Alabama Social Studies SS24.WH.16a
The Standard
- SS24.WH.16
- Analyze the causes and effects of both regional and internal conflicts in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Critique the response of the world community to mass atrocities and violations of human rights and civil liberties in various nations and regions.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine what governments and international groups did when civilians faced mass violence or lost basic rights. They compare actions, delays, and results in more than one place. They use evidence to judge the response.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how the UN reduced its mission in Rwanda and why its safe area failed to protect people in Srebrenica. They cite dates and outcomes to judge each response, while naming who made the decisions.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a UN statement means troops or aid followed. They may treat the UN and its member governments as one decision maker. They may also assume a declared safe area was safe.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In April 1994, the UN voted to reduce its peacekeeping force in Rwanda. What might that choice mean for civilians, and how does it affect your judgment of the response?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs four event cards: the UN mission reduction in Rwanda, Srebrenica's safe area designation, the Srebrenica massacre, and NATO airstrikes. Sort them by action and outcome.
Ask: Did the UN safe area protect people in Srebrenica in July 1995? Write a claim using two facts from the event cards.
Play evidence match: pair Rwanda and Bosnia response cards with outcome cards, then explain whether each match supports a claim of effective action.
Read the UN's 2024 Sudan fact-finding mission summary. Circle one recommendation and write who would need to act on it.
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