Week of 04/20

Obama and Armenian Genocide

The Lost Boys - Part I

The Lost Boys - Part II

Period 2 - Readings

Reading #1 - http://people.hofstra.edu/alan_j_singer/CoursePacks/ApartheidSouthAfricaandtheSowetoRebellion.PDF

Reading #2 - http://www.sadet.co.za/docs/rtd/vol2/volume%202%20-%20chapter%207.pdf

PLEASE NOTE - ONLY READ THE FIRST 34 PAGES FROM READING #2

Discussion Questions

- What role did establishing Afrikaans as a national language play in helping the Apartheid government?

- How do the uprisings against the Apartheid government differ from uprisings in other anti-establishment movements we've learned about?

- Does what happened in South Africa qualify as a genocide?

- How did students play a role in the Soweto Uprisings?

- What were the key issues with the Bantu Education Department in the 70s?

- What was the role of the African National Congress during Apartheid?

- Why did the police force immediately resort to violent methods of retaliation?

- What did Hastings Ndlovu and Hector Pieterson's deaths incite?

- Why were the Soweto Uprisings so important in pushing the anti-Apartheid movement forward?

- Were any acts by the South African government indicative of a future genocide-like state?

Period #3 - Reading

Argentina Reading #1 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/15ejM_HLrw9YXcn0EjK0jRfpVdtUfCDY4vE9E_sFK4jM/edit?usp=sharing

Argentina Reading #2 and #3 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwXafqzcnliWYXhyRGlxdTNYT1k/view?usp=sharing