CFR Education: Resource Conflicts Explained
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Provided by: Council on Foreign Relations|Published on: September 15, 2023
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Synopsis
- In this interactive text, students will click through various materials to read about how the different natural resources contribute to conflict.
- Students will understand how revenue from certain markets funds conflict and how shortages of natural resources contribute to conflict.
- This is the fifth section of the World 101 Conflict module, which includes a lesson plan for conflict-related sections of the World 101 content.
Subjects: Economics, History, Geography
Authors: CFR Education
Region: Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South and Central America, Global, Oceania
Languages: English
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Positives
- There are many other related readings linked throughout this text to build background knowledge or expand learning.
- This reading is broken down by type of resource, presenting information in digestible chunks, which should help students as they take in the reading as a whole.
Additional Prerequisites
- The lesson plan correlates to a variety of conflict-related sections.
- Even if the class is not doing the mapping activity in the lesson plan, it may be helpful to show the countries mentioned on a map, so students can have a little more context for the reading.
Differentiation
- History students can create a timeline of all the conflict-related dates mentioned in the reading.
- This article can be read using a jigsaw method, with each student or group of students reading about a different natural resource and related conflict.
- Students can choose one of the conflicts mentioned or another resource-driven conflict to further research and write a brief report on.
- Students may predict and discuss how climate change, an increasing global population, and the dwindling of natural resources may affect these conflicts in the future.
As the climate continues to change, some natural resources like fresh water are becoming scarce in certain parts of the world. This teaching resource looks at how various natural resources have fueled conflict across the globe. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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