CNN Presents Classroom Edition - Educator Guide

Showdown Iraq: Five Questions

Objectives

The CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Showdown Iraq: Five Questions and corresponding lessons challenge students to:

• Examine the history of Iraq's relationship with the United Nations and the United States

• State the terms of the United States' case against Iraq

• Assess the short-term and long-term implications of going to war with Iraq

• Evaluate a possible war on Iraq in the broader context of United States national security and the War on Terrorism

• Assess the key questions facing the United States as the Bush administration considers war with Iraq

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