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Writing a Diplomatic Toast

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Here's to you! Using a role-playing activity and primary source analysis, learners discover the importance of diplomacy. Impersonating a diplomat from a great empire, they write a toast to another empire, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the relationship.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
role playing, empires, the british empire, the mughal empire, the ottoman empire, trade, trade routes, the ming dynasty, the qing dynasty, china, the dutch, the netherlands, russia, the persian empire, spain, portugal, west africa
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Write a toast to celebrate a relationship between two countries using the role playing exercise
  • Adapt the activity to study the relationship between other nations outside the unit
Classroom Considerations
  • Lesson is fourth of seven in "The Diplomacy Challenge"
Pros
  • Activity is creative and engaging
  • Lesson draws upon and reinforces previous knowledge in the unit
Cons
  • None
Common Core
WHST.9-10.6