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CWI: Causes of Conflict CBA

CWI: Causes of Conflict CBA. Objective: to choose a broad topic to write a persuasive paper about Agenda: Expectations ABC Brainstorm Requirements Preliminary Searching Complete Finished Task. Date: 05/16/14 HW: None Entry Task: You need your laptop out and ready to go.

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CWI: Causes of Conflict CBA

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  1. CWI: Causes of Conflict CBA • Objective: to choose a broad topic to write a persuasive paper about • Agenda: • Expectations • ABC Brainstorm • Requirements • Preliminary Searching • Complete Finished Task • Date: 05/16/14 • HW: None • Entry Task: You need your laptop out and ready to go.

  2. Expectations/Consequences • Expectations • 100% focus • 100% effort • 100% respect • 100% completion • Consequences: • Warning • Move Seat • Conference • Code Blue Positive Reward: Complete your work and you get to listen to your music!

  3. Task/Goal • You will pick a conflict or a broad category of issues that create conflict and create a solution for it. • This is a time honored tradition of trying to learn from the past and increase the incidence of peace. • Success Criteria: We know we are successful when we have chosen a topic and we have located background information on the topic. • Remember “the pen is mightier than the sword.” • Utilizes reading and writing skills

  4. ABC Brainstorm • Label your paper from A-Z • Come up with a word for each letter of the alphabet related to the concept conflict.

  5. Organizing Questions • What causes conflict? • How can conflict be avoided/reduced? • How can self-interested nations be made to cooperate rather than fight? • How can the problem of “order” be overcome?

  6. Inter-State Conflicts

  7. Intra-State Conflicts

  8. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Inter-State Conflicts

  9. How to approach the topic from a broader angle: (this would require multiple case studies)

  10. Areas to study concerning solutions:

  11. Requirements

  12. Timeline • Choosing a broad topic and getting an overview of the topic (May 16th) • Narrowing the topic (May 19th) • Develop a thesis or statement of purpose (May 20th) • Formulate questions to guide research and plan for research and production (May 21st) • Find/Analyze/Evaluate Sources (May 22nd, May 23rd and May 26th) • Evaluate evidence/Take notes/Compile bibliography (May 27th, 28th and 29th) • Establish conclusions/Organize information into an outline (May 30th and June 2nd) • Write the paper (June 3rd, 4th and 5th) • Peer Assessment (June 6th) • Turn in paper (June 9th)

  13. Specific Task: Must be completed and emailed to me by the end of the class period. • Select a conflict and do some preliminary background research on it. • Find out and write down the following facts: • What is the name of the conflict? • How long has the conflict been going on? • Where is the conflict? • What are some interesting details about the conflict? • What are some preliminary reasons why the conflict is occurring? • Please email me your response. Complete the task and earn four points. Any questions are of course welcome.

  14. Mr. Foltz do • Topic: The Iraq War of 2003 (too many personal and political reasons) • Name: 2003 Invasion of Iraq or the Iraq War: • Time: 2003-2011, to the present • Location: Iraq in the Middle East • Details: Intentions thwarted, Not greeted as “friendlies”, U.S. “surge” and on-going tensions • Hypotheses: Iraqi mistakes, U.S. search for power, oil, money, WMD’s, Saddam Hussein

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