The U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel. Teaching with Documents.

Institution	National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
Titel	The U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel. Teaching with Documents.
Quelle	(2002), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Academic Standards; Federal Government; Foreign Countries; International Relations; National Standards; Primary Sources; Secondary Education; Social Studies; Student Research; Teacher Developed Materials; United States History; World History; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bundesregierung; Ausland; Internationale Beziehungen; Primärquelle; Sekundarbereich; Gemeinschaftskunde; Studentenforschung; Weltgeschichte
Abstract	In 1917, Chaim Weizmann persuaded the British government to issue a statement (later called the Balfour Declaration) favoring the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine. Because of the arrival of many Jews in Palestine in the 1930s and Arab fears about Palestine's future, guerrilla fighting broke out between the two groups. When U.S. President Harry Truman took office, he made clear his sympathies were with the Jews and accepted the Balfour Declaration, explaining that it was in keeping with former President Woodrow Wilson's principle of self determination. Truman initiated several studies of the Palestine situation that supported his belief that, as a result of the Holocaust, Jews were oppressed and in need of a homeland. On May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed a new state of Israel. President Truman released a statement of recognition without notifying his delegates to the United Nations first. This lesson plan uses that statement of recognition (a press release) as one of its primary source documents. The lesson provides an historical overview of Israel's beginnings; identifies the correlations for National History Standards and National Civics and Government Standards; presents discussion questions for analyzing the document; suggests further research; and lists terms to define. Contains a photocopy of Truman's press release and a telegram from the U.S. State Department alerting its foreign personnel about the situation. Also contains a written document analysis worksheet. (BT)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC