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American-centricity is a Discussion assessment that encourages students to explore a country through a Congressional Research Service report.

Estimated Time

An estimated 60-90 minutes is needed to complete this activity.

Prompt

Comparing countries is always done in context. The context of ones home country, lived experience, and pre-existing assumptions about other countries matter when comparing countries.

Assuming we have some degree of American-centricity when thinking about comparative politics and analyzing countries, it can be useful to see how this American-centricity is framed for the nations legislative body: The United States Congress.

Instructions

Post

• Go to
• Find a CRS report about a country that you are interested in learning more about
  • Please select a different country from Discussion – 04 Explore a Country
• Read through the CRS report you selected
• Summarize the report in 5 or more sentences

Reply

• In your reply to a peer, be sure to include a link to the CIA World Factbooks page for your peers specific Country
• In 3 or more sentences, share how the report or report summary relates to one of the 10 topics:

1. Geography
2. People and Society
3. Government
4. Economy
5. Energy (depends)
6. Communications
7. Transportation
8. Military and Security
9. Terrorism (depends)
10. Transnational Issues