Persuasion in Democratic Politics

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.02.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Content
  5. Strategies
  6. Activities
  7. Assessment
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Annotated Bibliography
  10. Appendix
  11. Notes

The Role of Persuasion in Global Politics: The United Nations and Millennium Development Goals

Deborah M. Fetzer

Published September 2010

Tools for this Unit:

Teacher Resources

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/printouts/persuasion%20map.pdf This link will provide students with a persuasion map to use as a guide in developing their argument.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/prinouts/Persuasion%20Rubric.pdf This link provides a rubric that teachers and students may find helpful.

http://www.nd.edu/~writing/resources/RhetoricalTriangle.htm This link will give the teacher a nice graphic of the Rhetorical Triangle, which may be helpful for students.

http://www.ams.org/membership/individual/types/mem-develop This is a site that will provide a quick comprehensive list of world-wide developing countries

http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/mv/mv_history.htm This link provides some good information on the Millennium Villages and the effective work that is being done by the local people as they continue to reach the MDGs by 2015.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/

This site is to be used by the students as they do research and make decisions about the developing country they will speaking about as part of the transfer task at the end of the unit. This site will provide worksheets to analyze a variety of types of primary sources. Teachers may find this site helpful as it may save time because they will not have to create their own forms. Additionally, this site can be used prior to this lesson so that students have experience analyzing primary sources and researching on the web.

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