3rd+Quarter+Honors+Assignments

=**__3rd Quarter Assignments__**=

This assignment is meant to encourage you to explore some of the other areas of South Asia and to learn more about the variety of landscapes, cultures, traditions, and concerns faced by this area of the world.
 * Assignment #1 due WednesdayJanuary 30:**

1. Read [|this short article] and identify at least three big environmental issues that threaten the Maldives. 2. [|Look at these photographs] that try to capture some of the paramount environmental concerns for the Maldives. Pick the two photographs you think best capture the environmental issues that threaten the Maldives and explain why you chose them.
 * Part A: Maldives**

Visit this [|www.virtualbangladesh.com] and click on “Grand Tour” – explore this fount of information about Bangladesh – write down ten fun facts about the region!
 * Part B: Bangladesh**

Search on your own to determine whether you would rather visit Kathmandu, Karachi, or Colombo and write a paragraph about which one you would most like to visit and why.
 * Part C: Kathmandu, Karachi, or Colombo?**

//**Assignment #1 is due WednesdayJanuary 30th.**//


 * Assignment #2 (Please see your teacher for the due date).**

__II. Genocide in Cambodia__
A. Use [|this site]: 1. How many intellectuals and political renegades were murdered? How many peasants and village folk? 2. Scroll down to "Killings and Torture" - what percentage of Cambodia's population was murdered? What percentage of the population of Germany did the Nazi's murder?

[|B. Click on this article] and then go to pages 3-5. Use these to answer the following: 1. What percentage of Cambodians who fled to America have PTSD? 2. Read pgs 3-5 and describe three effects the genocide has had on survivors. Read the first pages of [|this article]. Write a paragraph describing conditions in modern Cambodia.

C. Use [|this link] and choose one of the survivor's stories and write a brief summary of that individual's experince. Then imagine you are a journalist and write a brief biography of the survivor's life after the ordeal.

//**Assignment #2 is due according to your teacher's instruction.**//

There are two ongoing assignments for honors this quarter. First, is a supplement to the Latin America Project. Second, you will have five writing responses through the course of the quarter in which you are asked to read an article that further develops an idea from class or asked to further research on a topic pertaining to our current unit. Your tasks will be posted here. All writing assignments are due on Mondays. Your first assignment is due January, 23rd.

You are completing the same assignment but with a few additional requirements. You are putting together a package for a ten day trip that visits three locations. Thus, you must identify three places you will be visiting, activities or sites to see in all three places, transportation between these three locations, prices for hotels at each of these locations, etc.
 * Latin America Project Supplement**

Please read this [|profile on Venezuela] and this article about [|Iran and Latin America]
 * Writing Assignment #1 - Due January 23rd**

You should write a 2-3 paragraph response that a) addresses the strengths and weaknesses of Venezuela's political and economic state at this time, b) identifies the ways in which Latin American nations seem to be linked to Iran, and c) your opinion as to whether or not relationships between Latin American nations and Iran pose a legitimate threat to the United States


 * Writing Assignment #2 - Due January 30th**

Please read at least 3 of the articles below that pertain to the Chevron in Ecuador lawsuit. Pay very close attention to the different sources and what company/organization/news source provides the information. Please write a summary that identifies the key issues of the lawsuit. You should also identify the ways in which different sources present the information with different angles. What about the news source might motivate them to describe the situation in the way that they do?

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 * Writing Assignment #3 - Due February 6th**


 * This week you are exploring different medias to learn more about the issues in Syria. Please click on the following links and answer the corresponding questions:**

@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/syria-undercover/interactive-map-syrias-uprising/ Where did Syria rebellion begin?
 * I. Syria Map**

Have there been any protests in the capital city (Damascus)?

What is the typical response of the Syrian government when protests occur?

** II. Syria Undercover Video **

@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/syria-undercover/ Why might Syria’s relationship with Iran Hezbollah and its shared border with Turkey and Iraq make their uprising more significant than those of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia?

What were the original demands of the protestors? When did the demands change?

Is there support for the current regime of Syria? If so, who are the supporters? Where do they live?


 * Writing Assignment #4 - Due February 13th**

[|Please read this article] (you can also listen to the radio broadcast of this article by clicking the button at the top of the article).

Write a response that summarizes the effects of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the concerns about the future of the epidemic, and how different groups argue the epidemic should be stopped (there is more than one approach). Then, please describe which option you think should be used to curb this epidemic.


 * Writing Assignment #5 - Due March 5th**

===Role of Social Media in Arab Spring - please follow all instructions on this site. This assignment will be worth double points.===