Unit 5: Conflict and the Middle East

LESSON 2: CONFLICT

DO NOW• Create a timeline using the events!

MARCH ON WASHINGTON• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDU-oYQN04

NOTES• Conflict happens because of disagreements between races,

ethnicities, political ideologies, nationalism, and religion.

• Civil disobedience is not following the laws and rules but doing it in a way that passes no harm on to someone else.

• People who respond with violence are generally heard faster, but the response if often negative and uses even more violence.

• Civil disobedience lasts longer and it breeds respect from others.

GROUP WORK

1. Identify whether the example is civil disobedience or a violent response.

2. Write a sentence that explains what type of response to conflict it is (from the first step) and the nature of the conflict (race, ethnicity, religious, etc).

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

THE BREAKER BOYS

THE VIETNAM WAR

ROSA PARKS

RWANDA GENOCIDE

CHINESE ACTIVIST BLOCKS COLUMN OF TANKS

THE HOLOCAUST

GHANDI’S SALT MARCH

VENN DIAGRAM

INDEPENDENT WORK• Using your notes, your Venn Diagram, and your

knowledge of social studies, write a minimum two paragraph essay that compares and contrasts civil disobedience and violent responses. Make sure you use examples to fully describe both types of responses to conflict. Then, explain which one you think is most effective and why.

EXIT TICKET1. Why do we have conflicts in the world?

2. What is civil disobedience?

3. How is civil disobedience different than responding with violence?

4. If you were living in a place where you didn’t have the freedom to decide where your life was headed because the government had so much control, what would you use – civil disobedience or violence? Explain. (3-4 sentences)