Current Conflicts: Case Studies in the Muslim World

Working Lesson ideas


 
TOOLS FOR PEACE
Connecting international relations to personal experience.
Classroom Arena International Arena

How do you define order in the classroom?
What are some of the basic student rights?
(Sources: Posted class rules; Published school rules...)

How do you define order between nations?
What are some basic human rights?
(Sources: U.N. Charter; Universal Declaration of Human Rights.)

How have classroom rules changed over history? 
(or since Kindergarten?)

What are some ways that the rules of international conduct have changed over history?

How do we enforce order in the classroom?
Tools for peace: consider the advantages and disadvantages of each
  • Published Discipline code
  • Negotiation
  • Rewards/ Punishments

How do we enforce order between nations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
  • Diplomacy:  formal and informal contacts, diplomatic recognition, treaties,
  • Economic tools: trade agreements, tariffs/quotas, sanctions, foreign aid
  • Organizations: IGO's (e.g., U.N.), NGO's (e.g. Amnesty International) and IO's (e.g., Intl. Committee of the Red Cross) 
  • Military force: deterrence, limited response, war, terrorism
  • Information / Propaganda

Glossary of International Relations terms.

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