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Foreign Affairs

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Inform your class about foreign policy during the Reagan administration. The resource includes a reading passage that gives an overview of foreign policy decisions made during the Reagan administration and nine questions for pupils to consider.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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foreign policy

Additional Tags

foreign policy, reagan administration, american intervention, military intervention, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • There isn't much space provided for students to write their answers, but it would be easy to create a class set and have learners write their responses on separate sheets of paper
  • Consider marking the text to build a deeper understanding of the information provided
  • Use this resource for assessment, class work, or homework

Pros

  • Resource is neatly formatted and fits all parts onto two pages—great for easy photocopying

Cons

  • Many of the questions ask learners to simply rewrite information found in the article

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1

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