(c) Describe one significant way the legislative branch influences fiscal policy. (d) Define monetary policy. (e) Explain two reasons why the Federal Reserve Board is given independence in establishing monetary policy. Special Assignments: Public Policy [SC 7] Students will act as if they have been hired as a foreign policy consultant to the President. Working as a team they will provide a presentation on a post-Bay of Pigs example of United States’ intervention in foreign affairs including, but not limited to, the following: Vietnam –1964 Dominican Republic –1965 Chile –1973 Nicaragua –1981 Grenada –1983 Libya –1986 Panama –1989 Iraq –1991 Somalia –1992 Haiti –1994 Bosnia –1994 Afghanistan and Sudan –1998 Afghanistan –2001 Each is responsible for researching its assigned case of intervention, using the following questions as guidelines: goals or priorities of that administration prompted the intervention? –What what auspices, or with whom, did the U.S. carry out the intervention? –Under were some of the major historical events of the country prior to the intervention (at least one –What decade beforehand)? long did the U.S. intervention last? What occurred in that time (number of casualties on both –How were the immediate results of the intervention? –What did it (has it) impacted the region? –How is the country’s current status? What is its leadership? What is its relationship with the United –What States? After research is complete, students will create and present information covering the basic facts and the motivation for the intervention. Students will provide a summary of the lessons that should have been learned from our nation’s experience in this intervention. Students will investigate and make presentations on programs whose financing may be cut in the federal budget. They then discuss and vote on whether these programs should be cut or maintained. The students will go to the National Budget Simulation (Short Version), (www.budgetsim.org/nbs/shortbudget02.html) and create a budget. Students will summarize the following laws and agencies created between the years of 1969 and 1976: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Clean Water Act
(c) Describe one significant way the legislative branch influences fiscal policy. (d) Define monetary policy. (e) Explain two reasons why the Federal Reserve Board is given independence in establishing monetary policy. Special Assignments: Public Policy [SC 7] Students will act as if they have been hired as a foreign policy consultant to the President. Working as a team they will provide a presentation on a post-Bay of Pigs example of United States’ intervention in foreign affairs including, but not limited to, the following: –1964 Vietnam –1965 Dominican Republic –1973 Chile –1981 Nicaragua –1983 Grenada –1986 Libya –1989 Panama –1991 Iraq –1992 Somalia –1994 Haiti –1994 Bosnia –1998 Afghanistan and Sudan –2001 Afghanistan Each is responsible for researching its assigned case of intervention, using the following questions as guidelines: –What goals or priorities of that administration prompted the intervention? –Under what auspices, or with whom, did the U.S. carry out the intervention? –What were some of the major historical events of the country prior to the intervention (at least one decade beforehand)? –How long did the U.S. intervention last? What occurred in that time (number of casualties on both –What were the immediate results of the intervention? –How did it (has it) impacted the region? –What is the country’s current status? What is its leadership? What is its relationship with the United States? After research is complete, students will create and present information covering the basic facts and the motivation for the intervention. Students will provide a summary of the lessons that should have been learned from our nation’s experience in this intervention. Students will investigate and make presentations on programs whose financing may be cut in the federal budget. They then discuss and vote on whether these programs should be cut or maintained. The students will go to the National Budget Simulation (Short Version), (www.budgetsim.org/nbs/shortbudget02.html) and create a budget. Students will summarize the following laws and agencies created between the years of 1969 and 1976: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Clean Water Act
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