The Suez Crisis: Tension Builds
Students consider the proposal to turn the Suez Canal into an international zone, and the infamous “Sevres Protocol”. They will use two primary sources: Nasser’s rejection of the Western plan and the Sevres Protocol. There are several YouTube videos that can be used:
[1 – Czech Arms Deal, USA Anger]
[2 – Aswan Dam funding cancelled by USA]
[3 – Nasser announces nationalisation of the Suez Canal] [4] [5]