From now on, I will be taking 10% off of any and all assignments that are turned in without a name written on them.
You have been warned.
You have been warned.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
In class: Film - "Chinatown, Africa"
Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Assignment
Watch "Chinatown, Africa" (link here). Write 10 questions you have while watching the movie.
Due date
2nd and 3rd period - Tuesday, Oct. 30, end of class
4th period - Thursday, Nov. 1, end of class
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Assignment
Watch "Chinatown, Africa" (link here). Write 10 questions you have while watching the movie.
Due date
2nd and 3rd period - Tuesday, Oct. 30, end of class
4th period - Thursday, Nov. 1, end of class
Monday, October 29, 2012
In class: Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Date assigned
Monday, Oct. 29
Assignment
Look up the definition of "neocolonialism." Read the prologue of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, but John Perkins (link here). Be prepared to discuss the reading in class on Thursday, Nov. 1. If you missed class on Monday the 29th, Tuesday the 30th, or Thursday the 1st, print out and highlight and annotate the reading.
Due date
Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning of class.
Monday, Oct. 29
Assignment
Look up the definition of "neocolonialism." Read the prologue of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, but John Perkins (link here). Be prepared to discuss the reading in class on Thursday, Nov. 1. If you missed class on Monday the 29th, Tuesday the 30th, or Thursday the 1st, print out and highlight and annotate the reading.
Due date
Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning of class.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
In class: Hoop Dreams 15 years later
Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 18
Assignment
Read three articles about Hoop Dreams:
1) Hoop Dreams, 15 years later - link
2) The Great American Documentary - link
3) The death of Arthur's father - link
Then answer the following questions:
Due date
Thursday, Oct. 18, end of class
Thursday, Oct. 18
Assignment
Read three articles about Hoop Dreams:
1) Hoop Dreams, 15 years later - link
2) The Great American Documentary - link
3) The death of Arthur's father - link
Then answer the following questions:
1) What is Hoop Dreams
about? How many different things is it
about?
2) What issues does Hoop
Dreams raise about American society?
3) How did Hoop Dreams
change your perspective? What did it
make you think about that you haven’t considered before? How did it change your thinking?
4) Of all the films we
could have chosen to show you yesterday, why did we choose Hoop Dreams?
5) How could the lives of
William, Arthur, and all of the other people in the film have been
improved?
6) Can poverty be eliminated? If so, how?
If not, why not?
7) Discuss the idea of
athletes as role models. Why are
athletes idolized? Should athletes be
idolized? Why don’t teenagers have
posters of scientists or writers or journalists on the walls of their bedrooms?
Due date
Thursday, Oct. 18, end of class
In class: Film - "Vice Guide to Congo"
Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 25
Assignment
Watch "The Vice Guide to Congo" (link here). Write 10 questions you have about what you see in the movie.
More info about the film can be found on the Vice website: http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-vice-guide-to-congo-1
Due date
Thursday, Oct. 25, end of class
Thursday, Oct. 25
Assignment
Watch "The Vice Guide to Congo" (link here). Write 10 questions you have about what you see in the movie.
More info about the film can be found on the Vice website: http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-vice-guide-to-congo-1
Due date
Thursday, Oct. 25, end of class
ANNOUNCEMENT: 1% infractions
From now on, I will be taking 1% off from your assignments every time I see one of the infractions listed here.
You have been warned.
If you need help with proofreading prior to turning an assignment in, ask me or your parents to help you.
You have been warned.
If you need help with proofreading prior to turning an assignment in, ask me or your parents to help you.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Homework: The Congo - resources, war, and elections
Date assigned
Tuesday, October 23
Assignment
Read this article on the Congo 50 years after Lumumba's speech. Highlight/underline and annotate the article.
Due date
Thursday, October 25
Tuesday, October 23
Assignment
Read this article on the Congo 50 years after Lumumba's speech. Highlight/underline and annotate the article.
Due date
Thursday, October 25
In class: Lumumba's speech
Date assigned
Tuesday, October 23
Assignment
Read Patrice Lumumba's speech (link here) from the day the Congo got independence from Belgium. Answer the following questions:
1) What are the themes of Lumumba's speech? Use examples from the text.
