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Incorporating music with the "Jazz Ambassadors" and using Musicals like South Pacific to explain U.S. foreign policy

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Gallery Walk - Activity using "claim" and "evidence"

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South Pacific has found its way into our Cold War Films course.

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I talked about the different kinds (hard/soft) of foreign aid that the U.S. can and has used in the past when we discussed U.S. involvement in Syria.

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Soft Power

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I am trying to think about how

advertising American products

influences U.S. foreign policy

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Use of soft power in international relations. I have kept this in mind regarding the Peace Corps and its impact across the globe in the Cold War and today.

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I am reminded of this class when I am utilizing

soft power diplomacy with my fifth graders :)

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Map activity - soft vs. hard power

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The United Fruit Company - Bananas. Looking at cartoons

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Coca Cola Colonization Video Series showing the corporate influence of Coca Cola outside of the United States.

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I've thought a lot about the idea of empire vs. hegemon.

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"American Exceptionalism" as a theme for my U.S. History Class and helping students understand the big picture. Many ideas on Soft Power and Hard Power involved in the international community.

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Spanish-American War political cartoons - seems like a great way to get at a lot of different ideas.

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Close analysis of visual artifacts to preview and/or expand learning

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I now use the terms soft and hard more power more when framing types of intervention. I also used the activity where students consider which quotation best captures the motives behind U.S. foreign policy and then stand next to the quote in a spectrum-esque activity. Seeing where students congregated was really interesting. I also used the lecture and lesson materials around the topic of American Exceptionalism with my students and discussed it re: Putin's op-ed in the New York Times.

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Globalization Cartoons

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I enjoyed the discussion of hard/soft power and the influence of diplomacy when studying U.S intereractions with various parts of the world.

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I've used work from one of the teachers who emphasized questioning as a way to get students to develop critical thinking skills

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I've used work from one of the teachers who emphasized questioning as a way to get students to develop critical thinking skills

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-Jackie

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Like Shari, I found discussion of South Pacific very interesting, and am excited to find ways to use film (commercial and state-sponsored) for DBQs. I'm psyched to comb the library for good material!

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Live binders -- love it!

I've used some ideas of Rosenberg in my fair/free trade debate

I want to use info on

Exceptionalism -- started my class with City on a Hill and I had students read debate on Syria -- contrast/compare

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I am using many of the Web 2.0 tools in my classroom<br>

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I really liked the theme of American Exceptionalism and also the resource of Eric Foners book - Voices of Freedom. It seems to be a good resource for the level that my students are at and is helping me to incorporate more primary sources for them.

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I'm still thinking about how I might be able to use cultural resources such as films in my classroom. Our discussion of South Pacific is still staying with me!

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I kept thinking back to our conversations around "American Exceptionalism" after President Obama used the term in his speech about Syria.

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What is one thing that still resonates with you from the US and the World Program?