Lesson Plan

School: Mofdi Zakaria High School Scholar Year: 2023 / 2024

Teacher’s Name: Nehmar Salah Level: 2nd Year Sc Stream
Unit 1: Make Peace
Theme: Peace and Conflict Resolution
Sequence 1: Discovering the Language Rubric: Think it Over / Reading
Targeted Competencies: Interact – Interpret – Produce

LearningObjectives:by theend of thissequence,

Write a poem denouncing prejudice.

Learning Objectives: by the end of this lesson, SWBAT:

Define the word ‘conflict’ and list its different types (family, classroom, community, world).
Identify and discuss sources of conflicts.
Discover and discuss the role of international organisations in settling conflicts.

Core Values: To recognize the role of international organisations in conflict resolution.

Assumptions: Ls may be very motivated to talk about modern-day international issues.
Materials: Pictures, Worksheets, White board Time Allotted: 1 H 30mns
Anticipated Problems: Ls may struggle to find lexis / Ls may struggle with the different types of conflicts.
Stage Solutions: Illustrated forms of conflictsProcedures
Competency
Suggested / Supplied Lexis / Semi-guided production.Objectives Timing
-T greets Ls, checks presence list and sets the class layout.
-T encourages Ls to name the pictures using the words in the box

Domestic Violence - Public Aggression - Nations Conflict -

Think Racism - Political Tension
It Over
To introduce
Interact different 5
Interpret forms of Mns
conflicts
Key: 1-Racism / 2-Public Aggression / 3-Nations Conflict / 4-
Domestic Violence / 5-Political Tension

-T directs Ls to answer the question ‘What is common between the

words?”
Ls possible answers: Conflicts / Different types of conflicts To define a
-T encourages Ls to classify the conflicts into types in the conflict and 5
following table, then add others of their own list its Mns
Interact
Familial Social International different
Interpret
Domestic Violence Public Aggression Nations Conflict types
Children Dispute Racism / Slavery / Political
Civil wars / Labor Tensions Wars
Strikes (cold,
military, economic)
-T guides Ls to match the words with their definitions in the table
Interact Word Definition
Soldier A serious disagreement between persons, or countries. It
To introduce
Interpret key lexis 5
can be verbal, physical or military.
Treaty A person who serves in the army of a country or an related to the Mns
organisation by doing missions. theme
Conflict A formal agreement between countries to do something,
like establishing peace.
Refugees Persons who were forced to leave their country because of
wars or disasters.
 Pre-reading
Pre- -T guides Ls to discuss the questions in pairs and share answers To activate
reading Interact  Are there any conflicts in your region or in the world? Ls prior 5
Interpret  How did they happen? What are their consequences?
knowledge Mns
 Who is responsible for solving conflicts? What do they
do?
and stimulate
a
Ls possible answers: conversation
 Yes, there is the conflict between Algeria and Morocco,
and also the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
 The Algerian and Moroccan conflict happened because of
smuggling of drugs, while the Russian Ukrainian conflict
happened because of international diplomacy.
 The Algerian Moroccan conflict led to the closure of
borders, while the Russian Ukrainian one destroyed
Ukrainian, killed people and create a problem of refugees.
 International organisations like the UN are responsible for
solving conflicts. They act peacefully by signing peace
treaties, or militarily by sending soldiers to conflict zones.

Interact -T encourages Ls to fill in the chart with their opinion To use the
Interpret What else do international organisations do in the world? new lexis to 5
Apart from the role of United Nations solving conflicts in the talk about the Mns
world, there are other bodies with other roles. UNICEF for role of
example strives to protect human rights, while FAO works to international
provide food and stop hunger worldwide. organisations
While Reading
-T directs Ls to read the text and highlight new words and
While vocabulary to be elicited
Reading -T guides Ls to state whether the sentences are true or false
Task 1: State whether the sentences are true or false To retrieve
Interact 1- The UN Organisation was founded before WWI. False general 10
Interpret 2- The UN’s budget is funded by selling petrol and gas. False information Mns
3- The World Bank is part of the UNO. True from the text
4- The soldiers of UNO are called peacekeepers. True

-T directs Ls to identify the paragraph where ideas are

mentioned Task 2: Identify the paragraphs where the ideas are To identify
Interact mentioned 1- “The US donates the most in the United Nations”.
the 5
Interpret  Paragraph 1.
2- “The UN peacekeeper protect human rights.” paragraphs Mns
 Paragraph 3. in which the
ideas are
-T guides Ls to answer the questions according to the text mentioned
Task 3: Answer the following questions according to the text
1-How many member states are there in the UN Organisation?
 There are 193 members states in the UN Organisation.
Interact 2- Does the UN have any inside agencies? Illustrate. To extract
Interpret  Yes, it does. They are FAO, WHO, UNESCO and the general 10
World Bank. information Mns
3- What is the role of UN peacekeepers before conflicts?
from the
 Before conflicts, UN peacekeepers can protect civilisations
and national authorities to assume their responsibilities. passage

-T invites Ls to read the text for cohesive markers and synonyms

Interact Task 4: Who or what do the following words refer to in the text To scan the 10
Interpret 1-It (§1): Unites States 2-Which (§2): UNESCO text for Mns
Task 5: Find in the text words or expressions close in meaning to specific
the following words and
1-To fix (§1) = to solve 2-Many (§2) = several expressions
 Post Reading
Post The Sub-Saharan region in Africa has witnessed many military To produce a
Reading Produce conflicts recently over presidency. Write a short paragraph, in short
more than 8 lines, about how the UN can intervene to solve these
paragraph 25
conflicts and maintain peace again. You may use the notes below
 Deploy / troops / war zones about how the Mns
 Promote / solutions / politics UN may solve
 Monitor / elections / citizens / votes a conflict in
 Encourage / fighting parties / negotiations the region

Sample Paragraph
The Unites Nations can intervene the solve the military
conflicts in the Sub-Saharan region in different ways. First,
they may deploy peacekeepers in war zones to separate the
fighting parties and arrange a ceasefire. Also, they can
promote peaceful solutions through politics, by helping the
local government to take control of its power and regulate the
situations. Moreover, the UN may monitor local elections
through votes if citizens want a new president to lead the
government

Classroom Assessment: Self-assessment.

Assigned Homework: Refining, editing and publishing the final draft of the paragraph.