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Requirement 6 CHALLENGE (CitWorld)

  CHALLENGE Numbered Heads Together This structure eliminates the "one student dominates" problem by holding every single Scout accountable for knowing the material. The Setup: At their three tables, Scouts number themselves off from 1 to 7. The Action: Provide a specific question based on the handouts (e.g., "Describe some types of INFORMAL “AMBASSADORS”"). The table has 5 minutes to read the handout and ensure everyone at the table can answer the question perfectly. The Reveal: Call out a random number (e.g., "All Number 4s stand up"). Only those Scouts can answer the question for their team. I will have the “Number 4s” come to the Challenge Desk one at a time.  As tables are successful, their Scouts will be credited with 6(a) and move on to 6(b) and ultimately 6(c). If not, I will have the Scout return with instructions on how to improve the answer.  I will stress it’s not a contest. Their “adversary” is the clock, not the other tables. In the end, ...
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Req 6 HANDOUT (CitWorld) 20260714

  REQ. 6a: Req. 6(a) Explain how a government is represented abroad and how the United States government is accredited to international organizations. STATE DEPARTMENT The Department of State is the main agency responsible for planning and implementing U.S. foreign policy to manage relationships with other countries. ADVISE & REPRESENT The primary reason for this agency is to advise the president and represent American interests globally. INFORMAL “AMBASSADORS” In contrast to official politicians, regular travelers and Olympic athletes also act as ambassadors, representing American citizenship through their actions everyday. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE Furthermore, the government uses foreign assistance programs, like USAID, to provide economic and humanitarian aid to developing nations. Req 6(b) Describe the roles of the following in the conduct of foreign relations: ambassador, consul, Bureau of Global Public Affairs, United States and Foreign Commercial Service. AMBASSADOR Consequen...
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Resources for Engaging in Virtuous Conversations

MY LAST ARGUMENT (Don't worry, it's an aspirational goal!) If we argue with each other online over issues important to our personal identity, our core personal moral integrity, or one of our reference group loyalties  (eg., family, faith, football team 🙂) then one of us will win and one will lose or, more likely, we will both lose. There will , however, be a winner. The winner is the guy who paid the programmer to write the algorithm so they get more "engagement" (that is, setting us at each other's throat) and more ad revenue. And, to add insult to injury, we're spending HOURS writing that guy's machine learning training data FOR FREE! Resources for Engaging in Virtuous Conversations  "A man convinced against his will / Is of the same opinion still." The Fusion of Horizons | An animated exploration of a concept by Gadamer  (Basic, 01:57) How To Win Friends & Influence People (in 20 Minutes)  (Basic, 22:00) Why do people cling to false beli...
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