Indiana Social Studies 7.H.14
The Standard
Analyze the causes of modern global conflicts from 1945 to the present, and evaluate the responses of individual nations and international organizations in addressing these crises.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use maps and dated events to separate long-term causes of a conflict from the event that started fighting. They compare what countries and the UN did, then judge what those responses achieved and what they could not do.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student explains how Korea's division and North Korea's 1950 invasion led to war. They describe Russia's territorial aims in Ukraine and its 2022 invasion. They use evidence to explain one result and one limit of a national or UN response to each war.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse Korea's division with the later invasion. They may think a UN General Assembly vote can send troops, or that the Security Council can act despite a member's veto.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one cause of the Korean War and one cause of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Compare one response to each war and give a limit of one response.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs paper maps of Korea in 1950 and Ukraine in 2022; have them mark borders, invasions, and outside powers.
Give students cards noting the Soviet boycott in 1950 and Russia's 2022 veto; ask why UN military action differed.
Sort cards labeled 'Korea divided,' 'North Korea invaded,' 'UN sent troops,' 'Russia invaded Ukraine,' and 'US imposed sanctions' into cause-response chains.
Show a current UNHCR Ukraine aid update; students name one need the aid meets and one problem it cannot solve.
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