Unit 6 -- Africa Quiz 5/23/12

Your Pathway to Success on this Quiz:
1) Read the Study Guide materials on the Unit 6 -- Africa Calendar
2) Perform the activities suggested regarding SheppardSoftware.com and the links on my webpage
3) Be in class on Wednesday 5/23/12. . . bring your brain!

Unit 5 -- Latin America Test Hints/Tips and Binder Reminder . . . MONDAY 5/21/12

It's Test and Binder Check Time!
Test Hints and Tips (check out the Study Guide on the Unit 5 Calendar):

• 125 points
• Lots of People Matching (let's get them right this time!)
• Many Map Locations
• A Bunch of Multiple Choice and True/False (including Questions given to you during the seminar presentations)
• 1 Short Answer -- pick one of the terms below and explain how it might inhibit economic growth and modernization in Latin America, especially for one specific country
• Multinational Corporations
• Colonial Legacy
• Leftist Movements
• Foreign Debt
• The USA
• Overpopulation
• Inequality (land and/or wealth)
• 1 Last Venn Diagram

If you missed MWHeopardy on Friday, you may want to check it out before the test on Monday...go to my teacher webpage and look in the Modern World History folder under Unit 5 -- Latin America.  MWHeopardy Round 1 and Round 2 are there...play with a friend, a neighbor, a family member, or just a kind stranger from off the street.  Learn and have fun at the same time!

Binder Reminder:
1) Calendar with Learning Targets -- check the boxes.
2) Notes from the Intro. PPt -- summarize, make quiz questions, and/or draw pictures of your Notes in the Recall Column and put at least 5 key events with dates on the timeline on the back.  The PowerPoint is in the Modern World History Unit 5 -- Latin America folder on my webpage.
3) Include the Outlines from each of the 5 presentations you should have seen (you might have 6 if you include your own).

Good Luck!

Latin America and the USA -- Your Last Blog Homework :(

This is it . . . your last chance for Blog Glory (NOT Blades of Glory)!  
Pick ONE of the following terms below and explain:
1) whether you feel this concept has been good for the USA
and
2) whether you feel this concept has been good for Latin America
USE A SPECIFIC FACT TO BACK UP YOUR ANSWER FOR EACH PART ABOVE, AND CITE THE SOURCE for each fact (URL is okay).

Terms to Choose From:

• NAFTA
• CAFTA-DR
• School of the Americas/WHINSEC
• Monroe Doctrine Roosevelt Corollary
• Platt Amendment
• Rio Pact
• Organization of American States

Good Luck!
P.S. This is a 10 point assignment, due by 11:59pm on Monday 5/21/12
Include your first name, last initial, and class period with your post...I might not recognize your "Anonymous" post!

Arab Spring Survey

The Arab Spring began in December of 2010.  Since then, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.  Civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria.  Major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Oman, and minor protests have occurred in Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Western Sahara. 

These Arab Spring protests have shared techniques of mostly civil resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches, and rallies, as well as the use of social media to organize, communicate, and raise awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and Internet censorship.

Many demonstrations have met violent responses from authorities, as well as from pro-government militias and counter-demonstrators. These attacks have been answered with violence from protesters in some cases.

What is the point of all this protesting?  The point is that the protesters desire those things that people everywhere want . . . jobs, education, food, housing, etc., and the ability to have a say in their own lives, including the right to remove from power those leaders who are perceived as not upholding their end of the bargain in the "Social Contract" with their subjects/citizens.

So, what do you see as the pros and cons of the Arab Spring from the USA perspective?  It's survey time . . . CLICK HERE to begin!  This is due by 5/8/12 at 11:59pm for 10 easy points.  Rise up now and accept the challenge . . . control your own destiny . . . all it will cost you is a little of your time and brainpower!

Good Luck!