CI.08 Analyze how causal factors (e.g., cultural differences, boundary disputes, imperialism, and religious conflicts) fostered past and current conflicts. C, G, H, P

What am I learning today?

How differences between peoples can create resentment and hate

Why am I learning this?

When you see the world’s events, you need to know where those events are happening and why.

How will I know I learned this?

When you have an understanding of what is happening in the world around you, where it is happening, why it is happening and how it may impact you.

The Holocaust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9bht5H2p4

Lemkin’s Law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvAGmiFuTI

Current Events

US reportedly plans diplomatic boycott of China’s Winter Olympics

Olympics sponsors caught between U.S. and China

Cultural Differences

Boundary Disputes – Look for a Pattern – Starts with the Berlin Conference

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 | Africa’s Great Civilizations

Imperialism

Religious Conflicts

India, Myanmar, China, Syria, Rwanda

Sesame and the IRC join forces to help Syrian refugee children

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Contemporary Issues – Lesson 12 – CI.11

CI.11 Analyze the lasting impact of history on contemporary issues (e.g., Treaty of Versailles, Cold War, ethnic cleansing, urbanization, human rights, immigration, modern medicine). C, H, P What am I

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES LESSON 19 – CI.18

CI.18 Compare and contrast world religions (e.g., Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism), and analyze how they complement or conflict with each other in the contemporary world.C, G, H

Contemporary Issues Lesson 18 – CI.17

CI.17 Analyze the political implications of terrorism for American public policy. C, P What am I learning today? 9/11 Changed America – we are going to research how it changed