Global Issues
Global Issues is a semester-long course that is designed to engage students in studying the most crucial and intriguing international issues of our day. While the specific topics that we explore may shift from one semester to the next, relevant units may include global poverty, war and infectious disease. Within the context of each unit, students will be exposed to a variety of perspectives. In fact, a key component of the class is connecting students with speakers who have direct experience working on the issues that we study. Students in the class may speak in person or via phone or video conference with politicians from both parties, scholars, filmmakers, Noble Peace Prize winners and medical doctors. Students will use the knowledge that they gain from class to propose ways of solving the issues that we study. One of the great things about this class is that if a new and compelling issue arises we can focus our efforts into examining that issue.
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Global Poverty
"Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Be the change you want to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"...are not we who tolerate...poverty, when it is within our power to reduce the number afflicted by it, failing to fulfill the fundamental obligations accepted by civilized men since the beginning of time?"
"The whole of human history has recognized the principle--at least in the abstract--that the rich and the powerful have a moral obligation to assist the poor and the weak. This is what the sense of community is all about."
-both quotes by Robert S. McNamara
Be the change you want to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"...are not we who tolerate...poverty, when it is within our power to reduce the number afflicted by it, failing to fulfill the fundamental obligations accepted by civilized men since the beginning of time?"
"The whole of human history has recognized the principle--at least in the abstract--that the rich and the powerful have a moral obligation to assist the poor and the weak. This is what the sense of community is all about."
-both quotes by Robert S. McNamara
'The Danger of a Single Story' - TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie:
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html
'African Men: Hollywood Stereotypes'
http://allafrica.com/view/resource/main/main/id/00041099.html
http://allafrica.com/view/resource/main/main/id/00041099.html
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Global Poverty Links:
http://www.theplaceswelive.com/ - Images from slums in 4 countries
http://vimeo.com/9727563 - Djemba, A Boy From Kibera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaamPV4YDHU&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active - The Women of Kibera
Luckiest Nut in the World:
http://vimeo.com/4557989
The End of Poverty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktOXJr1vOQ
Hans Rosling's New Insights on Poverty
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
http://www.theplaceswelive.com/ - Images from slums in 4 countries
http://vimeo.com/9727563 - Djemba, A Boy From Kibera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaamPV4YDHU&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active - The Women of Kibera
Luckiest Nut in the World:
http://vimeo.com/4557989
The End of Poverty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktOXJr1vOQ
Hans Rosling's New Insights on Poverty
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
Middle East
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Middle East Travel Guide Note sheets:
Iraq, Syria, and ISIS
Young People's Revolutions
Arab Spring
For Battle of Algiers Movie Question 7, watch the clip below about Gene Sharp and read the document about Frantz Fanon:
Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution Trailer
Frantz Fanon article
Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution Trailer
Frantz Fanon article
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understanding_the_arab_awakening-pollack-nov_2011.pdf | |
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Egypt
Articles for historians (type summary and reflection on GoogleDoc and share it with me):
Egypt Roared as Mubarak Fell. It's Mute As He's Freed.
Egypt's Strongman Looks to Seize on Trump's Early Human Rights Apathy
Generation jail: Arab Spring Activists Living Under Jail Threat
Egypt Group Intro
'Years after Egypt's Revolution, Tahrir Square Singer Ramy Essam Wants to Return Home'-Newsweek 9/1/19
Yemen
Articles for historians (type summary and reflection on GoogleDoc and share it with me):
Egypt Roared as Mubarak Fell. It's Mute As He's Freed.
Egypt's Strongman Looks to Seize on Trump's Early Human Rights Apathy
Generation jail: Arab Spring Activists Living Under Jail Threat
Egypt Group Intro
'Years after Egypt's Revolution, Tahrir Square Singer Ramy Essam Wants to Return Home'-Newsweek 9/1/19
Yemen
PROTEST STRATEGY LINKS
Gene Sharp's 198 Methods of Non-Violent Action
http://www.highexistence.com/the-power-of-protest-methods-for-modern-protest
http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/kony-2012-how-to-make-viral-video.html
Hand signs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/02/hong-kongs-crossed-arms-and-other-hand-gestures-of-defiance-around-the-world/?tid=sm_fb
Why Kony 2012 was successful: http://thoughtfulcampaigner.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/why-has-kony-2012-been-so-successful/
STORYBOARD Examples: http://screencrush.com/movie-storyboards/
Gene Sharp's 198 Methods of Non-Violent Action
http://www.highexistence.com/the-power-of-protest-methods-for-modern-protest
http://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/kony-2012-how-to-make-viral-video.html
Hand signs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/02/hong-kongs-crossed-arms-and-other-hand-gestures-of-defiance-around-the-world/?tid=sm_fb
Why Kony 2012 was successful: http://thoughtfulcampaigner.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/why-has-kony-2012-been-so-successful/
STORYBOARD Examples: http://screencrush.com/movie-storyboards/
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Arab-Israeli Conflict Map Analysis Activity & Peace Simulation Assignment
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Israel-Palestine Simulation Links
BBC News Links: http://www.bbc.com/news/special_reports/middle_east_crisis/
Interactive Jerusalem Map: http://t-j.org.il/JerusalemAtlas.aspx?_sm_au_=iQV4WDrRPgFRtNpM
Pro-Con on the Key Issues: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/
BBC News Links: http://www.bbc.com/news/special_reports/middle_east_crisis/
Interactive Jerusalem Map: http://t-j.org.il/JerusalemAtlas.aspx?_sm_au_=iQV4WDrRPgFRtNpM
Pro-Con on the Key Issues: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/
- Refugees/Right of Return: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000554
- One State Solution: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000565
