CPWC Day 66 - South Asia in the World

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

Task:  As you come into class, please get out your homework.  We'll spend the first portion of class reviewing the caste system and Kashmir.  Next, you'll get your computer out and we'll examine the Taliban.  Finally, we'll spend the last portion of class reviewing for Monday's test.

Homework:

• TODAY - South Asia: Regional Issues, Global Concerns (parts D, E) due
• TODAY - 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

Resources for Class Discussion:

• "Return of the Taliban" (PBS, Frontline, 10/3/2006)
• "Gender Apartheid" 
• "Children of the Taliban" (PBS, Frontline, 4/14/2009)

• "The Story of Malala, and Its Misuse for the Western Culture War" (Pravda, 11/29/2013)