Lesson Plan

Lesson Seven: Treaty Negotiations

Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (1432-1481).
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Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (1432-1481).

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One of the important roles of diplomats is to negotiate treaties between countries. In this lesson, students, working with their empire teams, will negotiate a treaty.

Guiding Questions

How did Early Modern empires use diplomacy to maintain and expand their power?

Learning Objectives

Students will compare the priorities of their empire in relationship to other Early Modern empires.

Students will collaboratively negotiate a treaty using evidence to justify their proposals.

Lesson Plan Details

Preparation

Before class, the teacher should arrange the desks into groups of three or four by empire team.

Students should bring:

Lesson Activities

Activity 1. Picking Your Lead Negotiator

Students meet with their empire teams to decide who will be the lead negotiator in each round of negotiations and review their treaty proposals and negotiation strategies. They also review other empires' draft treaty proposals on their Treating Planning Worksheet.

Activity 2. Negotiations

In a series of three rounds, students negotiate a trade treaty with another empire (or empires) using the Treaty Planning Worksheet as a template.

Assessment

Each empire team submits an explanation of the treaty they signed using the following stems:

“We accepted the _____ Empire’s proposal of ______ because_________”

“We rejected the ______ Empire’s proposal of ______ because_________”

Materials & Media

Land-Based Trade Policy Options Worksheet
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Sea-Based Trade Policy Options Worksheet
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Treaty Planning Worksheet
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