What are the Causes and Costs of Conflict?:

Somali PiratesSocial Studies 8

Unit QuestionsUnit Questions:1. What are the different sources of significant conflict within a

society and between societies?

2. How does significant conflict impact a society?

3. Why do societies resort to armed conflict?

4. What are the measureable costs of significant conflicts?

5. Are there causes and costs of conflicts that are consistent through time and place?

6. (Historical Thinking Benchmark: Cause and Consequence)

7. How can significant conflicts be resolved?

Today’s Goals

1. Solidify basic knowledge about three conflicts (Somali Pirates, Vikings, 100 Years War).

2. Practice using Cornell Notes strategy.

3. Prepare to use information next day to compare conflicts.

Cornell Notes

http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html

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material = better for your

Background KnowledgeWho

Pirates- young men from Somalia, business people, terrorists?

Targets- international container ships + crew, private/personal boats

Countries- Somalia, Yemen, etc. Organizations- Insurance companies,

United Nations

Background KnowledgeWhat

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Background KnowledgeWhen

Image from Jay Bahadur’s Pirates of Somalia

Background KnowledgeWhere

Image from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Somalian_Piracy_Threat_Map_2010.png

Background KnowledgeHow

Image from Jay Bahadur’s Pirates of Somalia

Background Knowledge

Image from Jay Bahadur’s Pirates of Somalia

Why

Profitable = proximate

cause.

? =ultimate

cause?

Analytical Understanding

Hungry for More?

Cornell Notes

http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html

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