- Two-State Solution: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001327
- Jerusalem: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001286
- Understanding the map of Jerusalem, or trying to
- Jerusalem map: http://t-j.org.il/JerusalemAtlas.aspx
- Settlements: http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000534
Environment, Policy, and Degradation
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
~ Chief Seattle, 1854 ~
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
~ Chief Seattle, 1854 ~
Climate Change
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Climate Change FAQ from Earth: The Operators' Manual: http://earththeoperatorsmanual.com/faq
Link to Earth: The Operator's Manual: http://earththeoperatorsmanual.com/feature-video/earth-the-operators-manual
Link to Earth: The Operator's Manual: http://earththeoperatorsmanual.com/feature-video/earth-the-operators-manual
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COP 21 - Paris Climate Agreement (2016) Resources:
Here's what China and U.S. just committed to on climate (9/16/16)
Why the US should stay in the Paris Climate Agreement (4/20/17)
Here's what China and U.S. just committed to on climate (9/16/16)
Why the US should stay in the Paris Climate Agreement (4/20/17)
Is the Paris Agreement a Good Strategy? - 5 opinion articles about the Paris Agreement
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Link to 4-part
Battle Lines series: ‘Deep Drill: Reports from Pennsylvania’s Gasland’ found at
this link: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/marcellus-shale/Marcellus_Shale_Pipeline_Series.html?c=r
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Africa's Growing Water Crisis Articles and Weblinks
Lake Victoria: Troubled Waters: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=africa705&seg=3&mod=0
Living Without Lake Haramaya: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=africa705&seg=2&mod=0
Clean Water for Kenya: http://pulitzercenter.org/audio/clean-water-kenya
Lake Victoria: Troubled Waters: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=africa705&seg=3&mod=0
Living Without Lake Haramaya: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=africa705&seg=2&mod=0
Clean Water for Kenya: http://pulitzercenter.org/audio/clean-water-kenya
South Asia's Troubled Waters Articles and Weblinks
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Fleeing Catastrophe, Stuck in the Slums of Bangladesh: http://pulitzercenter.org/video/fleeing-catastrophe-stuck-slums-bangladesh
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Interview about Desertification in China: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p005lpj9/Outlook_04_01_2010 (start interview at around 17 minute mark)
Showcase: Shifting Sands: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/showcase-89/
Showcase: Shifting Sands: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/showcase-89/
Link to Flow: For Love of Water: https://archive.org/details/ForTheLoveOfWaterflow-2008
Nestle's Response to Flow: For Love of Water: https://www.press.nestle-watersna.com/Issues/Nestle-Waters-response-to-the-film-FLOW-For-the-Love-of-Water.htm
Food Insecurity
""If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
~ John F. Kennedy
~ John F. Kennedy
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"Volatile Food Prices Grab G-20's Full Attention": http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137324767/volatile-food-prices-grab-g-20s-full-attention
"Nigeria Families Left Hungry": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=948nsljW2WA&feature=player_embedded
"India's Growing Problem, Food Production": http://pulitzercenter.org/video/newshour-indias-growing-problem-food-productions
"Guatemala's Children Languish from Malnutrition": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uKL5BusGcM
"Nigeria Families Left Hungry": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=948nsljW2WA&feature=player_embedded
"India's Growing Problem, Food Production": http://pulitzercenter.org/video/newshour-indias-growing-problem-food-productions
"Guatemala's Children Languish from Malnutrition": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uKL5BusGcM
Migration, Refugees, Internally Displaced People
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Global Health
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. "
-Buddha
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. "
-Buddha
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Universal Declaration for Human Rights:
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HIV/AIDS
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MALARIA
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TB and CHOLERA
The Story of BRAC: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/video/c_faz_atl_bangladesh2_qt_h.html
Rohima's Work at BRAC: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/video/c_roh_chp_bangladesh1_qt_h.html
Confronting the New TB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqSZdwngnQ&feature=relmfu
Animal to Human Disease Transmission: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda901/video_index.html
Water in the Time of Cholera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5YrGoXde6k&feature=related
Rohima's Work at BRAC: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/video/c_roh_chp_bangladesh1_qt_h.html
Confronting the New TB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqSZdwngnQ&feature=relmfu
Animal to Human Disease Transmission: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda901/video_index.html
Water in the Time of Cholera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5YrGoXde6k&feature=related
Global Culture
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people" - Mahatma Gandhi
Education
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Resources
In this section you will find web links and other resources that will help you learn more about DRC.
'The Origins of War in the DRC', By Armin Rosen
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/the-origins-of-war-in-the-drc/277131/
DRC: Africa's Sleeping Giant? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bI70pjJx4
'The Origins of War in the DRC', By Armin Rosen
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/the-origins-of-war-in-the-drc/277131/
DRC: Africa's Sleeping Giant? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bI70pjJx4
Websites with more info and news on DRC:
http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/ - Blog on current news
http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/ - Blog on current news
DRC Project Student Note Sheets
Writing Resources
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Miscellaneous Global Issues Stuff
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Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy:http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html