Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students discuss the current crisis in Kosovo, Yugoslavia and express their views on whether the U.S. should get involved in this foreign conflict. They write a journal entry about whether Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
- Rating
Students examine the motivations, goals and actions of countries considered to harbor terrorist factions. They examine the geography of these countries. They evaluate the level of the threat posed by these countries and make recommendations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
- Rating
Students learn the historical, geographical, social, and political factors relating to the current Yugoslavian crisis, and discover ways to help Albanian refugees. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
- Rating
Students read and analyze newspaper accounts of Holocaust-related items in various WWII newspapers. They discuss the physical placement of Holocaust-related news items to other news items in the same paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
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 report. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
- Rating
Students examine the major causes of World War I. In small groups, they identify and determine three courses of action for specified countries, and participate in a simulation of the causes of the war. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students use a variety of resources to collect and analyze data on cultural factors in countries of Europe and the Americas. They use one cultural factor of an assigned country to create a spreadsheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
- Rating
Students define citizenship and nationality, examine economic impacts of domestic conflict or war on average citizen, view Powerpoint presentation on Kosovo conflict, and complete critical thinking questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students discuss the war in Afghanistan and the conditions surrounding the hunt for Osama bin Laden after reading the article "Bin Laden and Omar: Far Harder to Find" from The New York Times. After the class discussion, students research the physical and political geography of countries where terrorist groups are known to exist. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students will choose from the following roles that they would like to play in the newscast:Roles: a. Anchorpersons (2)b. Field Reporters focused on security issues, example: training of Iraqi troops (4)c. Interviewers and interviewees on NATO's special missions, example: disposal of antipersonnelmines in Albania (8)d. Camera peoplee. Prop Handlers / Researchers / Script Writers Full Review »