HWC Day 60 - Taliban & Sri Lanka

Objectives:  Evaluate the historical developments of South Asia.  Describe manifestations of nationalism and extremism in South Asia.

Task:  We'll begin class with a quick review of central themes on South Asia and a short discussion on the R&R project.  Then, we'll spend some time discussing the Taliban and the civil war in Sri Lanka.

Homework:

• Friday, May 8 - Unit 6 Test
• Monday, May 11 - R&R Thesis Statement due on class blog by 3:00 pm (see below for criteria)
• Monday, May 11 - Kundun Extra Credit submitted to Moodle by 3:00 pm
• Wednesday, May 13 - R&R context notecards due in class or on NoodleTools by 3:00 pm (see rubric for criteria) *5 bonus points for any submissions on or before May 12
• Friday, May 15 - R&R current events notecards due in class or on NoodleTools by 3:00 pm (see rubric for criteria) *5 bonus points for any submissions on or before May 14
• Tuesday, May 19 - R&R outline due in GoogleDocs BEFORE class
• Thursday, May 21 - Cumulative map quiz
• Friday, May 22 - R&R draft due in GoogleDocs BEFORE class
• Friday, May 29 - R&R final draft due emailed as a PDF to Mrs. Friday by 3:00 *5 bonus points for any submissions on or before May 27
• Monday, June 1 - R&R public awareness mp4 shared with Mrs. Friday by 3:00 *5 bonus points for any submissions on or before May 29

"Children of the Taliban"

  

Grading Criteria for R&R Thesis Statement (15 points)

• Grammar & Format (5 points) - A single, grammatically correct thesis sentence
• Position (5 points) - Thesis statement clearly states the argument and issue under consideration (i.e. Who? What? Where? Why? How?)
• Posted to Class Blog (5 points) - Thesis statement is added as a new post to the class blog