Middle East - Treaty of Washington

An A-level lesson in which students consider the factors helping and hindering a peaceful settlement between Israel and Egypt. The lesson has been designed to fit within the students’ understanding of the role of the Great Powers in the Middle East, particularly the USA. This lesson does assume that students will have done some reading on the Treaty of Washington prior to the lesson, but this is not essential.
Students will use cards to understand the aims and motivations of Egypt, Israel and the USA, and will then consider the barriers to a settlement being reached. Students will reach a judgement on the importance of the US in the settlement.