Contemporary World

Case Study: Population and Conflict

Instructions: The 19th-21st centuries saw rise of many conflicts and events that resulted in temporary or
permanent changes in the lives of the people (ex. migration). In a group of 2-3, examine the following
criteria of your assigned case/event. Do the research of these criteria about your case, and present what
you have found in a poster.

Criteria: Please include the following criteria in your final product

1. Brief history (causes, key events, key people)

2. Consequences of the event (any casualties, policy changes, cultural changes, migration, etc)
○ If there is more than one party involved, consider the consequences for both parties
(ex. WWI; consider the consequences for both Central Powers and The Allies)
3. Lesson (how can the outcome be applied in today’s society; going forward, what can be done to
remedy, what should’ve been the international community’s reaction)
4. Visual evidence (photos/pictures)

Topic Cases/Events
1. Armenian Genocide
2. Cambodia genocide
3. Boxer Rebellion
4. Irish Potato famine
5. Greco-Turkish Population Transfer
6. Syrian Civil War
7. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
8. Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
9. Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
10. American - Apache Wars
11. Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Due date: October 28th

- Late assignments will be penalized 5% per day, and your parents will be notified if the
assignment is not submitted 2 days after the deadline.
- Students guilty of any form of Academic Dishonesty (Plagiarism, Cheating, etc,) will result in a
grade of Zero on the assessment and will be subject to both classroom and school disciplinary
sanctions.
Evaluation Rubric
 Components 5-4 3 2-1 0

Content research The work reflects a The work reflects a The work reflects a The work reflects a
-Brief history thorough, in-depth thorough research of superficial research superficial research
research of the the event's history. of the event's of the event's
event's history. All Most of the required history. Only a few history. None of the
of the required components (causes, of the required required
components (causes, key events, key components (causes, components (causes,
key events, key people) are present key events, key key events, key
people) are present in the work. people) are present people) are present
in the work. in the work. in the work.

Content research The work reflects a The work reflects a The work reflects a The work reflects a
- Consequences of thorough, in-depth thorough research of superficial research superficial research
the event research of the the event's outcome. of the event's of the event's
event's outcome. Multiple aspects of outcome. Only 1-2 outcome. No aspects
Multiple aspects of the consequences aspects of the of the consequences
the consequences (casualties, policy consequences (casualties, policy
(casualties, policy changes, cultural (casualties, policy changes, cultural
changes, cultural changes, migration) changes, cultural changes, migration)
changes, migration) are present in the changes, migration) are present in the
are present in the work. are present in the work.
work. The work work.
examines both
parties’ stories (if
more than 1 party is
present).

Content research The work includes a The work includes a The work includes a The work does not
- Lesson learned thoughtful reflection thoughtful reflection superficial reflection include any
on the lesson of the on the lesson of the on the lesson of the reflection on the
event. It addresses event. It addresses event. The questions lessons that can be
the questions with the questions are barely learned from the
evidence from the without evidence. addressed. event. No questions
research. are addressed.

Presentation The work is The work is The work is The work does not
presented in a presented in an presented in some have any format or
coherent, organized organized way that sort of structure but visual documents.
format that is easy is easy to read/see. It hard to read/see the
to read/see. It has has some visual material. It has some
good visual documents (photos) visual documents
documents (photos). (photos).

Mechanics There are none to a There are some (6 - There are many (11 There are more than
few (5) errors in 10) errors in - 15) errors in 15 errors in spelling,
spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar, grammar, sentence
sentence structure, sentence structure, sentence structure, structure,
punctuation, etc. punctuation, etc. punctuation, etc. punctuation, etc.