In class: Africa slide presentations

The Nigeria slide notes from 1st quarter are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/160_NnVPTz0gOQAn62W2YjIdWIdJRcIQP7i6KcSrHIsg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

and here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X1vJFVT3BvMnEmRivl9Rqt5xYNBWB2yzxOdJ3aZZGtA/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

The Congo slide notes from 1st quarter are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sn9-ZNLbbbh106s7NGGwUDCNhNDqQWcqhytCQE0LGms/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

1st quarter final exam study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrSkXM0Gbk7kftykJjNF8G7sAHuBvpScqXtX565P0jc/pub

In class: Vice Guide to Congo

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 19


Assignment
Watch "Vice Guide to Congo" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqrflGpTRE

While watching, write 10 questions that you have about what you're seeing.

After watching, free write for 7-10 minutes on the following questions:

1) Does Belgium owe anything to the Congo today?  If yes, why and what?  If no, why not?

2) Does the United States owe anything to the Congo today?  If yes, why and what?  If no, why not?


Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 19, end of class

Free world travel opportunities!

More info on Thursday, Nov. 5, 6:30-8:30pm: http://worldoregon.org/events/education/no-boundaries-high-school-travel-and-study-abroad-fair

Homework: The Reckoning

Date assigned

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Assignment

Read "The Reckoning" by the beginning of class on Friday, Oct. 16.  Answer the following questions by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct. 20:

1) Why does the author argue that the killings in the Congo were NOT considered to be genocide?

2) Why is it difficult to determine exactly how many people died in the Congo under Belgian rule?

3) What were the four sources of death associated with the decrease in population in the Congo under Belgian rule?

4) What methods did Belgians use to kill people in the Congo?

5) There were many actions that could cause a Congolese person to be killed by Belgians during Belgian rule.  Describe them.

6) Why was malnutrition so widespread in the Congo during Belgian rule?

7) Why was disease such an effective killer in the Congo during Belgian rule?

8) Why did the birth rate decrease so much in the Congo during Belgian rule?

9) What percentage of the people of the Congo died during Belgian rule?  What was the total number of people who died?

10) The author compares the mass killing in the Congo to at least three other mass killings in the 1900s.  Pick one of these.  In your opinion, was it worse than the mass killing in the Congo?  Why or why not?

11) According to the author, why is it so difficult to stop a mass killing once it has begun?

12) In your opinion, what was the worst aspect of Belgian imperialism in the Congo?

Due date

Reading - Friday, Oct. 16

Questions - Tuesday, Oct. 20

In class: Lumumba's speech

Date assigned
Friday, Oct. 16


Assignment
Read Patrice Lumumba's speech from the ceremony where Belgium granted independence to the Congo.  Answer the following questions:

1) What are the themes and messages from Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.

2) How do you think the people of the Congo reacted to Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.

3) How do you think the government of Belgium reacted to Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.

4) How do you think the government of the United States reacted to Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.


Due date
Friday, Oct. 16, end of class

Homework: The Wood That Weeps

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 8


Assignment
Read "The Wood That Weeps" and answer the following questions:

1) What fueled the demand for rubber during the boom that started in the 1890s?

2) Why was King Leopold so desperate to harvest rubber in the Congo as quickly as possible?

3) What was the effect of the rubber boom on the profits and stock prices of the concession companies bought and sold it?

4) Why was it so easy to make profits from harvesting wild rubber?

5) How was wild rubber collected?

6) How was rubber sap dried?

7) How did Belgian officials compel the Congolese to gather rubber?

8) What were the possible consequences for not gathering the required amount of rubber?

9) Describe the working conditions for Congolese rubber harvesters.

10) How was the population in the Congo “tightly controlled?”

11) What were the rubber gatherers paid for their harvests?

12) Why did Belgian soldiers in the Congo collect severed hands?


Due date
Read by Monday, Oct. 12 and answer questions by Wednesday, Oct. 14

Room assignment for PSAT day (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

Please meet in room 126 for Modern World History on Wednesday morning, Oct. 14.

PSAT day schedule:

8:15-8:30  Check in to 1st community class (1st period) and do a review of how to take Cornell notes

 

8:30-9:30  Guest speaker in Main Gym, take Cornell notes on his speech

 

9:35-10:20  1st community class (1st period)

10:25- 11:10  2nd community class (3rd period)

11:15- 12:00 3rd community class (4th period)

In class/homework: Designing an independent Nigeria

Date assigned
Monday, October 5


Assignment
You're going to create a new Nigeria.  

In 1960, Nigeria finally got independence from Britain.  Taking on the role of your ethnic group (Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, or Igbo), how should an independent Nigeria look and operate?

You're going to create a map with:
-Regional borders and names
-Star symbol for national capital
-1000 miles of road (note: Ibadan to Enugu is 250 miles)
-Type of government, their symbol, and their motto
-Relationship with the British?

You're also going to create:
-Nigerian flag
-Nigerian pledge of allegiance

Rough draft of map on handout, then final draft on blank paper.


Due date
Wednesday, October 7, beginning of class