1. Preliminary research: Find out what you can about one of the men on the following list.
Kim Il-Sung, Korea (Asia):
Pol Pot, Cambodia (Southeast Asia):
Muammar Gaddafi, Libya (Arab world):
Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania (Eastern Europe):
Josef Stalin, Russia (Europe/Asia):
Leopold II, Belgium (European colonial rule in Africa):
Mobutu Sese Seko, Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire (Africa):
Idi Amin Dada, Uganda (Africa):
Anastasio Somoza Garcia (and his sons), Nicaragua (Latin America):
Agosto Pinochet, Chile (South America):
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican Republic (Latin America):
2. Read Wikipedia, if you like, as well as other sites. Questions:
How did he come to power? Who supported him? When?
How long was he in power? How was he perceived in the country? In the world?
What were his strategies for maintaining control of the country?
What kind of life did he lead while in power? What gave him pleasure?
What were the results, both good and bad, of his reign?
What was his foreign policy?
How did his reign end? Who resisted him? How did they finally succeed?
Who succeeded him? How did that work out? What is the government there like today?
3. Create a presentation that highlights his career and its effects. Be sure to use (and cite) imagery. You need a Works Cited Slide.
4. Use it to give a 5-minute talk on this guy's particular kind of crazy. Give us a feel for him... Astound us. Body count? Weird habits? Outrageous distortions of personality?