Warm-up:
Analyze Foreign Policy Cartoon.
1. What symbol does the cartoonist employ to represent mainland China?
2. Why is China's symbol so large when compared to the island of Taiwan?
3. How does the cartoonist feel about China, and how can you tell?
4. Sarcasm is defined as an ironic saying designed to cut or insult. How is the comment in the balloon sarcastic?
5. How much confidence does the cartoonist place in the Clinton administration's assessment of the danger to Taiwan? Explain.
6. How effective do you think the United States foreign policy toward China and Taiwan as during the 1996 episode? Explain.
1. What symbol does the cartoonist employ to represent mainland China?
2. Why is China's symbol so large when compared to the island of Taiwan?
3. How does the cartoonist feel about China, and how can you tell?
4. Sarcasm is defined as an ironic saying designed to cut or insult. How is the comment in the balloon sarcastic?
5. How much confidence does the cartoonist place in the Clinton administration's assessment of the danger to Taiwan? Explain.
6. How effective do you think the United States foreign policy toward China and Taiwan as during the 1996 episode? Explain.
Objective:
SWBAT understand and analyze major themes and events of U.S. foreign policy.