Lesson Two: Empire Intelligence Briefings

• Intelligence Briefing Graphic Organizer

• Diplomacy Challenge Presentation Rubric

Before class, organize desks to accomodate teams of three.

Provide each team with a small white board and marker.

Activity 1. Reviewing Intelligence

At the beginning of class, students meet with their empire team and review their intelligence briefings.

Activity 2. Gathering Intelligence

Each team briefly presents its Intelligence Briefing PowerPoint. As an empire presents, the other empires take notes (gather intelligence) on the Intelligence Briefing Graphic Organizer.

There are two formative assessments for this lesson.

Formative assessment 1. After each presentation, each empire team briefly discusses the presentation and determines on a scale from 1–10 how interested they are in engaging in diplomacy with the other empire.

Students can write this on their individual team white boards, which are held up at the same time. This provides all the empires with immediate intelligence about which empire is interested in negotiating with which.

Formative assessment 2. After all the empires have presented, each empire writes their first and last choice empires on their white boards and brings them to the front of the class. If there is time, the teacher can ask students if they see any clear partnerships or potential adversaries.