How did the largest war in Europe since 1945 begin? Students trace Ukraine’s path from independence to invasion, touching on the Budapest Memorandum, NATO expansion, Euromaidan, Crimea, and the Minsk agreements. Students then rank five competing explanations for why the war happened.
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- PowerPoint Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
- A separate ready-to-print PDF document for each lesson level
- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of sovereignty and nationalism
- Critical thinking activity ranking the causes of the war
- Research extension about the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan protest movements
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