HWC Day 20 - Contemporary Issues in Africa

Objectives:   Explore contemporary political, social, and economic issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Task:  We have a very large task before us today!  To start class, you'll pick up materials for unit 3.  Then, we'll split into groups to organize the summaries for the genocide in Rwanda and the Ebola outbreak.  After the presentations, we'll continue our examination of contemporary Africa with a review of Somalia, Congo, and Zimbabwe.

Homework:

• TODAY - Summaries for "Ghosts of Rwanda" (Program Excerpts 1, 2, 3, 4) OR "Ebola Outbreak" and "Ebola Outbreak: How the Virus Spread"  due IN CLASS
• Wednesday, September 24 - Unit 2 Test (study guide posted on Moodle)
• Thursday, September 25 - Unit 3 Map
• Friday, September 26 - Part I of Regional Study Quiz(you will have time in class to work on this Thursday)
• Tuesday, September 30 - "Roots of Muslim Rage" reading quiz
• Wednesday, October 1 - "West Comes East" discussion
• Thursday, October 2 - Perspectives in History charts due
• Thursday, October 2 - Part IV of Regional Study due in class
• Friday, October 3 - Unit 3 Map Quiz
• Tuesday, October 7 - G&D chapter 10 reading quiz
• Wednesday, October 8 - Parts II & III of Regional Study due in class
• Friday, October10 - Unit 3 Test

"Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children: Rwanda's Horrific Legacy of Genocide"  ("Docubeat," The Guardian, 4/4/2014)

"Ebola's Toll: Farmers Aren't Farming, Traders Aren't Trading" (Morning Edition, NPR, 9/23/2014)