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Final Project

Final Project. Crisis in Ukraine. For this Essay. You will be writing an essay explaining the crisis in Ukraine and the impact it has on the rest of the world. The essay will be in a 5 paragraph format, and will require in-text citations, as well as a bibliography.

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Final Project

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  1. Final Project Crisis in Ukraine

  2. For this Essay You will be writing an essay explaining the crisis in Ukraine and the impact it has on the rest of the world. The essay will be in a 5 paragraph format, and will require in-text citations, as well as a bibliography

  3. Why are we doing this anyway? • I don’t live in Ukraine or Europe, so why does this matter to me? • Just like in our study of Syria in the beginning of the year, this event has the potential to involve the entire world. • Russia and the US have been rivals since the end of WWII. • This event marks the most hostile relations between the US and Russia in 25 years.

  4. What do I have to do? • You will start by doing some preliminary research as homework for tonight. • Look up one fact on each bullet point: • Ukrainian history: • Where is it located? (Name countries around it too!) • How many people live there? • 1 interesting fact about its history as a part of the Soviet Union. • Current Crisis • How did it get started? • What is Russia doing that is making Ukrainians so angry?

  5. What happens next? • We will begin research when we return from break. • 2 days in lab to look up sources to use. • 4 sources minimum

  6. What do I need to know? • Our body paragraphs will be divided like this: • 1.) Ukrainian history • 2.) The current crisis • 3.) How this crisis affects the world • Very similar to our Syria setup, but how we arrive at our final product will be different.

  7. Ukrainian History: The Basics • Ukraine = “Borderland” • It lies between Europe and Russia • Ukraine has had a very tense history with Russia • It was a part of the Soviet Union (Russia) for many years.

  8. The Soviet Years • Ukraine received harsh treatment as a part of the Soviet Union • Victims of a famine in the 1930s that killed millions of people. • Why? • Because Josef Stalin (leader of USSR) took away all of their grain (bread) and used it for the Soviet Union.

  9. The Crimean Peninsula • This is the part of Ukraine that has everybody in an uproar. • Many that live there speak Russian and identify as Russian people, NOT Ukrainian • It was originally a part of Ukraine, until the Soviets took it in the 1920s • In 1954, it was given back to Ukraine.

  10. 1991-Present • After the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine voted for independence from Russia • This included the Crimean Peninsula • Russia agreed to this, but only if they could keep a naval base in Crimea • Sevastopol – Russian Black Sea Fleet

  11. The Current Crisis • The Ukrainian government, not in good shape, held a vote on economic aid. • Should it take money from Russia or the European Union? • Remember! The Soviet Union treated Ukraine very badly for a long time. • The Pro-Russian president of Ukraine decided to take the money from Russia.

  12. The majority of Ukrainians got very angry and started to violently protest, much like this…

  13. So the protesters ran the Pro-Russian president out of Ukraine and set up a new government Russia believed that this endangered ethnic Russian people in Ukraine, so they sent their military to Crimea and set up along the Ukrainian border

  14. Ukrainian naval officer escorted by Russian troops

  15. Where are we now? • The people of Crimea voted to join the Russian Federation (Russia’s official name). • Troops wearing Russian uniforms, without Russian insignias, have taken over government and military buildings in Crimea. • The US and the European Union are taking economic action to stop Russia. • Using sanctions (freezing bank accounts, limiting travel of Russian officials)

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