World Political Leaders: Yasser Arafat (Palestine) Gr. 5-8

World Political Leaders: Yasser Arafat (Palestine) Gr. 5-8

An intriguing educational resource developed for assisting educators in public schools and homeschoolers to facilitate insightful lessons on world political leaders. This chapter slice focuses on Yasser Arafat of Palestine, and is part of the full lesson plan titled "World Political Leaders".

The study guide enables an investigative journey into the global influence and impact that these political figures have wielded across time. Examination starts with two American Presidents, George W Bush's stance against terrorism juxtaposed against Ronald Reagan's cold war narrative largely marked by arms race strategies.

• The resource explores Mexico's Vicente Fox acting as a mediator between Bush and Fidel Castro during international proceedings.
• A transatlantic voyage onto United Kingdom soil uncovers Margaret Thatcher’s instrumental role in ending apartheid in South Africa.

This teaching tool carries not only factual accuracy but also versatility for use as a whole group resource, smaller targeted groups, or even as homework assignment within varying educational settings.

Detailed narratives include:
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s transition from head of the Soviet Union to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
- Nelson Mandela’s fight for equality in South Africa; giving students a chance to delve into gripping historical narratives significantly impacting our world.


An engaging detour through Tibet introduces the spiritual leader Dalai Lama who headlines Buddhist religion adherence. The package was compiled following State Standards directives whilst paralleling Bloom’s Taxonomy concept levels, educators are assured an additional suite of writing tasks tailored to improving student comprehension skills coupled with crossword challenges reinforcing learned concepts along with detailed answer key guides complementing self-study workflows.
• The package comes ready-to-use with 25 pages neatly collated into a single PDF file.
• The lesson plan is applicable to students from Grade 5 to Grade 8 and aids the teaching of social studies, focusing on government aspects of their curriculum.

1 PDF with 25 ready to print pages