Oklahoma Social Studies USG.C.7.2

USG.C.7.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• USG.C.7.2.A

  Explain different philosophies nations pursue to protect their self-interests abroad, such as isolationism and internationalism.

• USG.C.7.2.B

  Explain why and how the United States of America pursues its national interest and to what extent the pursuit of national interest harmonizes with the pursuit o...

• USG.C.7.2.C

  Identify and explain powers that the Constitution of the United States of America gives to the President and Congress to conduct foreign affairs.

• USG.C.7.2.D

  Describe the tools used to carry out United States of America’s foreign policy, including diplomacy, economic aid, military aid, humanitarian aid, treaties, san...

• USG.C.7.2.E

  Explain the government’s role regarding national defense, trade, and humanitarian efforts by examining contemporary commitments to international organizations a...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students compare staying out of overseas conflicts with working through alliances and international groups. They explain why the United States uses diplomacy, aid, sanctions, treaties, or force, and what the president and Congress can do.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a foreign crisis, a student chooses a response and explains how it serves a security, trade, or humanitarian goal. They identify the powers involved and weigh a national interest against an American ideal.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the president can declare war or make a treaty without Senate approval. They may assume foreign aid is purely charitable, or that avoiding military conflict means ending trade and diplomacy.

04

How to Assess It

An ally faces an attack, and civilians flee. Ask students to choose one U.S. response, name a presidential and a congressional power involved, and explain one interest and one ideal it serves.

1. 01

   Give groups a fictional border crisis, policy tool cards, and president and Congress cards; have them build a response and label who acts.

2. 02

   Ask: Should the U.S. help an ally respond to a blockade or stay out? Require one security interest and one ideal.

3. 03

   Run a power-sort relay with cards for negotiating treaties, approving treaties, declaring war, and regulating foreign trade.

4. 04

   Print a NATO defense statement and a UN humanitarian appeal; pairs identify a U.S. security interest and a humanitarian goal.

• USG.C.1.5

  Examine the role of government in a nation’s economy.

• 7.C.7.6

  Analyze the role of government to finance a nation’s development (e.g., infrastructure, social programs, and education).

• E.C.3.5

  Evaluate the role of the government within the economy as it relates to defining, establishing, and enforcing property rights.