Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Sudan and South Sudan: Colonialism, Conflict, and the Growing Pains of a New Nation

This lesson plan was created by Amy Jones (Sigourney CSD) for students in sixth grade and was supported by the Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium (MISIC). By completing this lesson plan, students will understand the concept of colonialism by comparing and contrasting America with Africa's colonial rule, and also discover how this often contributes to contemporary conflict by igniting cultural differences.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

World History

Theme

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

United States

North America

Africa

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Literature (RL)

Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI)

Writing Standards (W)

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 1. Understand the changing nature of society

HI 2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance

HI 6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events