CPWC Day 65 - Contemporary Issues in South Asia

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Objective:  Examine and evaluate select contemporary issues in South Asia.

Task:  As you come into class, please get out your computer and the "South Asia: Regional Issues" and the "Green Revolution in India."  We'll begin class with a homework check on the Moodle.  We'll split into groups to identify the big ideas for each of the topics.  Finally, you'll have the last portion of class to begin tonight's homework.

Homework:

• TODAY - South Asia: Regional Issues, Global Concerns (parts A, B, C) due 
• Friday, December 6 - South Asia: Regional Issues, Global Concerns (parts D, E) due
• Friday, December 6 - Kundun & Silk Road extra credit due
• Monday, December 9 - Unit 6 Test
• Wednesday, December 18 - PLAN testing (pds. 1-4 for all sophomores)
• Thursday, December 19 - Gandhi extra credit due
• January 16 & 17 - Semester 1 Final Exams

Resource for Class Discussion:

• "Sri Lanka's Forces Accused of Massacring Aid Workers" (BBC, 12/3/2013)
• Special Report: Sri Lanka Civil War (Channel 4)

• "The Hindu Nationalist Movement" (PBS, POV)
• "Unrest at India's Water Shortage" (BBC, 6/20/2012)

• "India's Water Crisis" (Full New Delhi TV Documentary, 5/20/2013)