(today): peace keeping vs. peace making (tomorrow): …rwanda, korea, somalia, bosnia, vietnam...
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Opening activity– Graffiti
Review of Homework
Peace keeping vs. Peace making
Trying to solve a historical crisis activity
Crisis solution evaluation.
Today’s Objectives
Instructions:
Discuss the word “Peace” with your partner.
What are good things or bad things for peace?
Once you have finished discussing, send one person to the front to draw or write something related to “peace”.
Opening Activity
United Nations: similar to the former League of Nations;
an organization of member countries which promotes collective security
Economic sanctions: trade penalties imposed on countries which break U.N. rules, or show aggression
Condemn: to publicly say an action is wrong, or illegal
Peacekeeping: to keep peace after a conflict or war has ended
Peacemaking: to end a conflict, to stop aggression
Key Terms
Compare your solution with your partner pick one
and be prepared to share it!
Pros / Cons?
Homework Review
The Suez Canal Crisis might
have started WWII!
“Send UN peace keepers to get in the way and prevent both sides from attacking each other”
How did it turn out? It worked!
Suez Canal Crisis
Peace keeping vs. Peace making
Peace keeping
Soldiers get in the way of fighting. (Barrier)
Soldiers do not use any violence!
Objective is to keep peace!
Peace making
Using a third party to achieve peace!
May include violence!
both sides sit down and discuss. “Forcing a peace”
#1-5 and move to group
Rwanda, Korea, Somalia, Bosnia, Vietnam Crisis situations
Goal: Try and come up with a solution to your crisis!
Also, decide if your solution will work! Explain your answer.
Everyone must participate in the group discussion:
Pick one person to read the current situation
Pick two people to read the solution
Pick one person to share if your group’s solution will work!
Pick one person to be the scribe (write the answers down)
Crisis - Group Activity:
What happened?
All sides agreed on a ceasefire (Draw)
Canadian Involvement:
- Canadian soldiers fought in the war.
- Lester B. Pearson (as a diplomat in the UN) urged everyone to agree to a ceasefire
Korean War (1950s)
What happened?
Ultimately, the UN Mission failed
Canadian involvement:
- Airborne Regiment
murdered a teenage boy
- The Airborne Regiment was
disbanded in 1995, reputation of
Canadian military hurt.
(Famine) Somalia (1992)
What happened?
Short Term Failure. Long Term Success
Canadian Involvement:
- Soldiers and airplanes were sent
to Bosnia
Some people at home began to
question the role NATO should
have on issues within another country.
(Civil War) Bosnia (1992)
What happened?
Failure! Massive Genocide! Many
people blamed the UN for not
doing anything!
Canadian Involvement:
Canadian General Romeo Dallaire requests a large multi-national force to stop genocide!
(Genocide) Rwanda (1994)
What happened?
American failure, they removed
their forces and South Vietnam fell to
the Communist North.
Canadian Involvement:
Canada was against the Vietnam War. No Canadian soldiers were sent. The war caused more problems between the American and Canadian governments.
(Hot War) Vietnam War
Canada gets more involved with International
negotiations and peace talks!
It becomes a “Middle Power” by starting to have more influence on the world stage!
Canada becomes a Middle Power