Objective 6.4  Analyze responses by world governments concerning the rise and impact of international terrorism and their responses to regional disputes such as Syria.

In a Nutshell

Today, international terrorism directly effects individual security and liberty. Analyzing how the United States and its allies respond differently to regional conflicts will give students the ability to understand such events and adopt the best policies to respond to acts of terrorism.

Teacher Action 

Student Action 

• Facilitate students evaluation of the impact of perspectives, civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights on addressing issues and problems in society. 

• Assist students to use interdisciplinary lenses to gather and evaluate information regarding complex local, regional, and global problems; assess individual and collective actions taken to address such problems.

• Analyze how various governmental powers and responsibilities have changed over time. 

• Engage in a range of deliberative and democratic processes to develop strategies to address authentic, real-world problems in the community and out-of-school contexts.

Key Concepts 

Misconceptions 

• significance and impact of foreign policy in response to the rise of terrorist responses

• common strategies and acts of violence committed by terrorists

• terrorist attacks, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, London, Paris, Mumbai

• War on Terror and potential impact on civil rights

• rise of the Islamic State (ISIS)

• Bashar al-Assad and Syrian Civil War 

• cyberterrorism  

• Some students may view events of terrorism in distant geographic regions as lacking any significant impact on their personal lives.

• Some students oversimplify causes for terrorism as race-based or religious-based, neglecting to consider the prevalence of prolonged histories of economic, social, and political oppression contributing to terrorist sentiments. 

Instructional Resources

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