Essential Question: Why do ethnic conflicts occur?
- Review
- Think of a case of ethnic conflict you have learned.
- Explain why you think ethnic conflicts occur.
- Understanding goals:
- Why did ethnic conflict occur in Sri Lanka?
- History-Attitudes
- Citizenship Rights
- Acts Discrimination-Interference
- Official Language Act
- University Admission Quota
- Resettlement Policies
- Troubles: Response-Retaliation
- Demonstration
- Resistance: Tamil Tigers
- Effects:
- Political Violence
- Foreign Intervention
- Economic decline
- Humanitarian crisis
- Performances:
- SBQ: Evaluating Reliability
- Read the article THE MAKING OF A SUICIDE BOMBER.
- What do you think is the root of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka?
- What are the challenges involved in resolving ethnic conflicts?
- Assessment:
- Share your diagnosis and evaluations with your classmates (Perks)
