*NEW* - Spring Break homework

So easy!

Just click on this link - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cascade-community-mwh - and request membership to the Google group for Cascade Community.

I'll explain more when we get back to Grant on Monday.

In class/homework: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcVNSwVHfQ

Period 2 - 35:00
Period 3 - 33:00
Period 4 - 40:15

Finish the film during Spring Break.

In class: Alive Day Memories

Alive Day Memories 
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j08fvUk67U
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uCvxCZttUY
Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZ4XJx-lJs
Part 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Nsh7gbRuM
Part 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgmzatiz6Wc
Part 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIYUs7LKWCE

Periods 2 and 4 ended at 5:55 of Part 4.  Period 3 ended at 8:50 of Part 3.

3rd quarter final project - assignment sheet, due dates, and sources

The 3rd quarter final project assignment sheet can be found here.


Due dates

#1 - Thursday, March 20 - Email me your country choice and 5 sources

#2 - Tuesday, April 1 - Email me Section 1 of your paper

#3 - Thursday, April 3 - Email me Section 2 of your paper

#4 - Monday, April 7 - Email me Section 3 of your paper

#5 - Tuesday, April 8 - Final draft of your 5-page paper is due



Sources (this list will grow over time)

CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Saudi Arabia documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-1cHa03QSY

Arab Spring: http://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2143048068_the_arab_uprisings

Modern Middle East history: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89482.The_Modern_Middle_East

Homework: Two Iraq articles

Date assigned
Thursday, March 13


Assignment
Read two articles - "If America Were Iraq What Would It Be" and "What We Did To Iraq" - located at this link.  Be prepared to discuss in class on Monday.


Due date
Monday, March 17

In class/homework: The Iraq War, 10 years on (video and maps)

If you didn't see/finish it in class, watch PBS Newshour's retrospective on the Iraq War, 10 years after it began (located here).

Period 2: Finished
Period 3: left off at 10:40
Period 4: Finished

Also check out the religious maps of Iraq that we looked at in class here and here.


Further reading, if you're interested (all optional)
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/16/174510069/the-iraq-war-10-years-later-where-do-we-stand

http://www.globalresearch.ca/10-years-later-the-mysterious-why-of-the-iraq-war/5327789

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/19/the_costs_of_war_10_years

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2013/0317/Iraq-war-10-years-later-Was-it-worth-it

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_iraq.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-years-later-iraq-slides-back-into-sectarian-war/

Homework: Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America"

Date assigned
Thursday, March 6


Assignment
Read the first half of Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" (found here - you can read the second half if you want, but it's not required).

In no less than 1 handwritten single-spaced page, answer the following:

1) Summarize bin Laden's stated reasons for attacking the United States.  Why did he do it?

2) Based on bin Laden's stated reasons for attacking the US, do you think this attack could have been prevented?  If so, how?

3) Can you reason with religious fanatics?  If so, how?  If not, then how else can they be dealt with?


Due date
Monday, March 10

In class: 9/11

Just another day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVYdg9BoNI&safe=active

The initial bulletins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5uIPyYDlQ&safe=active

The south tower attack - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKZqqSI9-s&safe=active

South tower collapse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYg2krLsPB8&list=PL0E80C8578868041F&safe=active

North tower collapse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWwvQfgjrw&list=PL0E80C8578868041F&index=31&safe=active

Aerial photos - http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35330966/ns/us_news-life/#.UV2c8KJg9YU

The hijackers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_attacks

My Pet Goat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rO3F6mZUaE

http://whowhatwhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fbi_hijackers.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6eonppuEMEo/S5LSNCN7TxI/AAAAAAAAJzc/_TPJrL2SeWw/s640/untitled.bmp


Earlier Al Qaeda attacks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/february/tradebom_022608

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/press-past/2013/02/26/the-1993-world-trade-center-bombing-a-new-threat-emerges

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

Ukraine

Pictures of revolution
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73119000/jpg/_73119136_indepsquare_afp_976.jpg

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1621274.1392999220!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/images-kiev-independence-square.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MBZiiPL.jpg


Russian invasion
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukraine-crisis-russia-control-crimea-live

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/2/live-blog-crisisinukraine.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/03/03/285271455/theres-a-recent-precedent-for-russias-action-in-ukraine

http://graphics.wsj.com/Ukraine-gas/?mod=e2tw

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2014/3/4/georgia-moldova-commiteuropeukraine.html

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/russia-vladimir-putin-the-west-104134.html#.UxZsD-NdWSr

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/02/ex-cia-chief-why-we-get-putin-wrong.html

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21597974-can-ukraine-find-any-leaders-who-will-live-up-aspirations-its-battered-victorious

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-divisions-crimea.html?_r=3

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/mar/03/ukraine-crisis-the-military-imbalance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTuFAR169s&safe=active


Nuclear explosion map
http://www.nucleardarkness.org/nuclear/nuclearexplosionsimulator/