Nigeria

AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT

UNIT 5: NIGERIA

CALENDAR

Current Events, Intro to Nigeria: List everything that comes to mind for Nigeria, Demographic information about Nigeria Interpreting data: United Nations Human Development Index

Nigerian History and political succession lecture and Political Cartoon activity

Nigerian Politcal Culture and Particiaption The Fragile State,Public Policy and Public Futility

Half The Sky: Reading and Video Clip Women’s Rights in Nigeria and the use of Radio to build civil society and TED talk “Nigeria’s Nollywood”

Panel on Nigerian Oil this includes Globalization, Sovereignty, Authority, and Power , Political Culture & corruption, Economics & Public Policy (economic, social welfare, civil rights and liberties, environmental, population)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala TED Talk “Aid vs. Trade”: Hope for Nigeria Seminar “I keep my ego in my handbag” and “Ngozi’s big job” A New Democracy? The Evolution of the Nigerian State Economics & Public Policy

Seminar: Choices Lesson http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn/twtn-nigeria.php

Special Report “What is Boko Haram?” Sovereignty, Authority, and Power , Political Culture, public policy

Film: VICE episode on Nigerian Oil pirates

Optional Book Group: Little Bee

Essay including analytical and interpretive questions.

READINGS:

Hauss Chapter on Nigeria

Half the Sky exerpt

Special Report “What is Boko Haram?”

I keep my ego in my handbag” and “Ngozi’s big job”