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Do Now:

  1. Take out laptops and open up today’s handout labeled centripetal and centrifugal forces/devolution powers
  2. While you wait for bell to ring go over the Lesson Key Points and the Stop & Jot questions for the Do Now videos.

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Boko Haram in Nigeria

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Catalonia Independence Movement Explained

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Wednesday January 12, 2022

Objective: SWBAT to explain the causes and effects of state devolution using specific examples and how the concepts of centrifugal and centripetal forces apply at the state scale.

Class Agenda:

  1. Do Now: Nigeria & Catalonia example – 10 min
  2. Hook: CFU Qs discussion – 5 min
  3. INM: Devolution & Centripetal/Centrifugal Forces – 8 min
  4. GP: Devolutionary Forces Examples – 10 min
  5. Exit Ticket – 15 min

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Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces

Centripetal Forces

  • A factor that unifies or strengthens a states
    • P = Put together (unite)

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Centrifugal Forces

  • A factor that divides or weakens a state. (may cause instability, balkanization)
    • F.U. = divide

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Devolution

  • The transfer of power from a central government to a local or regional government usually due to an ethnic group’s demands resulting in autonomous regions, subnational fragmentation, or new state formation.
    • Physical Geography: mountain range in Kashmir
    • Ethnic Seperatism
    • Terrorism: ETA in the Basque Region or Al Qaeda in Sunnis Muslims
    • Economic Factors: Control of natural resources
    • Social Conditions: Rich vs. Poor, religion
    • Irredentism
  • Can lead to fragmentation of a state(country) or balkanization

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What happened to Yugoslavia?

Balkanization

  • In 1990s due to the mountain range in the area regions developed strong ethnic ties.
  • Broke into smaller countries due to violence in the area: war, deaths, and very hostile way.

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Group Work

  1. On your own, go through the list of the different forces, are they centripetal or are they centrifugal?
  2. We will check them together after
    1. Be ready to be cold called
  3. Use the sheet with the real life devolution examples
  4. Read through all of the real life examples and look for the causes of devolution and was was the outcome.
  5. You will have 15 min to complete.

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Exit Ticket Time

Task verbs

  • Define: 1-2 sentences
  • Explain 4-5 sentences w/ an example of how it looks like in the real world

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Sentence Stem *if you need them

Centrifugal forces is when________. Balkanization is when _______. Centrifugal forces can lead to balkanization by________. (may add an addition sentences for elaboration). An examle of when balkanization happened due to centrifugal forces was_________. This is how centrifugal forces can lead to balkaniaztion.

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