1st quarter final exam study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMJjlNt3PqyLkCcrPu_T3-yNeA7SVxQomO0ywbHjF9Q/pub

You are allowed to write an outline for the essay question.  You may use the outline during the essay portion of the exam, but you are not allowed to use any other notes during the exam.

1% infraction list

1% for each infraction:

• There/their/they’re
• You’re/your
• To/too
• Not capitalizing a proper noun like Nigeria or Belgium or Shell Oil or The Holocaust
• Not capitalizing the first word in a sentence
• Not putting a period at the end of a sentence
• “loose” instead of “lose”
• “defiantly” instead of “definitely”
• “alot” instead of “a lot”
• “barley” instead of “barely”
• Misspelling the name of a country or a people – “the Belgiums” is totally unacceptable
• Things that spell check would have caught, like “rtes” instead of “rates”
• “King Leopard” instead of “King Leopold” – sometimes spell check is wrong, guys
• “of” instead of “off”
• “I” instead of “if” or “in”
• “f” instead of “if” or “of”
• “board” instead of “bored”
• “go” instead of “got”

Homework: Problems and solutions in the Congo

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 23


Assignment
Read "Independence Day: Fifth Year after Lumumba Speech, DRC's Riches Still Not Benefiting her Children" and take margin notes - https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/ethics_online/0046.html/:pf_printable

Post a response to the Google Group (minimum 500 words) answering the following questions:

1) What are the worst problems facing the Congo today?

2) How should the Congo try to start dealing with those problems?


Due date
Margin notes and response due on Monday, Oct. 27

In class/homework: Vice Guide to Congo

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 23


Assignment
Watch Vice Guide to Congo - http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-vice-guide-to-congo-full-length

Period 1 left off at 13:13
Period 3 did not start it
Period 4 left off at 18:50

Write 10 questions that occur to you while watching this documentary.


Due date
Monday, Oct. 27

In class: Lumumba's speech

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 21


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
Tuesday, Oct. 21

In class: Belgian reparations free write

Date assigned
Monday, Oct. 20


Assignment
Write half a page on the following question: "Does Belgium owe anything to the Congo today?  If so, why?  If not, why not?"


Due date
Monday, Oct. 20

Homework: The Reckoning

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 16


Assignment
Read the "The Reckoning" excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost.  Be prepared to discuss it in class on Monday.  Take margin notes by Monday and answer the questions by Tuesday.


Due date
Read and take margin notes by the beginning of class on Monday, Oct. 20
Questions by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct. 21