Discover Discussion Debate - Nuclear Weapons Arms Control

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Discovery DiscussionDebateArms Control

Who should control the nuclear arsenals? Are smaller

nuclear arms a better deterrent? Discover the idea.

Discuss and form your opinions. Challenge your

opinions through debate.

Dr. Paul R. Friesen


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Discovery Discussion Debate

Design Dr. Paul R. Friesen 2013 Page 1 of15Original Story copyright of original author

Graphic organizers from MS Office templates

Title:

Arms control

The search for a nuclear legacy

Discover Ideas(Outline)

Discuss the Story(3 Question Levels)

Create Opinions

Nuclear Weapons


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Before you start

Look through the idea, front to back.

The ideas in red are just ideas. Students should add to these.

There is an outline page for Discovery.

There are graphic organizer pages for the Discussion and Debate sections.

The reason for the worksheets, at the end of the book, is to help you work

systematically through the material. Worksheets are helpers and can be a distraction

from the rhythm and sequence in your teaching. By putting them at the end they

become support pages versus places to stop, giving a smoother presentation.

DiscoveryIn the beginning of each story you will have a few questions to discover what you

know, or think you know about a story. The Title of the article/ story will be givenand you will be asked to discover the story by asking good questions.

In the second part ofdiscovery you will be asked to find words which you do not

know. Some of these may be highlighted already in bold. Definitions will follow to

help you discover what the writer is talking about.

Discovery will help youform a plan for the discussion and debate.

DiscussionDiscussion is not a debate, though it can quickly become one if there are strong

opposing ideas in the group.

Discussion can be a part of the discovery before you read the story. It may also come

after to discuss the ideas of the story. Sometimes a persons views may change after

reading the article, which is a good way to start a discussion.

Discussion is interaction without a lot of structure. Be careful not to confuse

discussion with argument.Debate is about argument. Discussion is about sharing

your views and interacting with others who want to expand or give a differing

viewpoint.DebateDebate is a structured idea. It means that only one person speaks in turn, and with a

specific point to address. It also has a time limit, so the speaker must be precise in

their argument. In a debate the key is to listen and be prepared to oppose the other

teams ideas. It takes research, a lot of work, and patience.

In the following story we want to begin with discovery ideas. What can you know

from a title, if you dont know about the topic?


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In discovery you will form ideas to create basics ideas for an outline. In discussion

you will ask questions to help you build an outline for your viewpoint. In debate you

will separate the outline into two sections, for and against. At each stage you will be

able to use what you have learned before, to expand on your ideas and understand

both sides of the issue.


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DiscoveryTitle: Arms control

The search for a nuclear legacyWhat can you know from the title?

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What do I know about this topic?

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What would make a better deterrent?

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What do you think is a way to control the arms race?

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Now read the story.

.Create an outline of the story / paragraphs..There is a list of words on the side for you to find..After you have found the words, look in the definitions, which

follow the story.

.Discoverthe words you dont know.Nuclear Weapons

Arms control

The search for a nuclear legacyhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/02/arms-control/printFeb 20th 2013, 18:38 by The Economist

FIRST there was the open mic incident last March,

when Barack Obama assured his Russian opposite

number, Dmitry Medvedev, that after his election he

would have flexibility on the subject of missile

defence. Then came the briefest of sentences, in his

state-of-the-union address, February 12th, on the need to

engage Russia in further reductions to both sides nucleararsenals. Together they give

a clue to what could become a lasting legacy of Mr. Obamas two terms in office: a

serious attempt to realise the commitment he made in Prague four years ago, when he

promised to take concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons.

Those for whom the Prague speech was a rallying call, have found Mr. Obama, so far,

a bit of a disappointment. True enough, he succeeded in getting the Senate to ratify

the important but relatively unambitious New START strategic arms-reduction

treaty with Russia, in 2010. The treaty restored on-site inspections while limiting the

number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads on each side to about 1,550, by 2018

a figure that Russia is already slightly below and which America, with 1,720, is

close to achieving ahead of time. It deals neither with non-deployed strategic

warheads (America is reckoned to have 2,800 and Russia 1,000) nor tactical warheads

(America has around 500 and Russia more than 2,000) stockpiled by both sides.

Not much has happened since. After the quadrennial Nuclear Posture Review in

2010, which narrowed the declared role of nuclear weapons in American strategy, the

administration has dragged its feet over explaining how it would put it into practice.

In 2011 it launched what was meant to be a 90-day implementation study (NPRIS)

that would determine how many weapons and of which types America would need to

deter attack on itself and its allies in the light of the changed relationship with Russia

since the end of the cold war. But when the NPRIS subsequently leaked, it was

temporarily shelved to prevent it becoming a stick for Republicans to beat Mr. Obamawith during his re-election campaign.


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According to Daryl Kimball, of the Washington-based Arms Control Association, the

NPRIS will be discussed at Mr Obamas first post-election security Cabinet meeting

next month. The president is wary of trying to get another treaty through the Senate,

so he is contemplating both accelerating the New START reductions and, if

agreement can be secured with Russia, moving below the ceiling, perhaps to 1,000

warheadsa figure that the Joint Chiefs of Staff have recently agreed would not putdeterrence at any risk.

