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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

 

 

Planning
Develop your information-seeking strategies.

Work with your team to divide research tasks.

Open the Middle East Policy sheet. Define each policy below.  Create a definition or a list of characteristics that define each of the four policy options.

1.    Police A Rough Neighborhood

2.    Keep Our Eye on the Prize

3.    Promote Western Values

4.      Break Free of Entanglements 

Next review these planning questions and use them to develop your list of tasks.

Project planning questions

1.    What do you already know about U.S. policy in the Middle East?

2.    What do you need to know?

3.    What questions will help you learn about this topic?

4.    What do you know about Think Tanks?

5.    What do you need to know about making a persuasive presentation?

6.    What skills will you need to have to be successful?

7.    How will you manage your time?  Set daily goals for the project to meet the due date.

 

Review the project rubrics to see how your work will be evaluated.

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Research modules based on use of the Research Cycle, Module Maker, and ideas in Beyond Technology by Jamie McKenzie.