God Grew Tired of Us

Overview of Darfur

For Homework tonight you should read the overview article on Darfur which was given to you today in class.  This is high level reading, but if you use the skills that I have taught you for active reading, you should be able to at least answer the following questions:


Who is involved?
Who is on each side?
Why are they fighting?
What human rights are being violated?
How many people have been affected?
What is being done to stop the conflict?
Where is this happening?

Homework for the weekend of March 17 to March 20

Watch the following videos on Egypt and add to your Cornell notes on modern day Egypt:





Watch the following videos on Darfur and answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper.  This will be turned in on Monday:

The link below is for the first video - they did not have an embed code for this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tAPeDEUjcE&feature=related 





To help you answer the questions below, consult the following Web sites:
Map: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/etc/map.html
Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/etc/cron.html
Background: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/84927.stm
Background on the Janjaweed: www.slate.com/id/2104210/

1. When did Sudan begin exporting oil?
   
   
   
2. Which country is the major consumer of Sudanese oil?
   
   
   
3. Why is this fact important in the Darfur situation?
   
   
   
4. What are the sources of the conflict in Darfur?
   
   
   
5. Who are the Janjaweed?
   
   
   
6. What role have the Janjaweed assumed for the Sudanese government? Why?
   
   
   
7. What is the religion of the Janjaweed?
   
   
   
8. What is the religion of most people in Darfur?
   
   
   
9. What has become the role of the neighboring country of Chad during the Darfur conflict? Why?
   
   
   
10. How has the role of Chad changed?
    
    
    
11. Why has the United Nations, until recently, been unable to take meaningful action in Darfur? What has impeded them?
    
    
    
12. How have the following responded to the crisis in Darfur?
    
    
    • The United States government
    • Private individuals and organization

Japan Videos and Links

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5194316.stm

JAPAN Earthquake & Tsunami - March 2011

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