HWC Day 61 - Independence, Partition, & Civil War

Objective:  Describe the role of the Indian National Congress and Gandhi in establishing independence for the subcontinent.  Define the impacts of partition on future developments on the subcontinent.

Task:    Namaste!  We'll begin class with the examination of the primary documents about partition.  Then, we'll review the history of Sri Lanka since independence.

Upcoming due dates:

• TODAY - Sri Lanka Case Study due in class
• Monday, May 8 - "India's New Economy" due in class
• Tuesday, May 9 - Political cartoon presentations
• Wednesday, May 10 - REPORT DIRECTLY TO LIBRARY
• Thursday, May 11 - Unit 6 Test
• Thursday, May 11 - Unit 6 PDPs & SJSs due
• Monday, May 15 - REPORT DIRECTLY TO LIBRARY
• Tuesday, June 6 @ 9:15 am - HWC Final Exam 

News about the region:

Sri Lanka:

• "Hundreds Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Rubbish Dump Landslide" (The Guardian, 4/16/17)
• "UN Condemns Sri Lanka Over War Probe" (al-Jazeera, 3/22/2017)
• "Sri Lanka Hit by Worst Drought in Decades" (al-Jazeera, 1/22/2017)

Kashmir:

• "Kashmir Tense After Clashes Mar By-Election" (al-Jazeera, 4/10/2017)
• "Kashmir: Born to Fight" (al-Jazeera, 2/10/2017)
• "Kashmir: Tortured Politics, Fractured Media" (al-Jazeera, 8/13/2016)
• "Why Kashmiri Youth Supported Militant Burhan Wani" (BBC, 7/22/2016)