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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Caste and Politics in the Struggle for Mexican Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
examines the social conditions in Mexico before and after independence from Spain and the impact of internal conflicts between people of different social castes.
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Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Department of State: Chronology of International Events, 1938 to 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief chronology of events occurring between March of 1938 and December of 1941, events that led to war in Europe and eventually a world-wide war. From a Department of State bulletin issued on December 18, 1941.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Multi Track Diplomacy: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the concept of multi-track diplomacy as a means of international conflict resolution. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Multi-Track Diplomacy."
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Other

Action Against Hunger: Acf Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives by "eliminating hunger through prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster".
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Website
ProCon.org

Pro Con: Muslim Community Center Near Ground Zero Site?

For Students 9th - 10th
Website presents research and non-partisan arguments of controversial issues focusses on the pros and cons of building a Muslim Community Center at the site of the World Trade Center. Archived material.
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Other

Umcor: The United Methodist Committee on Relief

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit "global humanitarian aid organization of the United Methodist Church". Their mission "is to alleviate human suffering-whether by war, conflict or natural disaster". Find articles, photos, and more.
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Website
Marxists Internet Archive

The Patriotes Rebellion Quebec 1837 1839

For Students 9th - 10th
This addresses class conflicts in Lower Canada by understanding the The Patriotes Rebellion in terms of frustrations with the British Government and their slow response to the 92 Resolutions. It is an interesting read, with related pages...
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Geneva Conference of 1954

For Students 9th - 10th
The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting in Switzerland involving the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the Viet Minh. The powers involved attempted to negotiate a settlement to end...
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Darfur: Violence and the Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Sudan, assess the argument over whether the Darfur conflict is a genocide, and consider the international response to these events.
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Website
US Department of State

U.s. Dept of State: The Dayton Peace Accords

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-text page of the Dayton Peace Accords agreement concerning conflict in the Balkans. This meeting took place between heads of state in Dayton, Ohio.
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Macedonia

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the six-month struggle in 2001 between the Macedonian government and Albanian insurgents, the National Liberation Army. What caused this to happen? What crimes against humanity did each side impose on innocent civilians?...
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: The Lessons of Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson with comprehensive multi-media materials in which students analyze the lessons of Iraq and consider implications for U.S. foreign policy and international response.
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Lesson Plan
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 22: Youth Culture and the Rock Festival

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The major rock festivals have been viewed as seminal mileposts of the counterculture era. Not only were there significant musical performances from the festivals themselves, but music was created before and after these concerts to...
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About the Spanish Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive resource covering many aspects of the Spanish Civil War. First read an overview of the conflict before looking at the many primary sources related to the war.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Points

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information and extended thinking questions on conflict as an internal quality of art.
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Other

Educators for Social Responsibility: Online Center

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a free source of K-12 lesson plans and resources on international security, conflict resolution, peacemaking, violence prevention, and social responsibility.
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: u.s. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th
"You furnish the pictures, I'll provide the war!" was a quote said by William Randolph Hearst in the time leading up to the Spanish-American War. Learn how yellow journalism led to international conflict and was one cause of the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: News Flash: The End of the Cold War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is an inquiry into events that occurred during the Cold War era. It is a technology-based project on one event that occurred during the Cold War(1945-1991). The Cold War describes the tense and hostile relationship between...
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Sentence Structure

For Students 9th Standards
Analyze the structure of a sentence from chapter four of A Lesson Before Dying to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of Grant's internal conflict.
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Activity
Quia

Quia: Story Elements Practice

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
This series of flashcards from Quia helps students perform a quick check of their understanding of student elements, such as setting and conflict.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Sudan President Charged With Darfur War Crimes

For Students 9th - 10th
After seeing a video on the indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan by International Criminal Court, students will discuss whether they think he will face trial, how the genocide in Darfur might have been prevented and...
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Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: R for Respect

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This section has been developed to help generate discussions about respect, friendship and online conflict including cyberbullying. Download R for Respect toolkit resources.
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Isolation

For Teachers 9th Standards
Students will examine how the theme of isolation is developed in chapters 8-17 of A Lesson Before Dying, as well as the song "I Am a Rock," "No Man is an Island," and an excerpt from Invisible Man. Students will also examine the internal...
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PBS

Frontline: Uganda: The Asian Backlash

For Students 9th - 10th
An April 2007 report from Uganda on the growing internal tensions between native Ugandans and the Asian population of that country. Also provides a forum for posting a response and links to related stories.

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