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Global Conflicts

Driving Question: How have the tensions of globalization sparked new conflicts?

A more-connected world hasn’t necessarily meant a more-peaceful one. Discover how global tensions continue to fuel unrest around the world.

Learning Objectives

  1. Use evidence to analyze how globalization has contributed to modern conflict and resistance.
  2. Use the historical thinking practice of claim testing to analyze the effects of globalization.
STEP 1

Opener: Global Conflicts

STEP 2

Barriers to Progress

Teaching Tools

Take a look at our Reading Guide to learn about the Three-Step Reading approach.

Can’t get enough claim testing? Glance through the Claim Testing Activities Placemat to get more practice claim testing with different topics.

Even as globalization connects the world, deep divisions remain. With these materials, you’ll explore how nationalism and human rights violations have challenged efforts to create a more-peaceful and cooperative global society.

STEP 3

Terrorism

Terrorist attacks affect communities in both the long and the short term. Learn how the events of September 11, 2001, reshaped the world and sparked debates about justice, identity, and the global consequences of conflict.

STEP 4

Closer: Global Conflicts

Teaching Tools

Closers are a great way to informally assess student progress. Learn more in our OER Project Assessment Guide.

Extension Materials
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This extension offers a deeper look at how people around the world have pushed back against global institutions, revealing new dimensions of conflict in the modern era.