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Contributor: Brian Anthony. Lesson ID: 11215
Would you like to live in a foreign country? Sound exotic? What if you were responsible for how our countries get along? Learn what diplomats do, and decide how they would handle today's world issues!
You can classify the people in your life into different categories.
Some people are friends, tried and true. You know they won't let you down.
Some people are proven enemies. You know from experience they can't be trusted.
Then there are frenemies, people who may or may not be there for you, depending on their interests and needs at the moment.
Countries classify other countries as well.
Write down your thoughts on the following questions.
Imagine yourself in the driver's seat of American diplomacy. Surely you would have a significant impact.
The phone rings on a chilly morning in late November.
It is the president-elect of the United States, and he or she asks you to become the new Secretary of State — the leader of the State Department and America's diplomatic efforts worldwide.
Whoa! That's a big responsibility.
Let's take a look at some of the people who have held this position before to try to understand the nuts and bolts of the job.
Print the Diplomats of American History Grid found in Downloadable Resources in the right-hand sidebar.
Explore Secretaries of State, and select at least six figures from the links listed there. As you read the profiles, record any information and ideas you find in the Diplomats of American History Grid.
Reflect on these questions and write your responses.
The people you read about in these profiles laid the groundwork for decades or even centuries of American diplomacy.
Continue on to the Got It? section to dig deeper into the diplomats' decisions!
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