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Geography of Conflict: Syria

This lesson plan was created by Andrea Aykens (Cedar Falls School District) for tenth grade students. During this lesson plan, students will understand the origins of the current conflict in Syria and the human rights abuses that can occur under an autocratic form of government.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

World History

Sociology

Theme

Population

Cultural/Social

Region

Middle East

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI)

Writing Standards (W)

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

17. How to apply geography to interpret the past

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 6. Understand how culture affects the interaction of human populations through time and space

CL 7. Understand how various political systems throughout the world define the rights and responsibilities of the individual

CL 8. Understand the role of the United States in current world affairs