Please find a partner to work with and sit with them. Title: Conflict in the Middle East On Pg 72A (one for each of you): –What are some main causes of conflicts between groups of people. Make a list: Please do not talk at this timeDec 10 HW: Pg. 80- Chapter 18.4, Cornell Notes Due Wed/Thurs. It’s a LONG section. Middle East Map assignment due Friday

In the early 20 th century, European powers took over the lands of the Middle East that had once been ruled by the mighty (and mostly peaceful) Ottoman Empire. Europeans believed, like many Americans today, that they could do a better job of organizing the Middle East than the Ottomans had. They set about a plan of Nation Building to create new nations out of the religious and ethnic groups in the area. You will do the same thing.

Use the demographic data and the map to redraw the middle east into stable countries. You need 6 countries and you can name them. Each Country Needs: - a city - access to water (rivers, oceans or seas) - access to crop land or grassland - one religion - one ethnicity Try to make countries that have as many as these as possible. Then explain why you made the choices you did.

Map questions… What problems did you face in trying to make these maps? Does this help explain to you some of the things going on in the Middle East today? How did the Ottoman Empire manage to control the same area with relatively little conflict?

Please do not talk at this timeDec 11 HW: Chapter 18.4 Cornell Notes due Wed/Thurs Middle East Map due Friday Please get a Middle East Map Pg. 73A/B Also, get a green reading. This is a class set.

Please get a Middle East Map Pg. 73A/B This is a map of the modern Middle East. It represents the very work Europeans did at the same task you were just trying. How closely does it resemble your attempts? Use your atlas and the internet to answer these questions. Due Friday.

Reading on the main Issues of the Arab/Israeli Conflict As we read, list the main issues on pg. 72A of your notebook. Define each issue as we go. You already have your own ideas about what goes in this list on your paper from earlier.

Chapter 18, Sec. 4 is on the creation of the Nation of Israel. This is one of the countries (like Lebanon and Syria) that Europeans created out of the territories in the Middle East they claimed during Imperialism. However, the creation of Israel caused a huge conflict in the Middle East for many complex reasons that we will try to untangle next week. This conflict is so intense, it is still going on today even though many countries have tried to get involved to solve it. It is known as the Arab/Israeli Conflict or the Palestinian Apartheid depending on who you talk to. Those names alone show how charged this issue is.

Persons from the VideoPoint of View on the Arab Israeli Conflict Moderate Palestinians Doctor, Negotiators, College students, Legislators, Film maker, etc Extreme Palestinians Hamas leader, Religious Leaders, Palestinian Legislator, etc Moderate Israelis Soldier, mothers who lost children, Civil Rights lawyer, Students, Government Advisors, etc Extreme Israelis Settler, Journalist Others Scholars, Historians, Ambassadors, etc

Documentary- Watch the Video: Blood and Tears: The Arab Israeli Conflict As you watch the video, fill in information to your chart on the different points of view for the three sides and the 4 issues. Pg 74A/B

Please do not talk at this timeDec 12/13 HW: Middle East Map due Friday The Test Review handouts are on line. Please print your own. If you can’t print your own, come see me. Finish Blood and Tears Video Please get your Cornell Notes checked off while we watch the video

Create this chart on Pg. 74B Arab/Israeli Conflict Point of View Israeli ConcernsPalestinian Concerns Foreign Concerns Territory- who should get what land? Violence- how should violence (military and terrorist) be handled? Refugees- what should happen to them? Settlements- what should happen to these?

Go through the papers you have… Using your notes and handout, fill in as much of the chart as you can… You can also use Chapter 18.4 in your book. Include information from your role card and Role Card readings, add that POV to your chart as well.

Please do not talk at this timeDec 14 HW: Arab Israeli Discussion on Monday Final Test Review on Tuesday- Have your Test Review questions done Please get out your papers from yesterday on the Arab Israeli Conflict Put your Map on the corner of your desk to be checked off.

