What are the historical foundations of the Ukraine War?

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The title of this lesson is “What are the historical foundations of the Ukraine-Russia War?”

This lesson begins with a Starter Activity in which students are invited to play a game of Play Your Cards Right to test chronological understanding of four of the key events in Russo-Ukraine relations. The title is then introduced along with graduated criteria (all will/most will/some will). There then follows slides of teacher exposition and students are given a template (a newspaper template with headings which match the points discussed) on which to jot down key names, dates, people, places, events, quotations, and statistics. When they have achieved this, they then write up their own newspaper (you can give them the editable PPT template or just print it off). A completed example is given, and students are brought back to the criteria to show progress made. There is then a Whose Line Is It Anyway? plenary for students to recap the knowledge of key vocabulary covered. I hope your students get as much out of this lesson as mine always do. Please note it is exposition heavy and was written for high achieving high school students and is written in UK English.

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