Curated OER
What is a war criminal?
Learners read the story Former president denies war crimes. They then read three different situations and discuss the situations. Students draw up plans for fair war, learners are divided into two equal halves. The students and their...
Curated OER
Eurovision Song Row
Students read an article about the controversy surrounding the Serbian and Montenegrin entries in the Eurovision music contest of 2006. They examine target vocabulary from the article and take a comprehension quiz.
Curated OER
The Former Yugoslavia
Students examine the conflict between the Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. They define ethnic cleansing, read and discuss handouts, apply the three elements of ethnic conflict to the Kosovo Crisis of 1998-99, conduct research, and write a...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Slobodan Milosevic
A PBS interview recounts the rise of Milosevic as a post-modern dictator and his part in the conflict in Kosovo. 9/23/98
BBC
Bbc: Death of Milosevic
An April 2010 special in-depth report on the life of Slobodan Milosevic. Provides numerous links to related stories.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Statement on Kosovo (March 24, 1999)
Read the speech given by President Bill Clinton in which he explains to the American public why he ordered the U.S. Armed Forces to join NATO in protecting Kosovo from the brutality of the Serbian troops. He gives the background behind...
PBS
Frontline: A Kosovo Chronology: Pre 1998
Find a chronology of the Serbian conflict with Kosovo from 1987 when Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic, stirred up the Serbians in Kosovo until 1999 when the NATO Kosovo Force certified the disarming of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
BBC
Bbc News: Milosevic Indictment: Text
A detailed summary of the indictment and charges against President Slobodan Milosevic related to his conducting a war against Kosovo and other ethnic area sin Serbia in the 1990s. The indictment was released in October 2001. (2004).
BBC
Bbc News: Timeline: After Milosevic
A timeline which documents the key events in Kosovo-Serbia after the fall and arrest of Slobodan Milosevic in April 2001. Includes his death in March, 2006.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Democracy and Struggles: Truman Versus Dewey [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the Truman-Dewey election of 1948. Students learn how Truman and Dewey campaigned, how they got their messages across to the American...
Other
Armed Forces Press Service: Clinton Makes Case for Kosovo Intervention
This article from the Armed Forces Press Service summarizes and explains President Clinton's speech justifying U.S. and NATO support for intervention in Kosovo as protection against Serbian aggression.