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Treaty Negotiations Lesson PlanTreaty Negotiations Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2015
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Treaty Negotiations

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This Treaty Negotiations lesson plan also includes:
  • Land-Based Trade Policy Options Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Sea-Based Trade Policy Options Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Treaty Planning Worksheet (.pdf)
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Let's make a deal! Drawing on work in previous unit lessons, young scholars negotiate favorable trade treaties with other nations during the early Modern Empire Era. Their work relies on previously completed activities, as well as included worksheets.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

empires, the british empire, the mughal empire, the ottoman empire, trade, trade routes, treaties, the ming dynasty, the qing dynasty, china, the dutch, the netherlands, russia, persia, the persian empire, spain, west africa, role playing

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have class members negotiate trade deals between nations
  • Structure a debriefing conversation after the activity to analyze the dynamics in play

Classroom Considerations

  • Last in a seven-part series, "The Diplomacy Challenge"

Pros

  • Activity offers a formative assessment for a unit of study
  • Resource is collaborative and engaging

Cons

  • None

Common Core

WHST.9-10.6

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