Tom Donilon, the White House national security adviser, is due to go to Moscow later

this month to discuss the proposal. To smooth the rough patches in the present

relationship, Mr Donilon may offer to delay the development of new high-speed

interceptors in the fourth phase of the European ballistic-missile defence system due

for deployment in 2021. Mr Obama is also believed to be keen to de-alert his

nuclear forces from the hair-trigger, launch-on-warning doctrine that still endures

something he could do with a stroke of the pen.

Bruce Blair, co-founder of the Global Zero movement which campaigns for reducingand eventually eliminating nuclear weapons, believes that Mr Obama could set in

train a process that would in time also lead to big cuts in the stockpiles of non-

strategic and non-deployed nukes. Neither has any military usefulness, but nobody

pretends getting there would be easy, particularly as tactical weapons remain more

important to Russiawith its comparatively weak conventional forcesthan to

America. But the prize for reducing stockpiles would be the chance to draw other

nuclear states with much smaller arsenals, such as China, into a multilateral

negotiation. That holy grail, as Mr Blair calls it, will not be reached, if ever, until

well after Mr Obama has left office. If he could claim at least to have started the quest,

it might be just the legacy he yearns for.

Vocabulary Check

Find the colored words. Write a definition you can discover from the story if

possible.

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DiscoveryWhat do I know about this topic?

List at least four (4) different ideas you have found in this story..__________________________________________.__________________________________________.__________________________________________.

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Use them when you make your outline.


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Discussion

Level I

.Who should control nuclear arms? Explain..How many nuclear weapons are enough?.Should there be a group of countries that control all the nuclear weapons, or just

USA and Russia?

Level II

.What are some good reasons to negotiate a lower level of nuclear arms?.If only the super powers had nuclear weapons would you feel safe?.Are you happy with the status of nuclear weapons in the world? Explain..Should your country spend money developing a nuclear arsenal strategy? Explain.Level III

.Do you think smaller nuclear weapons are a better deterrent?.What role does your country have in nuclear arms control?. Would you like your country to be more involved in nuclear arms control

globally?

You now have everything you need to fill out your outline. Look at your answers, underDiscussion, andfill it outto reflect the

new ideas.

These new ideas will help you form your debate ideas better.


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In debate you will have a statement not a question. You have to react to the statement

with facts, not opinions.

Discussions are based a lot on opinions and answer questions. This is wherethese two ideas, though similar, are different.

Debate is about facts and statements. When you make a statement, from a story,you must consider what the core

issue is. If you have made a good outline, you will have this already

discovered.

This story is from ________. The core issue could be; (one word)

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In todays world the topics could range from;

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These are all good argument that you would want to research for your argument, or

write in your essay. Build the argument starting from Why? Once you have

determined the Why? you can find facts to support your idea.

All countries should be involved in nuclear arms control. Equality is lessthreatening.

Nuclear weapons should be smaller so their effects are more controllable.Nuclear weapons are always too dangerous, and should never be used. We

should get rid of them.

Before you startchoose one of the above statements to focus on. Choose afor or against position.

Research to find FACTS for your position. List the facts.


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Write out your argument in a long paragraph format. Include the oppositeposition in your writing.

You need to write out both sides so you can understand theother sides argument.

Discovery OutlineMain topic ________________________

Find one(1) key ideain each paragraph. (3-5 words)Paragraph 1 ______________________________

Paragraph 2 ______________________________

Paragraph 3 ______________________________

Paragraph 4 ______________________________

Paragraph 5 ______________________________

Write two thingsabout the main paragraph idea.Paragraph 1 ______________________________

A. ______________________________

B. ______________________________

Paragraph 2 ______________________________

A. ______________________________

B. ______________________________

Paragraph 3 ______________________________

A. ______________________________

B. ______________________________

Paragraph 4 ______________________________

A. ______________________________B. ______________________________

Paragraph 5 ______________________________

A. ______________________________

B. ______________________________

In the introduction you use the 5 paragraph ideas to communicate the order ofyour argument/ essay.

In the conclusion you repeat what you have said about the points of eachparagraph.


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Graphic Organization ~

Main topic = 5 Paragraph Topics

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topic

paragraph 1

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paragraph 2________________________________________________

paragraph 3

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Discussion Graphic ~ Is this a problem / becoming a problem in todays society?

Answer ~ I think nuclear weapons are (a / becoming a) problem because

Problem /

Arms Control

Nuclear weapons shouldcontrolled by USA and

RUSSIA only.

Respond

Respond

Smaller nuclear weaponsare better, because youcan control the effects

better.

Respond

Respond

We should focus oncontrolling war in the

world, and not justnuclear arms.

Respond

Respond


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graphic ~ choose one statement from the list

above.

Write it here _____________________________________________

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To make your argument you should understand that they are connected.

In the next two charts (1) list your argument facts and ideas, (2) show how your

argument connects to both the center point and the other points.

FactsFor Against

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Add more if needed


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graphic ~ choose one statement from the list

above.

Now start the .

As a team choose which points they will speak about.

Each person will listen for the opposite point and create a new

response to what the other person has said.

A: point 1

B: responds to the point and give a new point.

C: responds to B and give a new point.

After all persons have spoken each person can respond to any point given by the

opposite team, or add more points from their team which will need responding to from

the opposite team.

If this -- then

If this -- then

If this -- then

If this -- then

If this -- then

Write your statement position here.________________________________________

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