The Process

As indicated in the task, your job is to create a plan for peace, write the plan as a proposal, and deliver the written plan with a corresponding presentation highlighting the details to the United Nations. As a task force of 3 individuals, you will work together as a team to create the plan

Step 1 - Getting Prepared: As with most controversial issues, there will be propaganda and perspectives that you may encounter that contain biased information. As you visit various sources, you will need to be able to "filter" the facts from potentially biased, one-sided information. To help you learn how to do that, your team should complete the Understanding Propaganda activity. Submit to your instructor a summary of what you learned as well as a list of strategies for evaluating web resources

Step 2 - Evaluation: As a team, study the evaluation rubrics. There will be one for the written peace plan and one for the presentation. As you work on your written plan for obtaining peace, and you develop your presentation, you will need to reflect back on the rubrics.

Step 3 - Primary Research: Developing a plan for peace is a monumental task...to say the least! It will take a variety of perspectives to develop a solid plan. All three of the task force members will be responsible for collaborating on writing the plan and presenting the proposal for peace, however, to gain factual information to help develop the plan, each one of the team members will take on a very specific role to gather background information. The three roles are as follows

Historian: Research and report to your group on the history of the region. Identify the key dates and their significance (from the Historian’s point of view) to inflaming the conflict

Diplomat: Research and report on the leaders, governments, policies, and other political aspects of the region

Ethnologist: Ethnologist will collect information about the Palestinian and Israeli cultures

Once you have chosen your role, click on the titles below for more detailed information on how to proceed. There will be several instances in which you will need to consult with another team member (role) to find the information you are seeking and/or to clarify or confirm your findings.

Step 4 - Secondary Research: Based on your findings within your individual roles, attend a summit! Share your findings with the other class members in your same role. Use the "summit" sheets to gather information (Historian Summit, Diplomat Summit, and Ethnologist Summit). Your sharing should not be a debate, but rather a sounding board for clarifying your findings. Get their feedback as your work through your thoughts to clarify the facts

Step 5 - Report: Gather back together in your group. Each role should lead a discussion with their group members about their findings. As you are listening to your fellow group members lead their discussions, note ideas or thoughts that were similar and different to your thoughts and ideas. Once each lead discussion is complete, your groups should write up a one-page Compare and Contrast Paper that compares how your ideas for peace are similar and different to each other.

Step 6 - Brainstorm: Within your group, choose a scribe to take notes as you brainstorm your ideas for achieving peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Using chart paper and colored markers is a helpful technique. Do not negate any ideas at this point. Just get all ideas recorded in such a way that you can all review them when you begin to create your plan

Step 7 - Create Peace Plan: Using your brainstorm list, and being sure to reflect back on the evaluation rubrics, create your plan for peace and develop your presentation. Your presentation should reflect the past, present, and future. Predict how that area of the world might look different in 20, 50, and 100 years from now if your peace plan is put into action. Here are just some things you may want to include in your plan and presentation:

• Artifacts, such as visuals, documents, letters, maps, etc.

• A timeline of significant historical events that have promoted/encouraged/sustained the conflict.

• Discussion of the past and present

• Discussion of past successful negotiations that others have used

• Detailed plan for achieving peace.

Your presentation can be completed in a variety of ways. A multimedia presentation, poster boards, and/or a Web Page are all acceptable ways of presenting your plan.