Cultural Conflicts: Genocide and Terrorism

LG 5– Analyze the causes and effects

of conflicts between cultural groups and analyze the cultural changes that result from war and migration

Success Criteria- Students will synthesize the causes and effects of historic conflicts will the ongoing conflicts of today and infer connections between the past and present- Students will be able to analyze the changes globally due to war and migration

Quick Write: 15 minutes

What is your definition of Genocide?What is your definition of Terrorism?Has your life been touch by genocide or terrorism? How? Why do you think it has?

Video Clips-Students will answer two questions for each news clip or documentary/film segment.

-Who is involved?-What was the

motivation for the attack?

2011 Norway Attacks- killed 91

2014 Nigerian School Attacks- killed 59

teenage boys

2001- September 11

th attacks- killed 2977

1988 Lockerbie Bombing- killed

270

Cambodian Genocide- Killed 1.7

million

Rwandan Genocide-

Killed 800’000 to 1 million

Kurdish Genocide-

Killed 5’000 in one day

Bosnian Genocide-

Killed 8’000 in 3 years

ANALYSIS OF LONG TERM AND

CURRENT IMPACTS• Students will be broken into groups of 4• Students will be working to analyze what the

impacts of the event have been since it happened.• Students will pictorially or collage (pictures not

words) show the event from start to finish including:– Motivation – Who was involved?– When did it happen?– What has been the long term political impact of

the event?– Have there been long term social impacts?– How has this impacted you directly or

indirectly?