1. Objective (READ)SWBAT explain what makes a natural resource a

strategic commodity.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER)

A) How would you justify invading an oil-producing country?

B) What would you do if you just found ten million dollars hidden in the floor of your bedroom?

1. Objective (READ) – Day 2

SWBAT describe characteristics of a stateless nation.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER)

A) Why does the US care about oil so much?

B) How does the US treat oil-producing countries?

Conversation Yes - whisper, to help kids, silent when timer goes off

Help NO - Orso

YES - notebook, text, other kids

Activity 1. Make the Question of the Day

2. Answer two focus q’s (done in 3 mins)

Movement Yes – pick up your notebook as you enter, sharpen pencil then sit

Participation Right = sitting, writing, helping, start by 2:30 on the timer.

Wrong = no spiral, not writing

Activity Warm-up

Conversation NONE - raise a hand to speak, wait for a commercial break

Help YES - Raise hand, notebook, text,

NO - other students

Activity TI = Taking notes, assignment directions, explaining info or news

Movement NO – seated at all times

Bathroom – can’t leave during TI

Pencil - I will say wait or give you one

Participation Right = silent, writing, awake

Wrong = talking, not writing

Activity Teacher Instruction (TI)

Conversation YES - whisper, to help kids, be on task, only to your group

Help Directions 1st, Group members 2nd, Orso, notebook

Activity Researching, answering questions, creating projects or products

Movement YES – to get with your group

YES – to get a laptop after you are approved

NO – remain seated at all times, use signals

Participation Right = typing, writing, helping

Wrong = using any website or program other than what is assigned

Activity LAPTOPS

Conversation YES - whisper, to YOUR GROUP members only, be on task

Help Directions 1st, Group members 2nd, Orso, notebook

Activity Creating products, completing assignments

Movement YES – to get with your group

Complete Desk Olympics

NO – remain seated at all times, use signals

Participation Right = whispering, working, helping

Wrong = talking to other groups, not participating, not helping

Activity GROUPS

Table of ContentsDate Title Lesson #

**SOUTHWEST ASIA**

2/2 Religion 57

2/3 Traditional Islam 58

2/7 Modern Islam 59

2/8 Oil 60

1. Create a new page called “Oil”

2. Label it page # 60.

Conflicts Explanation

Directions: Copy this on your strategic commodity page.

Conflicts Explanation

A. Persian Gulf War, 1991

Directions: Copy this on your strategic commodity page.

LOCATION OF KUWAIT

Persian Gulf War – Explanation1. Kuwait and US vs. Iraq

2. Kuwait taps into OIL field on the Iraq side of the border.

3. Iraq (Saddam Hussein) invades Kuwait to take over their oil supply

Directions: Copy what is in the box in the explanation column.

Persian Gulf War - Explanation

4. US defends Kuwait and defeats the Iraqi army. Kuwait keeps their OIL and independence.

Directions: Copy what is in the box in the explanation column.

Clip QuestionsA) Why does the US back Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War? B) How does the US respond to Saddam’s invasion?

Conflicts Explanation

B. Kurds

Directions: Copy this on your strategic commodity page.

B. Kurds1. Kurds = An ethnic

group located in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria

ADD THE KURDS TO YOUR CHART

B. Kurds2) STATELESS NATION –

An ethnic group that does not have a homeland of its own.

3) The countries that the Kurds live in do not want to give up their oil rich lands.

Directions: Copy what is in the box in the explanation column.

4. Kurds Clip: A) Describe what happened to the Kurds. B) How did being a stateless nation contribute to this situation?

A reporter gives a report next to a mass grave found after the genocide by the Iraqi military against the Kurds

Conflicts Explanation

C. Iraq War, 2003-now

Directions: Copy this on your strategic commodity page.

B. Iraq War

1. US invades Iraq.

2. US captures Saddam Hussein and controls the country.

B. Iraq War3. New Iraqi

government allows OIL companies from the US, China, Europe, and Russia to get Iraq’s OIL.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ = Super important chokepoint.

4. Iraq War Clip

A) What was Saddam Hussein doing that got him in trouble with the US?

What is a strategic commodity?

• Definition: A resource so important that countries will go to war for it.

Fighting in the Persian Gulf War – Kuwait,notice the burning oil fields in the background.

READ ONLY

• Directions: Create this on your OIL page

STRATEGIC COMMODITY

2. Definition A natural resource so important that countries will go to war for it.

3. Resources:

OIL

4. Conflicts:

5. Picture

Exit Ticket

• Directions: Answer the prompt below:

Create an example, either real-life or fictional, that demonstrates a strategic commodity.

• Directions: Answer the prompt below:

Create an example, either real-life or fictional, that demonstrates a stateless nation.

Exit Ticket• Directions: Answer the prompt below:

Create an example, either real-life or fictional, that demonstrates a strategic commodity.

Step 1 – Identify a strategic commodity. Underline it so that it is obvious to me.

Step 2 – Explain a story about a conflict over that strategic commodity.

- If you want to draw it, include labels so that I know what is going on.

TURN IN YOUR EXIT TICKET ON THE CHAIR BY THE DOOR

Exit Ticket• Directions: Answer the

prompt below:

Create an example, either real-life or fictional, that demonstrates a strategic commodity.

Step 1 – Identify a strategic commodity.

Step 2 – Explain a story about a conflict over that strategic commodity.

- If you want to draw it, include labels so that I know what is going on.

• Directions: Answer the prompt below:

Create an example, either real-life or fictional, that demonstrates a stateless nation. Step 1 – Identify an ethnic group living in a series of other nations. Step 2 – Explain a story about that explains how they are considered a stateless nation.