq carried out the September 11 attacks. Others treat the Department of Homeland Security and the PATRIOT Act as the same policy.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: In three sentences, compare the goals of the 1991 and 2003 Iraq wars. Name one effect of each on U.S. politics or alliances.

1. 01

   Give pairs short event cards for Kuwait 1991, Bosnia 1995, Afghanistan 2001, and Iraq 2003; sort them by stated goal and allies.

2. 02

   Ask students: Which September 11 response best balanced security and liberty, the Afghanistan war, the Department of Homeland Security, or the PATRIOT Act? Cite evidence.

3. 03

   Run a fact match: students pair claims about the two Iraq wars with 1991 or 2003, then defend one contested choice.

4. 04

   Open the UN Peacekeeping troop-contribution dashboard; compare U.S. personnel counts with another country and discuss what those numbers leave out.

• SS24.WH.16

  Analyze the causes and effects of both regional and internal conflicts in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

• SS24.US2.9

  Outline the foreign policy changes that led the United States into the Cold War and contributed to its emergence as a superpower.

• SS24.US2.19b

  Assess the economic and political effects of immigration on the United States and explain how immigration policies have evolved in the post-Cold War era.