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Here are the teacher pack items for Shifting Maps and Borders:
Overview In this experience, students first guess how many new countries have been formed since the year 2000. Then they summarize several articles about the breakup of Yugoslavia and its republics. Next they explain how the break up of Yugoslavia reflects the idea that borders are changeable, not “set in stone.” Finally they learn about the Russia-Ukraine conflict and summarize from both the Russian and the Ukrainian points-of-view. Objectives
You learned in the experiences about colonization that many states won their independence from the countries and empires that had colonized them. In this experience, you will learn about countries that were formed when existing states split apart.
Objectives
How many new countries do you think have been formed since the year 2000? Write your guess as a digit without commas, like this: 10000.
According to the CIA World Factbook, the following countries have been formed since 2000:
