•Journal•Causes of Conflict CBA and Level 5 Introduction

Journal: Write something you know or think you know about each of the following topics:

World War IWorld War IIThe Cold War

Agenda February 28th or March 1

Explanation of Our Work During the Third Quarter

Follow along on your copy of the Project Overview as the project is explained to you

Choosing a Conflict

Follow the descriptions of the 3 major conflicts of the 20th Century as they are read to you

THEN Follow the directions for choosing a

conflict to work on. Make sure to designate a first, second and third choice

When complete, turn in your Conflict Selection sheet

Concept Formation

In order to fully understand the material of this unit and to effectively participate in its activities, it is important that you grasp three important concepts:

Cause and Effect Social Studies Perspectives

Nationalism

Definitions

Cause: Causes make things happen. They are the factors that result in the occurrence of events.

Effect: Effects are the things that result from a particular event.

Applying the Concepts

Listen to the “Tragic Story of Jack and Jim” following along on your handout

Individual Work

The “event” that we are focusing on in the story is Jack’s punch.

Look back over the story and make a list of all of the causes and all the effects of Jack’s punch.

Group Discussion 1

Together, look over the handout’s description of the types of causes

From our list of causes of Jack’s punch sort the causes into the following categories:

The Main CauseContributing CausesThe Immediate CauseRemote or Background Causes

Be prepared to discuss your reasoning with the class

Group Discussion 2

Look over the handout’s description of the types of effects

From our list of effects of Jack’s punch sort the causes into “immediate effects” and “long term effects”

Be prepared explain your reasoning to the class

Applying the Concepts to Previous Studies

Consider the topic we have just finished studying: Imperialism

With your group brainstorm as many causes of imperialism as you can.

Applying the Concepts to Previous Studies

Following is a list of causes of imperialism we might have brainstormed: Social Darwinism/European “Superiority” Competition among European nations The Industrial Revolution The availability of resources African disunity and weakness

With your group sort the causes above into the following categories: the trigger (immediate cause), the main cause, contributing causes, background causes

Sample Analysis – Causes of Imperialism

Trigger/Immediate Cause : the availability of resources

Main Cause: Industrial Revolution

Contributing Causes: African disunity and weakness, Social Darwinism/Europe’s feelings of superiority

Background Causes: European competition

Applying the Concepts to Previous Studies

With your group brainstorm as many effects of imperialism as you can

Applying the Concepts to Previous Studies

Following is a list of effects of imperialism we might have brainstormed: Increase in European wealth African poverty Slavery/forced labor Destruction of African culture Destruction of African land Turmoil in independent African nations

With your group sort the effects above into immediate effects and long term effects

Sample Analysis – Effects of Imperialism

Immediate Effects: Slavery/forced labor Destruction of African land and culture European wealth

Long term effects: African poverty Turmoil in independent African nations

Applying the Concepts to War As a group brainstorm and write down as

many causes of war as you can Sort your list into three groups: immediate

causes, contributing causes, and remote/background causes

Now discuss and develop and answer to the following questions: Is there such a thing as a “just war”? If so, which of the causes you identified

might result in a just war? Be prepared to explain your answer.

Applying the Concepts to War cont. As a group brainstorm and write down as

many effects of war as you can Sort your list into two groups: short

term/immediate effects and long term effects

Social Studies Perspectives

With your group develop a definition for each of the following terms: Geography Economics Politics Culture Sociology Psychology

Then discuss what you think it means to look at an event from the perspective of each of the above terms

Social Studies Perspectives

Geographic: Looking at an event from a geographical perspective asks how ideas of place, region, human-environmental interaction, location and movement affected the event. 

Political: Looking at an event from a political perspective asks how a society’s leaders, the ways leaders are chosen, the society’s laws, and the ways those laws are made affected the event. 

Economic: Looking at an event from an economic perspective asks how a society’s needs and the way they attempt to satisfy those needs affected the event. 

Cultural: Looking at an event looking at an event from a cultural perspective asks how a group’s collective knowledge, experience, beliefs, attitudes and/or customs affected the event. 

Sociological: Looking at an event from a sociological perspective asks how a society’s structures, social institutions, social relationships, and collective behaviors affect the event. 

Psychological: Looking at an event from a psychological perspective asks how the mental processes and resulting behaviors of individuals did and/or groups in a society affect the event.

 

Categorizing Causes into Social Studies Perspectives – Past Studies

Here is the list of the causes of imperialism we developed earlier: Social Darwinism/European “Superiority” Competition among European nations The Industrial Revolution The availability of resources African disunity and weakness

With your group link each cause to the appropriate social studies perspective (a cause might fit into more than one)

Sample Analysis – Social Studies Perspectives

Geographic

Political Economic Cultural Socio. Psych

Resources European competition

African weakness

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

African disunity

Resources/Industrial Revolution

African weakness and disunity

Industrial Revolution

Resources

Competition

Industrial Revolution

Competition

Applying the Concepts to War cont.

As a group take our list of causes of war and link each cause to the appropriate social studies perspective (a cause might fit into more than one)

Defining Nationalism

Individually read the handout which contains four examples of nationalism

As a group discuss what the four examples have in common

Using the commonalities you found try to develop a definition of nationalism - your definition should include four critical attributes (things that have to exist for nationalism to be present)

Nationalism – Critical Attributes When a group of people have the following

behaviors, they are exhibiting Nationalism:

1. Loyalty and devotion to a nation2. A sense of national consciousness3. A feeling that one’s nation is superior to or has

a higher purpose than other nations4. A feeling that one’s identity as a member of a

nation is more important than membership in some “supranational” group (such as a religious, cultural, or political group or movement

Nationalism Group Activity

Discuss the questions on the worksheet your group has been given and record your answers on the worksheet. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the entire class.