Please get into groups with the people who have the same role you do. Jordan Egypt Syria Palestinian Refugee Hamas Leader Israeli Settler Peace Activist Double check your chart info with this group. Discuss especially what your Role believes about the 4 main issues.

Prep your intro For your role card: –What are the greatest obstacles to peace for this person? –What is this person’s biggest concern? –Has this person had a Defining Moment and if so what was it? (a defining moment is when someone experiences something that significantly changes or solidifies their world view on a particular subject.) –How has this person’s life or experience affected their view of the Arab/Israeli Conflict? –Choose a team speaker to represent your role card POV to start the debate on Monday

Please do not talk at this timeDec 17 HW: Final Test Review on Tuesday- Have your Test Review questions done Please get out your papers from last time on the Arab Israeli Conflict Get papers for your POV person from the front of the room and sit with your team.

Finals Schedule Wednesday: 2nd period 8:10am-9:45am 6th period 10:10am-11:45am Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm 7th period 12:35pm-2:10pm Thursday: 0 period 8:10am-9:45am 1st period 10:10am-11:45am Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm 5th period 12:35pm-2:10pm Friday: 3rd period 8:10am-9:45am 4th period 10:10am-11:45am What to Bring to the Final: A pencil An eraser Your brain Water/coffee/tea YOUR BOOK!

Introductions Pick one person from your group to speak. Give a brief introduction to the class about your group. Say who you are and what you want out of this conference.

Proposal 1 Take two minutes to look at Proposal 1 on the solution to the Refugee Problem. As a group Decide how your character feels about this proposal and why. Pick a NEW person to share. You will speak for 1 minute on your point of view.

11. Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible;

Present POV on Proposal 1

Reflection Take two minutes to reflect on what you have heard. Add new information to your chart that you might not have had.

Proposal 2 Take two minutes to look at Proposal 2 on the creation of a separate Palestine. Decide how your Role feels about this proposal and why. Pick a NEW person to share. You will speak for 1 minute on your point of view.

I- Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the June 4, 1967 lines as well as the remaining occupied Lebanese territories in the south of Lebanon. III- The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since June 4, 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Present POV on Proposal 2

Reflection Take two minutes to reflect on what you have heard. Add new information to your chart that you might not have had.

Proposal 3 Take two minutes to look at Proposal 3 on Ending Hostilities, Recognizing Israel and opening Full Diplomatic Relations with all Arab Countries. Decide how your Role feels about this proposal and why. Pick a NEW person to share. You will speak for 1 minute on your point of view.

I- Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter into a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the states of the region. II- Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of this comprehensive peace.

Present POV on Proposal 3

Reflection Take two minutes to reflect on what you have heard. Add new information to your chart that you might not have had.

Final Reflection- pg. 75A What is your sense about how complicated this conflict is now that you have heard several different perspectives? How did your personal opinion change based on what you heard today?

Please do not talk at this timeDec 18 HW: Study for your Final! Pass back papers and get out your Study Guide…. Sit wherever you want!

Finals Schedule Wednesday: 2nd period 8:10am-9:45am 6th period 10:10am-11:45am Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm 7th period 12:35pm-2:10pm Thursday: 0 period 8:10am-9:45am 1st period 10:10am-11:45am Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm 5th period 12:35pm-2:10pm Friday: 3rd period 8:10am-9:45am 4th period 10:10am-11:45am What to Bring to the Final: A pencil An eraser Your brain Water/coffee/tea YOUR BOOK!

Any questions you need answered? Start by talking to your circle team. Do they have info you don’t have? Do you have info you can share with them?

Conflict in the Middle East Pg 72A Middle East Map Pg. 73A/B Pg. 80- Chapter 18.4, Cornell Notes Due Mon Documentary Blood and Tears- Pg 74A Pg. 74B Arab/Israeli Conflict Point of View Final Reflection- pg. 75A