THE WORLD COURSE
HIGH SCHOOL SEMESTER COURSE
GLOBAL CONFLICTS AND RESOLUTIONS

Overview of the Semester

1. Introduce frameworks for thinking about conflicts, including about
how conflicts build and how they may be resolved, and introduce
Students to other global conflicts and their causes.
A. Anatomy of a Conflict
B. Choices in International Conflict, with a Focus on Security

Issues in Asia (optional)

C. Just—War Theory and World War II
D. An Agendafor Peace
E. Individuals, Civil Society, and Responses to Conflict

2. Case Study of Israel and Palestine: Conflicts and Resolutions in the
Middle East

3. Recovering from Conflict: Transitional Justice (Optional)

Ongoing Guided Reading Groups
E ither as a Whole class or in groups of four or five students, the stu—
dents will read books together and meet regularly to discuss (with
guiding questions from the teacher) the sections they have read. One of
the Objectives of these reading groups is to supplement the content of
the course with human-interest stories on how conflict impacts people
and how people, including children, react to conflict. The students will
be regularly invited to make connections between What they are learning

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