Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Conflict in Israel and Palestine/Crash Course World History

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9

Overview

Join host John Green to learn about conflict in Israel and Palestine. This conflict is often cast as a long-term dispute going back thousands of years and rooted in a clash between religions. As always, there is more to the situation. What is true is that the conflict is immensely complicated and just about everyone in the world has an opinion about it. Educate yourself by tuning in to this episode of Crash Course.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

    SS10.WH.16

    Describe the role of nationalism, militarism, and civil war in today’s world, including the use of terrorism and modern weapons at the close of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.WH.16

    Vocabulary

    • nationalism
    • militarism
    • terrorism
    • Iran Hostage Crisis
    • Gulf Wars
    • terrorist attacks
    • Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The role of nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Develop an understanding of key historical events, using a variety of primary and secondary resources.
    • Explain relationship among key historical events and economics, political and social ideologies, and geography.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism all played a role in world events in the close of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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