Class blog for English C 1.1.2 class C with Joana Rabinovitch Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 pm to 4 pm

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Background Research for Presentations




TASK 1. BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Presentations (Wednesday 21 st May).



In your group blogs, to explore the religions, ethnic groups and cultures, role of men and women, war and politics and immigrants:


Prepare a short presentation - 20 minutes maximum per group.

You could include:

1. A quiz to test background understanding of Afghanistan and its peoples.

2. Images/videos /maps of Afghanistan and its peoples.

3. A trip along the paths that the novel The Kite Runner follows.

RESOURCES :

The Outsiders The Hazara People, from The National Geographic – February 2008
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/afghanistan-hazara/phil-zabriskie-text.html

Afghanistan facts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2004/afghanistan/default.stm

Hazaras - London:
http://208.65.153.251/watch?v=DbHMnVfuqb0http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Hazara_People

maps of the regions - ethnic groups in Afghanistan:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/ethnic.html

Country profiles:
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_afghanistan.html

Pashtuns :
http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/clickup/pashtun.html

Change slow for Afghan Women:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0312_020312_afghanwomen.html

Now read the article about the woman in the photo!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html
Photograph by Steve McCurry

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