Tag: Ukraine War

  • Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Lesson Plan

    Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Lesson Plan

    Over five million refugees. Another three million displaced inside Ukraine. But the numbers hide something: displacement has not meant one thing. Kyiv’s population came back. Kharkiv’s has left and returned again and again. Mariupol’s residents largely cannot return at all. This lesson uses the three cities to ask what actually decides whether a displaced person…

  • Ukraine Resists Russian Invasion Lesson Plan

    Ukraine Resists Russian Invasion Lesson Plan

    Experts expected Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, to fall within days. It didn’t. This lesson examines the different explanations for Ukraine’s defense and asks how much of Ukraine’s defence of its own sovereignty depended on other countries.

  • Russian Invasion of Ukraine Lesson Plan

    Russian Invasion of Ukraine Lesson Plan

    In February 2022, Russia said it had launched a limited operation while analysts saw a bid to seize Kyiv within days. Students weigh Russia’s stated aims against its inferred ones and judge, with evidence, how much it actually achieved in the first weeks.

  • Background to the Ukraine War lesson plan

    Background to the Ukraine War lesson plan

    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.

  • Ukraine’s Military Shakeup Lesson Plan

    Ukraine’s Military Shakeup Lesson Plan

    In one week in July 2026, Ukraine replaced its defence minister, its commander-in-chief and its chief of the General Staff. Ukrainian protesters opposed one of those decisions and openly demanded another. A lesson on wartime leadership, legitimacy and public pressure.