SS10.USG.15

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 12 - United States Government

Students know:

How national security policy-making decisions are accompanied by variety of costs and effects.
The primary actors in policy-making decisions on both national and international levels.
What policy-makers consider in making policy decisions in respect to both causes of the issue as well as possible outcomes of decision.

Students are able to:

Appraise a policy decision for both its causes and effects.
Assess the outcomes of national security decisions using a variety of sources including, but not limited to: maps, graphs, and news articles.

Students understand that:

Policy-making decisions have the ability to impact social, world, technological, economic, and political issues in significantly beneficial and harmful ways.

Examples: isolationism versus internationalism, policy of containment, policy of dÃ©tente, multilateralism, war on terrorism