4. Public Policy: NAFTA, Lawson, Chappell. 4. Define key terms for definitions, Immigration, Drug Cartels, chapters 11 and 16 daily How Did We Get Structural Adjustment 5. Answer critical assignments Here? Political thinking activities in Science and January complete sentences for Politics. 2007. chapters 11 and 16. Test: multiple B. Iran 1. Watch documentary choice 1. Historical Foundations: on Iranian Revolution questions, Revolution (Political Change) 2. Create comparison short answer, 2. Iranian Citizens, Society, and Hauss: Chapter 13: chart for Iran, Russia, interpretive the State Mexico, China, Great essay, critical Iran 3. Globalization/ Fragmentation Britain thinking 4. Political Institutions: Role of Baktiari, Bahman. 3. Class Debate: Should activities, Islam, Theocracy Iran develop nuclear definitions, Iran’s 5. Public Policy: Petropolitics, weapons? daily Conservative Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, 4. Analyze recent assignments Revival. Current Iraq, Israel January elections returns for History. 2007. trends 5. Evaluate economic indicators. Iran’s Tool Fights 6. Define key terms for America’s Stooge. chapter 13 The Economist. May 15, 2008. 7. Answer critical thinking activities in Eickelman, Dale. complete sentences for chapter 13. Bin Lade, the Arab and the “Street”, C. Nigeria Middle East’s 1. Historical Foundations: Democracy Deficit. Colonialism, Military Coups, Test: multiple Current History. Authority January 2002. 1. Create comparison choice 2. Nigerian Citizens, Society, and chart with Mexico, questions, the State China, Russia, Iran, short answer, 3. Political Institutions Great Britain interpretive 4. Public Policy: Corruption, Chapter 15: 2. Class Debate: Future essay, critical Terrorism, Poverty, Oil of Nigeria. thinking Nigeria 3. Analyze recent activities, Childress, Sarah. political election data. definitions, 4. Evaluate economic daily People Power. The indicator trends. assignments Wall Street June 18, 5. Define key terms for Journal. 2008. chapter 15 6. Answer critical thinking activities in Will Africa Ever complete sentences for Get It Right? The April chapter 15. Economist. 26, 2007. Polgreen, Lydia. Africa’s Crisis of Democracy. The New York Times. April 23, 2007. Barber, Benjamin. Jihad vs McWorld. The Atlantic
4. Public Policy: NAFTA, Immigration, Drug Cartels, Structural Adjustment B. Iran 1. Historical Foundations: Revolution (Political Change) 2. Iranian Citizens, Society, and the State 3. Globalization/ Fragmentation 4. Political Institutions: Role of Islam, Theocracy 5. Public Policy: Petropolitics, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Iraq, Israel C. Nigeria 1. Historical Foundations: Colonialism, Military Coups, Authority 2. Nigerian Citizens, Society, and the State 3. Political Institutions 4. Public Policy: Corruption, Terrorism, Poverty, Oil Lawson, Chappell. How Did We Get Here? Political Science and Politics. January 2007. Hauss: Chapter 13: Iran Baktiari, Bahman. Iran’s Conservative Revival. Current History. January 2007. Iran’s Tool Fights America’s Stooge. The Economist. May 15, 2008. Eickelman, Dale. Bin Lade, the Arab “Street”, and the Middle East’s Democracy Deficit. Current History. January 2002. Chapter 15: Nigeria Childress, Sarah. People Power. The Wall Street Journal. June 18, 2008. Will Africa Ever Get It Right? The Economist. April 26, 2007. Polgreen, Lydia. Africa’s Crisis of Democracy. The New York Times. April 23, 2007. Barber, Benjamin. Jihad vs McWorld. The Atlantic 4. Define key terms for chapters 11 and 16 5. Answer critical thinking activities in complete sentences for chapters 11 and 16. 1. Watch documentary on Iranian Revolution 2. Create comparison chart for Iran, Russia, Mexico, China, Great Britain 3. Class Debate: Should Iran develop nuclear weapons? 4. Analyze recent elections returns for trends 5. Evaluate economic indicators. 6. Define key terms for chapter 13 7. Answer critical thinking activities in complete sentences for chapter 13. 1. Create comparison chart with Mexico, China, Russia, Iran, Great Britain 2. Class Debate: Future of Nigeria. 3. Analyze recent political election data. 4. Evaluate economic indicator trends. 5. Define key terms for chapter 15 6. Answer critical thinking activities in complete sentences for chapter 15. definitions, daily assignments Test: multiple choice questions, short answer, interpretive essay, critical thinking activities, definitions, daily assignments Test: multiple choice questions, short answer, interpretive essay, critical thinking activities, definitions, daily assignments
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