LAST THREE
SESSIONS!!!!
Wednesday,
April 28
The Rise
of China
Textbook: chap. 35 (pp. 924-34); Sources: Deng Xiaoping
1)
What was Deng XiaopingÕs vision for Chinese
government and society?
2)
What did he consider to be the principal problems to
be resolved?
Friday,
April 30 Combined Session!!
The End of
the Cold War- Healing Divisions?
Chap. 34 (pp. 897-904)
1)
What are some of the positive effects of the end of
the Cold War?
Identities
in Conflict in the New World Order
Textbook: chap. 37 (pp. 984-94); Sources: Usama bin Laden;
Ibn Warraq
Bin Laden,
ÒWhat Al-QaÕeda wants from AmericaÓ (Johnson)
Ibn
Warraq, ÒA MuslimÕs Critique of IslamÓ (Johnson)
1)
What does Al-Qaeda seek? What is its ideology?
Why does it draw so much support?
2)
Are Islam and modern society incompatible, as Warraq
suggests? Is there a way out?
3)
What is terrorism? Under what conditions is it created and fostered?
4)
Is it possible to reduce or eliminate the threat of
terrorism?
Monday,
May 3
Using
History to Look Forward
Anthology: Obama
How can we look at Barack ObamaÕs election? Please be sure to look at this both
from practical, uplifting, cynical, supporting and contradictory points of
view.