1. objective (read) swbat explain what makes a natural resource a strategic commodity
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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? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.