2) How do you think the people of the Congo reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
3) How do you think the Belgian government reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
4) 1960 was the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Belgium was an ally of the United States, and sold many of the resources they harvested in the Congo to the United States. How do you think the United States government reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
Finally, read this editorial from the New York Times in 2011 to see how Belgium and the United States actually reacted to Lumumba's speech.
Due date
Tuesday, October 23, end of class
Tuesday, October 23
Assignment
Read Patrice Lumumba's speech (link here) from the day the Congo got independence from Belgium. Answer the following questions:
1) What are the themes of Lumumba's speech? Use examples from the text.
2) How do you think the people of the Congo reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
3) How do you think the Belgian government reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
4) 1960 was the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Belgium was an ally of the United States, and sold many of the resources they harvested in the Congo to the United States. How do you think the United States government reacted to the speech? Use examples from the text.
Finally, read this editorial from the New York Times in 2011 to see how Belgium and the United States actually reacted to Lumumba's speech.
Due date
Tuesday, October 23, end of class
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Homework: The Reckoning
Date assigned
Tuesday, October 16
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Reckoning." Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.
Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Monday, October 22
Questions - Tuesday, October 23
Tuesday, October 16
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Reckoning." Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.
Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Monday, October 22
Questions - Tuesday, October 23
Homework: The Wood That Weeps
Date assigned
Tuesday, October 16
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Wood That Weeps." Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.
Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Thursday, October 18
Questions - Tuesday, October 23
Tuesday, October 16
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Wood That Weeps." Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.
Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Thursday, October 18
Questions - Tuesday, October 23
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Homework: Shell oil in Nigeria
Date assigned
Thursday, October 11
Assignment
Read the handouts about Shell's involvement with the oil industry in the Ogoni region of Nigeria (links here and here). Write at least 1.5 pages on the following opinion questions:
Further resources:
Youtube video - http://youtu.be/N10wAPhDJAM
Photo essay - http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/nigeria-the-cost-of-oil/100082/
Further readings:
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/wiwa-v.-royal-dutch-petroleum
http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/cases_03-04/Ogoni/Ogoni_case_study.htm
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/ogoni-people-struggle-shell-oil-nigeria-1990-1995
Due date
Tuesday, October 16, beginning of class
Thursday, October 11
Assignment
Read the handouts about Shell's involvement with the oil industry in the Ogoni region of Nigeria (links here and here). Write at least 1.5 pages on the following opinion questions:
1) Should
Shell have been punished for their actions in Nigeria? Why or why not?
2) What
should Shell’s punishment have been?
Explain your answer.
3) What
was the worst thing Shell did? Explain
your answer.
4) What
responsibilities do international corporations have when they harvest natural
resources in places like Nigeria? Explain your answer.
5) What
responsibilities do national governments have when they allow international corporations
like Shell to harvest natural resources in their country? Explain your answer.
Further resources:
Youtube video - http://youtu.be/N10wAPhDJAM
Photo essay - http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/nigeria-the-cost-of-oil/100082/
Further readings:
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/wiwa-v.-royal-dutch-petroleum
http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/cases_03-04/Ogoni/Ogoni_case_study.htm
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/ogoni-people-struggle-shell-oil-nigeria-1990-1995
Due date
Tuesday, October 16, beginning of class
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Project: Africa film assignment
The culminating project for the Africa unit - due Tuesday, November 6 - can be found here.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
In class: Nigerian spoke diagram
Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Assignment
Read about life in Nigeria prior to the arrival of the British for 1 of 3 cultures: the Yoruba, the Igbo, or the Hausa-Fulani. Create a spoke diagram about the 6 main aspects or their society: Location/Environment, Shelter/Food/Clothing, Political Organization, Family Structure, Religion/Belief System, and Economy.
Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 2, end of class
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Assignment
Read about life in Nigeria prior to the arrival of the British for 1 of 3 cultures: the Yoruba, the Igbo, or the Hausa-Fulani. Create a spoke diagram about the 6 main aspects or their society: Location/Environment, Shelter/Food/Clothing, Political Organization, Family Structure, Religion/Belief System, and Economy.
Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 2, end of class
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