Assignment: Arctic Circle Council: Country Research

WORLD HISTORY-B
2025-08-15T02:49:08Z

Due: Feb 25 by 11:59pm

Today, we started prep for our in class final which is an Arctic Circle Council Simulation! Today is a research day.

Directions

1. Download the research document

ASSIGNED A COUNTRY: Google Doc

LEADERS: Google Doc

2. Use the links below (also linked in the assignment itself) to answer the questions on your research guide.

Part 1

The Arctic Council States

Part 2

Do your own research to find the answers to the question in Part 2

Part 3

Search the information about government on your own. Then, use any of the following resources for import/export data.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Import and export partners from the Our World In Data

Import and export data from Trading Economics

To find the import/export data, click on the country, then select the "Trade" tab, scroll to the table and click on either "Imports" or "Exports". Then, scroll down to the box called "International Trade". There should be four options there. Click on the one you want, and it will show you a diagram and a list.

Do your own research to find the answers to the questions in Part 4

Helpful resources are searching "AP News [name of country]" to get the AP News for your news that involves your country specifically. You can also copy/paste "https://apnews.com/hub/[name of your country]" into your browser to find the page without searching for it.

BBC News, Al Jazeera, and the New York Times have similar pages that have current events about each country

BONUS!!!!

Research historical ties to other countries in the council. For example, what countries has your country allied with in major wars? Have they fought against any country in a major war? What about hundreds of years ago- do you have deep positive/negative historical ties with any country/region?

How did your country do in the most recent Olympic Games? Does that have any role in foreign policy / can sports play a role in foreign policy? Has your country ever hosted the Olympics/are they interested in bidding to host a future Olympic Games?

There is a lot of ice in the Arctic Circle. How many icebreakers does your country have? Do their allies have icebreakers? How can your country get more icebreakers if they wanted to purchase another one? Does your country have a strong navy?

How is your country viewed by the world generally? What is your country's reputation/what are they known for? How can you include this in the simulation?

When is the assignment due?

ASSIGNED A COUNTRY: The assignment is due by 11:59pm Wednesday 2/25

LEADERS: The assignment is due by 11:59pm Thursday 2/26

What am I turning in?

You are turning in your completed research guide.

Today, we started prep for our in class final which is an Arctic Circle Council Simulation! Today is a research day.

Directions

1. Download the research document

ASSIGNED A COUNTRY: Google Doc

LEADERS: Google Doc

2. Use the links below (also linked in the assignment itself) to answer the questions on your research guide.

Part 1

The Arctic Council States

Part 2

Do your own research to find the answers to the question in Part 2

Part 3

Search the information about government on your own. Then, use any of the following resources for import/export data.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Import and export partners from the Our World In Data

Import and export data from Trading Economics

To find the import/export data, click on the country, then select the "Trade" tab, scroll to the table and click on either "Imports" or "Exports". Then, scroll down to the box called "International Trade". There should be four options there. Click on the one you want, and it will show you a diagram and a list.

Do your own research to find the answers to the questions in Part 4

Helpful resources are searching "AP News [name of country]" to get the AP News for your news that involves your country specifically. You can also copy/paste "https://apnews.com/hub/[name of your country]" into your browser to find the page without searching for it.

BBC News, Al Jazeera, and the New York Times have similar pages that have current events about each country

BONUS!!!!

Research historical ties to other countries in the council. For example, what countries has your country allied with in major wars? Have they fought against any country in a major war? What about hundreds of years ago- do you have deep positive/negative historical ties with any country/region?

How did your country do in the most recent Olympic Games? Does that have any role in foreign policy / can sports play a role in foreign policy? Has your country ever hosted the Olympics/are they interested in bidding to host a future Olympic Games?

There is a lot of ice in the Arctic Circle. How many icebreakers does your country have? Do their allies have icebreakers? How can your country get more icebreakers if they wanted to purchase another one? Does your country have a strong navy?

How is your country viewed by the world generally? What is your country's reputation/what are they known for? How can you include this in the simulation?

When is the assignment due?

ASSIGNED A COUNTRY: The assignment is due by 11:59pm Wednesday 2/25

LEADERS: The assignment is due by 11:59pm Thursday 2/26

What am I turning in?

You are turning in your completed research guide.