HL1: Gleek at a Glance, 29 September to 2 October

Tuesday/Wednesday

  • Journal Prompt/Essential Questions: “How can we use analytical tools to explain the complexities of the world around us?”
  • Learning Objectives (IB Standards): Suez Crisis of 1956: role of Britain, France, the United States, the USSR, Israel and the UNO
  • Content: Snyder (2004)-HAVE READ BEFORE CLASS ON TUESDAY
  • Procedures: Lecture and Discussion, “Using Theory to Understand World Politics”; [BREAK]; After the break, students will begin to work on this project. Students should complete their First Image analysis by the end of the class period.
  • Assessments: Submit best journal response to Turntin.com before 11.59pm on Friday, 2 October (10 points)

Thursday

  • Journal Prompt/Essential Questions: “Using Levels of Analysis, what factors contributed to the onset, duration, and resolution of the Suez Crisis of 1956?”
  • Learning Objectives (IB Standards): Suez Crisis of 1956: role of Britain, France, the United States, the USSR, Israel and the UNO
  • Content: “The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956″ in Bickerton & Klausner, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (pp. 112-120)
  • Procedures: Continue with this lesson; move on to the Second Image
  • Assessments: Submit best journal response to Turntin.com before 11.59pm on Friday, 2 October (10 points)

Friday

  • Journal Prompt/Essential Questions: “Using Levels of Analysis, what factors contributed to the onset, duration, and resolution of the Suez Crisis of 1956?”
  • Learning Objectives (IB Standards): Suez Crisis of 1956: role of Britain, France, the United States, the USSR, Israel and the UNO
  • Content: “The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956″ in Bickerton & Klausner, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (pp. 112-120)
  • Procedures: Complete this lesson; move on to Third Image
  • Assessments: Submit best journal response to Turntin.com before 11.59pm on Friday, 2 October (10 points)