Beyond the Headlines: Examining the True Cost of the Iraq War

Help students delve deeper than headlines with this critical thinking resource! They'll explore the human and financial tolls of the Iraq War, analyze primary sources, and grapple with the complexities of war and peace.

This comprehensive worksheet equips your students with:

• Balanced Analysis: Examine the war's motivations, human costs (including veterans' challenges), and lasting impacts.
• Primary Source Integration: Analyze a soldier's letter, fostering empathy and understanding of personal experiences.
• Varied Question Formats: Multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions assess comprehension and encourage critical thinking.
• Clear Answer Key: Save valuable time with a comprehensive answer key for easy grading.

Learning Objectives:

• Students will evaluate the human costs of war, including civilian casualties and veterans' challenges.
• Students will analyze the financial burden of war on the US and Iraq.
• Students will understand the importance of considering long-term consequences before military action.

Common Core Standards Addressed:

• CCSS.RI.6.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of text.
• CCSS.RI.6.2 - Determine the central ideas or author's purpose of a text.
• CCSS.RI.6.3 - Analyze the sequence of events and cause-effect relationships in a text.
• CCSS.RI.7.1 - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of complex ideas.
• CCSS.RI.7.2 - Determine the central ideas or author's purpose of a text.
• CCSS.RI.7.3 - Analyze the development of a topic over the course of a text, including how it contributes to the author's purpose.

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