This is my friend Beri, who is from Kurdistan, which is a region that contains parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran (all countries in the Middle East). We were hiking with my great friend Clarke (Beri's boyfriend) in Vietnam and saw this buffalo in the forest!
Hi everyone,
Woo hoo! Today was the day we have been looking forward to, even before Spring Break! Hopefully you are feeling quite accomplished with turning in your historical investigation. If you did not, please get it in to me as soon as possible. My last day as your teacher has been changed to next Thursday.
Essential Questions: What brings people together? What tears people apart?
AGENDA 4/18/13:
News Brief
Editorial Analysis
Study for Middle East Map Quiz
Homework: Study for Middle East Map Quiz next class! Check the blog. Next news brief: Mariah, Trae, Erika
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News Brief: The three news articles that were brought in today (by Emsy, Jen, and Keynon). CNN.com - 4-year-old bird flu 'carrier' worries China, Reuters.com - Pakistan's Musharraf flees court as judges order his arrest, and CNN.com - New Zealand's Parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage.
Two more days of classes left, two more news brief sections!
Editorial Analysis: To start this, I played a four minute clip of the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11, which talked a bit about the lead up to the Iraq invasion by the United States. Then, I asked students to get into groups of four and analyze one of the editorial articles linked to here:
Then, the class tried to come up with as many reasons as possible for why the United States invaded Iraq. We came up with a really good list! This activity was to again show the class that there are many different perspectives of history.
Study for Middle East Map Quiz: For the last part of class, I passed out blank maps of the Middle East and explained how I remember where each one goes. Here it is to download if you want another copy:
The countries that you will need to know for next class (the quiz will look very similar to the map above - I will give you the country names, as well) are: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Sudan, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Remember that the reason we are doing this is that a study in 2006 found that 88% of Americans aged 18-24 could not find Afghanistan (a place where over 2,000 US soldiers have died) on a map.
Be ready for the map quiz at the start of next class! Get your historical investigations in if you did not turn it in today in class!
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