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The United Nations: Fifty Years of Keeping the Peace Lesson Plan

The United Nations: Fifty Years of Keeping the Peace Lesson Plan

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Young scholars examine the work of the United Nations. In this United Nations lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the history of the United Nations. Young scholars respond to discussion questions pertaining to the content of the lecture.

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cold war, peacekeeping, united nations, social studies

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9th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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