CWP B Social Studies Dept. ______________________________________ Your Name ______________________________________ Your Teacher’s Name ______________________________________ Your Class Period Dear Current World Problems B students: Move on to Week 3 of your 3-week assignment writing the Iran Hostage Crisis Briefing Paper. Your final work is due at the end of this week, Friday, June 5. It will include all elements of the project: Substantial reading notes on FOUR documents from this packet The graphic organizer from the readings Your briefing paper, with all SIX parts include at the correct word counts The MLA Works Cited Journals, as noted below Also, finally, JOURNALS! To validate your journal work, you can either have a parent/guardian email me or send me a message on Remind stating they have seen your journal with at least 20 entries or send me pictures of your journals from the following days: March 23 and 31, April 10, 17, and 30, May 15 and 21. Please send finished work back to your teacher electronically if at all possible either via email at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected], through Remind, or through your Microsoft 365 account; if not, you may send work via your designated bus drops as noted on the district website. If you have questions, please contact your teacher via email or Remind anytime. Social Studies teachers’ virtual office hours are Mondays and Wednesdays 11 am – 1 pm. But you may contact us to set up time for help at any point. Seniors: If you are in good standing at this point in time, completion of this assignment will earn you credit without next week’s assignment. If you are not in good standing (i.e., if you currently have an incomplete in this class), both assignments may need to be completed to earn credit for this class. Also, please check your school email for graduation information. Contact Eric Nygard at [email protected] for email assistance. Note: You may also still submit any past work for up to full credit, so please download your missing work from the school website (https://www.nmsd.wednet.edu/1/teacher), request it from the school office, or ask your teacher for it. You MUST complete the work to earn passing credit for your Current World Problems B course this trimester ______________________________________________________________________________ CWP B Social Studies Dept. Your Task: You are a United States Intelligence Officer briefing the President of the United States of America on a major terrorist attack! As best you can, you will write your briefing as if the attack recently occurred. Briefings are meant to be relatively short (it’s in the name = brief), but they absolutely must contain all relevant information from the question. ______________________________________________________________________________ For ease of use, we have conveniently broken your task out over the next weeks, with specific instructions. We highly recommend you follow this schedule to avoid falling behind. May 18-22 Week 1: Complete all reading notes and the graphic organizer to pre-write your briefing paper. To Turn In: 1. FOUR marked-up research articles, using the close-reading notes guide on page 2 (Step #1) 2. Briefing organizer with FIVE items noted in EACH column (Step #2) May 25-29 Week 2: The first three sections should answer the following questions in 100-200 words each. To Turn In: 3. Briefing paper, with sections 1-3 completed, divided as noted in Step #3 June 1-5 Week 3: The last section should answer the following questions in 100-200 words To Turn In: 4. Briefing paper, with sections 4-6 completed, divided as noted in Step #3 5. Works Cited page for sources used in briefing paper (Step #4) CWP B Social Studies Dept. Week 1: Step #1 Read and mark up at least FOUR of the research documents included at the end of this packet. Reading #1 is REQUIRED. You may choose from the other sources as needed. You will turn in your four marked-up articles with your final briefing paper. Reading #1: “Iran Hostage Crisis” REQUIRED SOURCE Reading #2: State Department Situation Report 1, 11/4/1979 Reading #3: Iran Hostage’s Diary, Robert C. Ode, from Nov. 3 to Nov. 13, 1979 Reading #4: State Department Situation Report 54, 11/29/1979 Reading #5: “In pictures: Iran hostage crisis” Reading #6: “The real reason for the Iran hostage crisis, 40 years later” Reading #7: “From the Archives: The Ordeal of Iran Hostages' Captivity” Close Reading Tips 1st Reading 2nd Reading: 3rd Reading: “Once Over” “Mark It Up” “Talk to the Text” Read through the entire text * important ideas Write questions on the text once to grasp the general __ key words Write comments on the sides meaning of the document Circle unfamiliar words Write a brief summary at the end ? hard things CWP B Social Studies Dept. Week 1: Step #2 Organize your thinking around your briefing. Fill in at least FIVE pieces of information in EACH column from your readings. You may also add information from any of the readings provided on the Middle East from previous weeks. Context: Causes: Target: Effect: Response: What happened? Why did the Where and when What was the What did the U.S. What was going terrorists do this? was the attack? effect of the do after the on at the time? What was the attack? Who was attack? The What was the U.S. significance? hurt? What world? doing? damage? 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. CWP B Social Studies Dept. Week 2-3: Step #3 Write your report. You will write your report in sections over the next few weeks. Each section must be at least 100 words in length, but no more than 200 words. It is important you choose your words carefully. An example report has been provided at the end of this assignment for reference. You may break down your writing task as follows: May 25-29 Week 2: The first three sections should answer the following questions in 100-200 words each. 1. National Context: Where and when did your terrorist attack happen? What major events were happening in the Middle East or the world during this time? Why or how is your terrorist attack important for or related to the United States? 2. Causes: What drove the terrorists to act? What historical, economic, cultural, or political factors might be motivating them? Why are they doing what they are doing? (If you have not found an answer for this in your research, use the foundational documents we studied in the previous weeks to help you answer this question.) 3. Target: Why did the terrorists choose their location and time of attack? What was the significance or symbolism behind their choice? What were they trying to accomplish? June 1-5 Week 3: The last section should answer the following questions in 100-200 words 1. Effect: What was the immediate effect of the attack? Who, if anyone, was harmed? What, if any, damage was done? 2. Tactical Response: What is/was the immediate response taken by the United States? By the international community? What was the effect of the response(s)? 3. Recommendations: Based on your research and past readings, what is your recommendation for future action(s) to resolve differences and avoid future conflict between the Middle Eastern peoples involved and the United States? (This is a statement of your own ideas about this situation and your personal opinion about possible solutions. “I don’t know” is not an acceptable answer.) CWP B Social Studies Dept. Week 3: Step #4 Create your Works Cited At the end of your briefing, you will include an MLA format Works Cited page to document the sources you used to create your briefing paper. This is the LAST page of your paper. It stands by itself at the end. Your Works Cited page must include at least FIVE different sources and may reference any of the materials in this packet or from your previous two weeks’ lessons. You Works Cited must list in ALPHABETICAL ORDER all the sources you used to write your briefing paper. You may also use outside research materials if you document them appropriately. As any outside sources will most likely be web-based, I will include the format for citing websites in MLA style here. Simply use the information on the websites to fill in the format I am providing for each source you use: Lastname of author, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Name of website. Publisher name, date published. Accessed on date you looked at website. If you have a source without an author, then start the entry with the title of the article or page. “Title of Article.” Name of website. Publisher name, date published. Accessed on date you looked at website. Notes: The Name of website should only be the root of the site. For example, only www.cnn.com not www.cnn/com/bobshaircut/9994278bh3%/lockjaw/908. Publisher name and date published can be found all the way at the bottom of the page in the copyright if you can’t find them anywhere else. Without a Works Cited page, your paper will be considered plagiarized, as it will quote or refer to other people’s work without giving them credit, and we won’t be able to accept it from you, SO be sure to include a Work Cited page if you would like to pass this course. CWP B Social Studies Dept.