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Path to Peace? Tumult in the Middle East

What causes conflicts among people, and how do people attempt to resolve those conflicts?

Bellingham Schools Research Investigation

7th Grade

 

 

Gathering Information
Collect information to answer your questions.

Use the following resources to gather information. Add information to your Middle East Background sheet and the War and Conflict sheet and save as directed by your teacher.

News Service Reports

CNN Special Report - The Middle East Conflict

Seattle Times Articles:

·        U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East,

·        Understanding the Region

·        Islam

 

Internet Resources

·        Fuel Oil Facts – facts from the National Energy Information Center

·        World Conventional Oil Resources Middle East- Data in table format

·        There's A Lot of Life in a Barrel of Oil– Facts about oil in .pdf format with photographs

·        Fact Monster - History and geography facts on the Middle East.

 

 

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