Ukraine conflict 2022

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Ukraine-Russia confict 2022

Aims:

1. To find out what we know about the conflict in Ukraine.
2. To discuss what we think and feel about it.
3. To practise reading and writing about current affairs in English
   

Have you been following the events in Ukraine?

Yes, I watch events closely.

A bit, but I'm not absorbed by it.

I only know what other people have told me.

I'm not really interested.

What's 'Ukraine'?

How concerned are you?
0=not at all 10=very

010

Ukraine

Tell us what you know about the situation in Ukraine.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Background

Ukraine was part of USSR

1991: It became independent.

The West and Russia continue to fight over Ukraine.

North

Atlantic

Treaty

Organisation
N.A.T.O.

Background

2013: Crimea (de Krim)

2014: pro-Russian Ukraine government chooses Russia instead of NATO

2014: large protests in Ukraine, new pro-west government is installed

2021/2022: tensions rise again...

23-24 February 2022: Russia sends in forces and bombs Ukraine.

Cyber war

- No freedom of speech

- No freedom of information

- State controlled television

- A lot of Russians don't know the full extend of the war

Read or Watch

1 or 2 articles in English on the current war.

Use any of these sites:

www.cnn.com

www.guardian.com

www.nyt.com

www.aljazeera.com/english

Write

a post on a forum for highschool students in Kyiv in which you give your opinion, offer support or critisim using information you have gathered. ( i.e. support your arguments)

Mind your word choice, word order and verb tenses.

Use a dictionary if you need to.

Post your forum post here.

Aims:

1. To find out what we know about the conflict in Ukraine.
2. To discuss what we think and feel about it.
3. To practise reading and writing skills