Mini-Course: The Israel-Palestine Conflict
1: What high school students learn. Might you add something?
A 15-minute primer for high school students struck me as pretty balanced and a good way to start a mini-course on the Israel-Palestine conflict, but what do you think? Could you or I do a better job of explaining it relatively objectively in less than 15 minutes?
John Green, an American writer, co-created Crash Course, an educational YouTube channel that is widely used in classrooms in the U.S. and around the world. He explains complex topics in ways that are understandable and entertaining to middle and high school students. In Crash Course World History, he tackled the conflict between Israel and Palestine. You can find the video on YouTube here. It was posted in early 2015. For paying subscribers, I’ve posted the video below along with a transcript for easy discussion, and hyperlinks to a few important people and concepts.
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