HWC Day 77 - Comparing Aztecs and Incas

Objective:  Compare and contrast the civilizations of Aztecs and Incas.  Explore contemporary issues in Latin America.

Task:  We'll start class with a capitals review game in preparation for Monday's map quiz.  Then, we'll have a discussion on the Aztec and Incan empires.  Finally, you'll watch and take notes one of four videos about contemporary issues in Latin America.

1. Oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon (see links and videos below)
2. "Coffee-Go-Round" (on Moodle)
3. "Geraldo's Brazil" (on Moodle)
4. "Banana Split" (see video below)

For your topic, create a summary to share with your classmates.  Each summary must include an overview of the issue, a explanation of this issue as a regional and global topic.  You'll share this information with the class on Monday and Tuesday.  Finally, we'll end class with an article on global implications of the illicit drug trade.

Homework:

• Monday, January 13 - Latin America Map Quiz
• Monday, January 13 - Final Exam Essay due by 3:00 pm
• Thursday, January 16 - HWC Final Exam at 7:35

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that you have completed the following assignments from the Southeast Asia unit by tonight.

• Case Study: Myanmar (directions & resources on Moodle)
• Genocide in Cambodia (directions & links on Moodle)
• "Internet Journey Through Oceania" (on the Moodle)
• "Adaptive Failure: Easter's End" (on the Moodle)

Anything not completed by 11:59 pm on January 10 will become a zero.

Chevron rejects "allegations that it is responsible for alleged environmental and social harms in the Amazon region of Ecuador."

"Plaintiff's Expert Disavows Evidence in Chevron Ecuador Case, Says Process Fatally Tainted" (Forbes, 4/11/2013)
Banana Split from Shebafilms Kelly Saxberg on Vimeo.