( CNN Student News ) -- Students will learn about the history and scope of the humanitarian crisis occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan . Procedure . Direct student groups to multimedia resources to learn about the history and scope of the humanitarian crisis occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan . Pose the following questions to guide students ' research : . After groups present their findings , ask students : What actions do you think that the Sudanese government , the U.N. , the international community and the U.S. could take at this point in time to broker lasting peace and stability in the Darfur region ? Extension : Ask students : What lessons do you think that young people around the world might learn from the crisis in Darfur ? Challenge students to draw upon their research to create an in-school campaign to educate their peers about this humanitarian crisis . Correlated Standards . Civics . What is the Relationship of the United States to Other nations and to World Affairs ? Standard 22 : Understands how the world is organized politically into nation-states , how nation-states interact with one another , and issues surrounding U.S. foreign policy . Level III Grade : 6-8 . Benchmark 2 : Knows the most important means used by nation-states to interact with one another ( e.g. , trade , diplomacy , treaties and agreements , humanitarian aid , economic incentives and sanctions , military force and the threat of force ) McREL : Content Knowledge : A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education ( Copyright 2000 McREL ) is published online by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning ( McREL ) ( http : //www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks ) , 2550 S. Parker Road , Suite 500 , Aurora , CO 80014 . World History . Era 9 - The 20th Century Since 1945 : Promises and Paradoxes . Standard 44 : Understands the search for community , stability , and peace in an interdependent world . Level II Grade : 5-6 . Benchmark 3 : Understands efforts to improve political and social conditions around the world ( e.g. , the progress of human and civil rights around the globe since the 1948 U.N . Declaration of Human Rights ; how the apartheid system was dismantled in South Africa and the black majority won voting rights ; the progress made since the 1970s in resolving conflict between Israel and neighboring states ) Level II Grade : 7-8 . Benchmark 9 : Understands the motivations , moral imperatives , and goals of specific separatist movements around the globe and the potential impact on the affected populations . McREL : Content Knowledge : A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education ( Copyright 2000 McREL ) is published online by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning ( McREL ) ( http : //www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks ) , 2550 S. Parker Road , Suite 500 , Aurora , CO 80014 . Keywords . Darfur , Sudan , humanitarian crisis , war , genocide , refugees , United Nations E-mail to a friend .
Learn about the humanitarian crisis occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan . Consider possible strategies for brokering lasting peace and stability in the region .