Document for World Studies Final, Semester I

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lfWapxdi-WlOcEoAwhmkTjPvoGjuTQE3xEIUqkgvfvM/edit

Arab Spring Research Links

Use the following websites to research your country. Note - for the New York Times link under each specific country, you will need to click "show more" at the bottom of the page to find relevant articles for most parts of your research.

General Resources:

BBC: Middle East Protests—Country by Country

New York Times: Arab Spring and Fall

Guardian: Arab Spring—An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests

BBC: How the Arab Spring began

Terrible Illusion of the Arab Spring

Costs of Arab Spring
The Unsexy Truth about why the Arab Spring Failed

Al Jazeera - click on the search button (magnifying glass on upper right of page), type "Arab Spring + (name of country)" then click on "Relevance." Scroll through articles that will help you.

Country-Specific Resources:

Egypt:

New York Times: Egypt News—Revolution and Aftermath

Egypt: The War of Attrition against Revolutionaries

Yemen:

New York Times: Yemen—Protests (2011)

BBC: Q&A–Yemen Crisis

Yemen in Disarray after Arab Spring

Libya:

New York Times: Libya—Revolution and Aftermath (2011)

BBC: Libya Conflict Q&A

Al Jazeera: Empire—A Revolution for All Seasons (watch 21:23-23:20)

Syria:

New York Times: Syria—Protests (2011)

Al Jazeera: Empire—A Revolution for All Seasons (watch 2:23-6:25)

Tunisia:

New York Times: Tunisia

Al Jazeera: Empire—A Revolution for All Seasons (watch 23:25-28:22)

How Tunisia Saved its Arab Spring

Russian Revolution Illustrated timeline

Task - highlight and explain the significance of key events in the Russian Revolution.

Read through the list of events that happened during the time leading up to, during, and following the Russian Revolution.  Mark 12-15 of those events with an asterisk (*). Then, create a google slideshow with 12 slides and complete the following:

Slide 1 - Title slide with a title for your slide show, your name and period.  Include at least two appropriate visuals
Slides 2-11 - One event from the revolution per slide for which you complete the following:

• Date and description of the event
• Two other facts about the event from your notes or on-line source
• One or two visuals (images, maps, charts, pictures) that help show what happened in the event

Slide 12 - Conclusion slide that has at least 3 bulleted statements about what you learned from studying the Russian Revolution and its outcomes

Happiest Countries in the World

Visit the following site and complete the following on C Notes paper:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/these-are-the-happiest-countries-in-the-world/ 

Make one note per paragraph for each subheading/chart:

• Introduction
• Money Can't Buy Happiness
• Figure 2.2 - What are some things that stand out to you? - click on the chart to view more info from the study
• Falling Down the List
• GDP Ranking by Country
• Global Anti-Depressant Users
• Moving to a Happy Country can make you Happier
• "Finland is the Happiest Country in the World" - video

When done, write your thoughts about what you read in this article and viewed in the charts. Would you consider moving to a happier country? Which figures stand out to you? How does this connect to your life and our community at THS?

Khan Academy - Communism

Heading in notebook: 1.14.19 Khan Academy Communism Video

Watch the video, pausing when necessary to make notes on your next open section of C Notes paper. 12+ notes minimum for a 4.

When done, respond to the following in 70+ words:
What are the challenges and opportunities in adapting communist theory to actual practice, of taking communist ideas and putting them into practice?  How do you see communism matching or not matching up with human nature? Refer to at least 3 specific examples from the video.

When done, finish up any vocab or image study tasks not yet completed.

Photos of the Russian Revolution

http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1681193,00.html