Students are assigned to research a current political or military conflict, focusing on its background, actors, and history. They must categorize their findings by source, media, and language, and prepare an online presentation summarizing their research. Suggested topics include Arctic territory rights, FARC in Colombia, and gay rights in Uganda.

1. Assignment: Locate and organize information on today’s Digital Library Each group of 4-6 students must select a political or military conflict somewhere in the world. Choose a topic that is Interesting Current (in the news within the last year) Unfamiliar Kahn+Associates |

2. Assignment (cont.) Search for any resource using a Web Browser, the Public Internet and your collaboration tool Learn everything you can about The reason(s) for the conflict (background, actors, context, history) A summary of the different positions of groups involved Categorize what you find into information types by: Source (government, NGO, news media, enthusiast, etc.) Media (text, book, image, video, sound) Language (search for the same text or concept in French, English, Arabic, Finnish, etc.) Kahn+Associates |

3. Assignment (cont.) Create a summary presentation the finding of your team Each group must design and present an online presentation summarizing the information found. The presentation must be linked to the background information about the conflict. Sources from web sites must be organized and summarized in a way that will communicate an overview to our group. Kahn+Associates |

4. Conflict suggestions Canada / Russia / Norway Arctic territory rights FARC / Colombia AQIM Algeria / Niger / Mauritania Somalia Lebanon Niger Delta-Nigeria Gay Rights / Uganada Kahn+Associates |