Teacher: Ivana Šarlija
Discipline: History
Age of students: 16
N. of students: 13

Cooperative Learning, Context and contest, CLIL i debate

The Israeli – Palestinian conflict and fundamental human rights

Investigate fundamental human rights and their violation through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Present the facts about these events on the basis of which the students themselves will come to the conclusion that nowhere is it good to resolve disputes through conflict but only as healthy communication as possible. Students should also note that no conflict or war has ever brought anything good except serious violations of basic human rights such as the right to life.

1. Students will list the main causes of the conflict
2. Demonstrate on the map the disputed areas
3. Develop a debate on these conflicts
4. Demonstrate fundamental human rights - the right to life, the right to freedom of speech …
5. Express a critical view of conflicts

Original text on the Declaration of Human Rights https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/13/the-oslo-accords-are-dead-but-there-is-still-a-path-to-peace-israeli-palestinian-arafat-rabin-clinton/
Staff, Toi (2018) Palestinians must make peace or shut up, Saudi crown prince said to tell US Jews. Timesofisrael.com. https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-must-make-peace-or-shutup-saudi-crown-prince-said-to-tell-us-jews/
Havel, Boris (2016) Israel. In: Mirjana Kasapović (ed.), Middle East (pp. 109-160). Zagreb: Faculty political science

Students should study the content of the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the Declaration of Human Rights based on specific sources. Based on the joint research, they will be divided into groups, one of which will create a survey in google forms, and the other group will create a Kahoot quiz based on these texts.

Sources: Palestine. Ancient History Encyclopedia.
What is Palestine and Palestinians? Israel Science and Technology Directory.
Everything you need to know about Israel-Palestine. Vox.com.
Map: The countries that recognize Palestine as a state. Washington Post.
UN Partition Plan. BBC News.
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. The History Learning Site.
Timeline: History of a Revolution. Al Jazeera.
Hamas accepts Palestinian state with 1967 borders. Al Jazeera.
Palestine Liberation Organization. Oxford Islamic Studies Online.
Oslo Accords Fast Facts. CNN.
Profile: Hamas Palestinian movement. BBC News.
History.com Editors
URL https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/palestine

In the first hour, based on the questions asked in the worksheet, they jointly seek answers through a specific text in order to get a clearer picture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and human rights violations in general in the context of today's conflicts. Based on specific sources and literature, students will study the text of the Declaration of Human Rights and the violation of these rights through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as the causes and course of the conflict.

Example question

1. List the main causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
2. What does intifada mean?
3. The Balfour Declaration is?
4. When the Declaration of Fundamental Rights was adopted?
5. What was the UN plan for the division of territories between the Palestinians and the Israelis?
6. What do you think fundamental human rights are being violated through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
7. Who is Yasser Arafat?
8. When the state of Israel was established?
9. How many phases of wars were there from 1948 until today?
10. What is Hamas?
11. Which is Zionism?
12. What is the importance of the Oslo agreement?

The second part of the block clock

1. a group of students will create a survey in google forms- Human rights violations and the Arab-Israeli conflict
2. group of students will make a Kahoot quiz

1. Based on the results of the survey, students will develop a debate in which they will be divided into an affirmative group that will represent the right of Israelis to today's borders, the second group will represent the right to establish a Palestinian state emphasizing fundamental human rights - the right to free territory.

The survey on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict provides a clearer insight into what students think about these conflicts and human rights violations in general. Based on the results of the survey, students will get a clearer picture of the attitudes and the opinion of all students about these conflicts and the violation of fundamental human rights. After analyzing the survey and the Kahoot quiz, students will develop a debate based on their acquired knowledge. The debate should serve to advocate for these conflicts by presenting clear arguments about these conflicts. The affirmation group should represent the rights of Israelis The Negative Group should represent the rights of the Palestins, stating what fundamental human rights are and where they are violated through these measures.

The methods used through these teaching contents enhanced the quality of teaching. Collaborative learning increases student achievement, creates a positive environment, communication is two-way, and learning achievements are better, which means more effective acquisition of knowledge on a particular topic, encourages the development of critical thinking, increases motivation and competitive spirit in creating and creating certain tasks such as surveys in google forms, creating a Kahoot quiz. Students have the opportunity to analyze and compare information that will connect with existing knowledge, and critically judge their meaning.