The Iran Hostage Crisis Simulation

Common Core Standards for Literacy for History/Social Studies
RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

National History Standards Era 10: Contemporary United States
Standard 1: Recent developments in foreign and domestic politics

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies Standards
D2.Civ.5.9-12 Evaluate citizens’ and institutions’ effectiveness in addressing social and political problems at the local, state, tribal, national and international level.
D2.Civ.11.9-12 Evaluate multiple procedures for making governmental decisions at the local, state, national, and international levels in terms of the civic purposes achieved.
D2.His.1.9-12 Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.
D2.His.16.9-12 Integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources and interpretations into a reasoned argument about the past.
D4.1.9-12 Construct arguments using precise and knowledgeable claims, with evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses.

Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations for Social Studies (“Social Studies GSEs”)
C&G 5 (9-12) -3 Students demonstrate an understanding of how the choices we make impact and are impacted by, an interconnected world by…
a. predicting outcomes and possible consequences of a conflict, event, or course of action
b. identifying and summarizing the intended and unintended consequences of a conflict, event, or course of action
c. using deliberation, negotiation, and compromise to plan and develop just solutions to problems (e.g., immigration, limited energy resources, nuclear threat) created when nations or groups act