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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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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

Additional Tags

social studies

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

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