This document contains four statements about countries using their military, followed by prompts to agree or disagree with each statement. The four statements are: 1) It is important for the USA to have the strongest military in the world. 2) Countries have a duty to protect their citizens living in other countries from terrorism. 3) Countries should use their military to protect economic interests. 4) Countries should use their military to protect important religious sites. For each statement, readers are asked to physically move to different areas of the room depending on whether they agree or disagree.

1. Bellringer
Identify the countries from the map
1
2
3
4
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2. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
1. It is important for the USA to have the strongest
military in the world

3. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
2. Countries have a duty to protect their citizens living in
other countries from terrorism

4. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
3. Countries should use their military to protect
economic interests, such as access to the ocean

5. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
4. Countries should use their military to protect
important religious sites

6. Modern Middle East
• Why
important for:
A. Christianity,
Islam and
Judaism?
B. Economically
(2+ reasons)
C. Militarily
D. Ethical or
Political
issue

7. Page 935
Who is Nasser?
What does he want?
3 reasons he thinks
Egypt should get it

8. June 6,
1967

11. Arab-Israeli Conflict Assignment pg 930-932
Must show conflict, what happened & when:
UN partition, Suez War, Six Day War, Yom Kippur War (1973),
Camp David Accord, 1st Intifada
Choose 1 assignment to do:
A. Illustrated timeline, description + picture
no stick figures, just symbols and pictures
B. 2 paragraph letter for each conflict from Arab
soldier to his family regarding each conflict
C. Detailed proposal of a video game for each conflict
D. Limerick poem for each conflict

12. Bellringer
1. What are the names of
the two Palestinian areas
in Israel?
2. All Israelis must join the
military when they turn
18. Men must serve 3
years, women must serve
2. Why do you think this
rule exists?
3. Do you think we should
have this rule in the
United States?