Assignment: Arctic Circle Council Briefing Memo

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

Due: Mar 1 by 11:59pm

THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT GRADE!!!!!!!!

Background: The Arctic Circle is a geographic region that is very important to our world, and is becoming a place of greater importance due to the impact of climate change on the region and the implications of climate change on the region's politics and economics.

Decision Point: What is your country's MAIN policy priority, and what solutions/foreign policy tools would best address (solving problems, having it more of a priority, making people more aware of this, changing policy, etc)? Remember to keep international and regional politics in mind.

Steps:

1. Think about your country: How should your country balance short, medium, and long term goals?

Short term goal → Your country's economics, national security, goals

Medium goals → Arctic Circle Council priorities, maintaining peace in the Arctic
Long term goals → Protect the environment, create a sustainable future

2. Search your Google Docs for the assignment "What Tools Do Foreign Policymakers Have at Their Disposal?" or click HERE for the assignment page on Canvas. Remember, this is an assignment you did as a group on a Google Doc a while back. All 11 Foreign Policy tools are available as foreign policy tools to recommend in the simulation.

3. Write your briefing memo. The memo includes specific questions for each person to answer as well as sentence requirements and things to keep in mind / include in your answers. Before you write your memo, please remember to..

Share the document with all group members and Ms. W: iwalchen@g.rentonschools.us

Write your name in they key so that it is clear what you are responsible for completing

If you are in a group of 4, click HERE for your memo

If you are in a group of 3, click HERE for your memo

If you are in a group of 2, click HERE for your memo

If you are an Arctic Circle Council Advisor, you are not completing a memo. Instead, you are brainstorming questions to ask during the simulation. To do this, make a copy of this document, and copy/paste the contents into your country research document. Once you are done with the questions, submit a link to your country research document to this assignment.

4. Everyone is submitting their own briefing memo. Make sure that before you submit, you read over your submission and correct any spelling/grammar errors. Please submit when YOUR part is finished.

5. When is this assignment due to Canvas? Sunday March 1st by 11:59pm

THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT GRADE!!!!!!!!

Background: The Arctic Circle is a geographic region that is very important to our world, and is becoming a place of greater importance due to the impact of climate change on the region and the implications of climate change on the region's politics and economics.

Decision Point: What is your country's MAIN policy priority, and what solutions/foreign policy tools would best address (solving problems, having it more of a priority, making people more aware of this, changing policy, etc)? Remember to keep international and regional politics in mind.

Steps:

1. Think about your country: How should your country balance short, medium, and long term goals?

Short term goal → Your country's economics, national security, goals

Medium goals → Arctic Circle Council priorities, maintaining peace in the Arctic
Long term goals → Protect the environment, create a sustainable future

2. Search your Google Docs for the assignment "What Tools Do Foreign Policymakers Have at Their Disposal?" or click HERE for the assignment page on Canvas. Remember, this is an assignment you did as a group on a Google Doc a while back. All 11 Foreign Policy tools are available as foreign policy tools to recommend in the simulation.

3. Write your briefing memo. The memo includes specific questions for each person to answer as well as sentence requirements and things to keep in mind / include in your answers. Before you write your memo, please remember to..

Share the document with all group members and Ms. W: iwalchen@g.rentonschools.us

Write your name in they key so that it is clear what you are responsible for completing

If you are in a group of 4, click HERE for your memo

If you are in a group of 3, click HERE for your memo

If you are in a group of 2, click HERE for your memo

If you are an Arctic Circle Council Advisor, you are not completing a memo. Instead, you are brainstorming questions to ask during the simulation. To do this, make a copy of this document, and copy/paste the contents into your country research document. Once you are done with the questions, submit a link to your country research document to this assignment.

4. Everyone is submitting their own briefing memo. Make sure that before you submit, you read over your submission and correct any spelling/grammar errors. Please submit when YOUR part is finished.

5. When is this assignment due to Canvas? Sunday March 1st by 11:59pm