Grade: 
10th-12th Grade

Key Questions: 
How does identity influence cultural status?

How can compromises occur when people feel passionately about an issue?

Why does the world focus on certain conflicts and not others?

Objectives: 
Students will identify values and interests of individuals.

Students will work cooperatively.

Students will write papers incorporating research and interpretation.

Students will present their findings orally to the class.

Students will participate in post summit discussion highlighting key questions.

Materials:
Access to the internet, student notes from previous day’s classes

Activity:
Begin class by having students share their answers to the previous night’s homework.  From that discussion have students refer to their notes on the groups involved in the Maoist Uprising, the list should minimally include, the Nepalese government, a representative of the Nepalese royal family, Maoist insurgents(both members of the leadership and local cadres), ethnic groups in western Nepal, the United States, China and India

Students should then be evenly divided into one of the groups they identified.  In their groups students will draft a position paper, taking on the identity of their assigned group.  Access to the internet will provide students with the opportunity to enrich their understanding of the people they are representing.

Once position papers are drafted in final form and interests are clarified, a summit will be convened to discuss the conflict and possible solutions.  The summit will be chaired by the representatives of India.  During the course of the dialogue students should take notes on ideas and issues being presented.  If possible a peace proposal will be drafted. 

Evaluation:
Class discussion around key questions.