Global Politics: Is Hamas Legitimate?

This is an inquiry-based, structured, and fully scaffolded series of lessons assessing Hamas’s legitimacy, both in and outof the current conflict. There is no excessive heavy reading for the students; everything is broken down into easily accessible chunks. The lesson considers many different types of legitimacy and seeks to apply them to Hamas as well as in a broader global context.

There are six differentiated tasks, and all resources are provided, including reading and videos. There are plenty of visual aids for EAL students. It is very discussion-based, with some research opportunities, so due to the detail required for some of the tasks, it should take at least two hours of lessons. This suits the current IBDP Global Politics syllabus and the new syllabus starting in 2025.

This lesson is good to go as soon as you download it, and the lesson is easily adaptable and editable as there is no branding or fancy gimmicks on the slides. Links to the videos are in the notes on the slides and are also included in the ZIP file. Relevant articles are also provided in an easily accessible format. It will transfer easily to Teams, Google, or any other online format, and it also works as a paper lesson. The Word Doc for students to work on a PPT to guide the lesson and provoke discussion.