The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina PPT and Review Activity

Here you can find a ppt presentation, 11 page word document with detailed overview of this topic, Editable Review Activity, Answer Key and Blank Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The informative and editable presentation contains 36 slides, with maps, photos and charts, and it will be ideal resource when teaching the history of Bosnia in the 1990s and Bosnian conflict. It can be also used as additional resource in teaching Bosnian genocide as it contains main information on the events in Srebrenica in July of 1995 with very quality photos.

I’ve selected high resolution photos from everyday life during Bosnian war in order to help you engage student in their analyze so they could not only learn facts but get wider picture on how war impacts on civilians and change people’s life forever.

Special focus was given to the Siege of Sarajevo, as it’s the longest siege in modern history, with detail overview on residents’ fight for survival and their resistance.

Note: Students could find two photos I have included in the presentation troublesome. If you want, you can delete them or replaced with new ones, as you prefer.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Break-up of Yugoslavia
The Rise of nationalism in Serbia
First Elections
Independence
The Beginning of the Bosnian War
Forced Displacement
Ethnic Cleansing
Civil Victims
The Role of UN and NATO
The Siege of Sarajevo
Surviving in Sarajevo
Act of defiance – Famous photo of Meliha Varesanovic
Failed Peace Proposals
NATO intervention
The Fall of Srebrenica
Genocide at Srebrenica
Excavations and Commemoration
Dayton Peace Agreement
Effects of War

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The Break up of Yugoslavia Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12823444

As someone who studied Balkan history and Balkan conflicts, I’ve designed few presentations on that topic, as I found out that many teachers have struggles to cover this topic because of its complexity. That’s why I tried to summarize all relevant events, in chronological order, selecting high resolution photos, charts and maps, in order to help you and your student understand background of the wars, its impact on civilians (war crimes, refugees, ethnic cleansing) and all other important details.

Every presentation contains additional resources:

Topic summary as a word document (8-12 pages) with detail explanation of all relevant events and key figures, that can help teachers/researches build up their knowledge about these historical events, saving them days of researching.
Editable Review Activity with questions you can use to review students knowledge after a unit, as a resource for discussion, homework assignment or simply a guide for students to organize information covered in the presentation.
Answer Key.
Blank Map for each country.