Ghana in the Community of… · SHS2 Government

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.1 Discuss Diplomacy

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define diplomacy in their own words and explain its purpose in international relations.
Identify and describe at least four types of diplomacy (e.g., bilateral, multilateral, economic, public, shuttle, digital).
Distinguish between diplomacy and foreign policy, explaining how diplomacy serves as a tool for implementing foreign policy.
Discuss the values that should guide a diplomat, including patriotism, honesty, integrity and transparency, with reference to Ghana’s conduct in the community of nations.
Analyse a real or hypothetical diplomatic situation and suggest appropriate diplomatic responses.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Ghana in the Global System (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Ghana in the Community of Nations (3.1)
Content standard: 2.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Ghana's external relations. 2.3.1.LO.1 Evaluate the determinants and actors of Ghana's foreign policy.
Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.1 - Discuss Diplomacy
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 11 (Week 31 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.54: the document prints this learning-indicator code as "2.3.1.L11" - a digit one where the I of LI belongs. The page's content stream sets the code with a WinAnsiEncoding simple font and literal string operands, and shows the code as the TJ operands (2.) (3.) (1.) (L) (11), so the byte drawn after the L is 0x31; in this face the digit one and the capital I are different outlines with twice the advance width (1024 against 512), so the page really does print the wider glyph. Filed under LI, which is the document's own code vocabulary (CS|LO|LI|AS)
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 54

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Talking for Learning: Using an interactive class technique, discuss the meaning and types of diplomacy and pay particular attention to patriotism, honesty, integrity and transparency.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- www.ghanagov.gh
- Internet: website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Government curriculum
Assessment (2.3.1.AS.1). The document marks no depth-of-knowledge level for this indicator.
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