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Amnesty International Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
Amnesty International USA is a consciousness-raising organization for human rights. Its goals are lofty and may make many people uncomfortable as they read stories of grotesque crimes against human kind. This is an excellent site to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: International and Intranational Conflict: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that some international conflicts involve governments, while others involve private organizations. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "International and Intranational Conflict."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sources of Conflict: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range and nature of factors that can lead to conflict. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Sources of Conflict."
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Avoiding Armageddon: International Role of the United Nations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for exploring the role of the UN's international peacekeeping and peacemaking abilities. Takes students through an evaluation of what the UN can and should do, under its charter, to reduce threats and promote stable...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Fly to Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build a working definition of slavery by looking at examples and non-examples, use the book The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton to identify internal and external conflict, and finally complete a writing assignment focusing...
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International Rescue Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
"The IRC is a global leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression."
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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: The Conflict in Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for students learning about the conflict in Syria and trying to understand the international response to the problem. Students work in small groups and independently to research and formulate answers to the given...
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US Department of State

Bureau of International Information Programs: History Outline: Sectionalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reviews several conditions of American society that sowed the seeds of civil war, particularly slavery and sectional conflict.
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Shelter for Life, International: Restoring Lives Rebuilding Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
The mission of SFL is to enable people affected by conflict and disaster to rebuild their communities and restore their lives.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: International Conflict & the Media (Unit)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum guide broadly examines the relationships between the media and the military during wartime.
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United States Institute of Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
USIP "is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Internal & External Locus of Control: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the cultural worldview spectrum re: the degree to which human action or choice can influence, change, or control events and situations. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Internal...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conflict Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces types of conflict that appear in fiction writing.
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Medical Teams International: Providing Humanitarian Relief and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Christian, non-profit organization who helps people impacted by disaster, conflict and poverty receive medical care.
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The International Society of Malthus

For Students 9th - 10th
A homepage of the International Society of Malthus, a group dedicated to the history and teachings of Thomas Malthus. Includes data on human population and contemporary essays on Malthus' teachings. Includes a link to an online version...
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Other

International Crisis Group: Macedonia: The Last Chance for Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
A report on the situation in Macedonia and the tenuous peace process as the government tries to negotiate an end to the conflict with Albanian rebels. A list of recommendations is presented. [Date of Report: 20 Jun 2001]
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It Takes Two to Tangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the theme of conflict in literature. They learn the difference between internal and external conflict and various types of conflicts, including self against self, self against other, and self against nature or machine....
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Other

Library of Congress/crs: Macedonia Country Background [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This Congressional Research Service report examines the ethnic tensions between Albanian rebels and the Macedonian government during the 1990s as well as the global response to the conflict in Macedonia in 2001. In addition, it provides...
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Other

Azerbaijan International Karabakh Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to many articles about the Karabakh conflict with Armenia. Links to the history of the war, discussions, refugees, maps, and photos in articles from 1997 - 2000.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Interconnection and Sovereignty: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that a major source of contemporary international conflict is the tension between interconnection between nations and issues of national sovereignty. It is 2 of 4 in the series...
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Website
Other

International Monetary Fund: Annual Report of the Executive Board

For Students 9th - 10th
Annual reports of the IMF's activities and financial position going back to 1996. Can be downloaded and available in a variety of languages.
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Website
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International Crisis Group: Somalia

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis and reports addressing Somalia's struggle to survive dating from 2002 to the present.
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Article
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Amnesty International: Colombia Protests Against Unlawful Killings

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the protests that took place in Colombia concerning the unlawful killing of civilians by security forces. (March 6, 2009)
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Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Richard Olney: On American Jurisdiction

For Students 9th - 10th
Replication of a speech/document delivered by Richard Olney outlining a conflict between Britain and Venezuela regarding British Guiana, which extended the purview of the Monroe Doctrine.

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