Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation
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Collection: Global Connections: The Middle East
Condition of Use: Fair Use for Education Description:
In this lesson, students are given a hypothetical situation involving an oil embargo to the United States. Students become members of congress and work to arrange a solution, keeping in mind concerns of various special interest groups in the United States. Through this 3 day lesson, students learn the cost and benefit of the U.S. reliance on Middle Eastern oil and how that reliance plays out in American politics. >