How the Middle East "Got That Way" II | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson was created by Brittany Lassen (Mount Pleasant Community School District) for students from tenth to twelfth grade. Throughout this lesson plan, students will gain an understanding of why there is so much conflict in the Middle East and how the U.S. is involved in that conflict.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

World History

Sociology

Theme

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

Middle East

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface

14. How human actions modify the physical environment

15. How physical systems affect human systems

16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 2. Understand how physical and human characteristics create and define regions

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

GE 6. Understand how culture affects the interaction of human populations through time and space

GE 7. Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities

HI 2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance

HI 6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events

HI 7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies