| Terrorism
and Oppression in the Modern World |
Name:
Linda Smith
School: McCord Middle School
Workshop
Location: Columbus
Title of Companion Content Pathfinder:
Terrorism and Oppression in the Modern World
Grade Level:
8
Curriculum/Subject Area: Language Arts
Specific Topic:
Oppression in countries in the present time |
| You
will be reading one of the following novels: |
The
Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis - Afghanistan
Dream
Freedom by Sonia Levitin - Sudan
Girl of Kosovo by
Alice Mead -
Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo -
Nigeria
Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis -
Afghanistan
Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen -
Guatemala
Year of No Rain by Alice Mead -
Sudan
|
| Learn
all you can about the political and cultural climate of your
assigned country to build a world view of conflicts, terrorism
and oppression as you try to understand how these issues
effect the people of the country and the characters in your
novel |
| At
the Library: |
| Use
the on-line public catalog to find books about the history,
geography, and culture of your assigned country |
900's
History and Geography
300's Social Science
|
| Try
these Subject Headings |
Refugees
Forced
Labor
Slavery
Terrorism
Ethnology |
| Books: |
| General
Encyclopedias |
Countries
and their cultures. New York : Macmillan Reference
USA,
2001. |
| Junior
worldmark encyclopedia of world cultures. Detroit, Mich.: UXL,
c1999. |
| Knight,
Judson. Slavery throughout history. Detroit : U.X.L, c
2000. |
| Stearman,
Kaye. Slavery today. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
c.2000. |
Smith,
Trevor, 1976-. Migrants and refugees. Mankato, MN : Weigl
Publishers, c2004
. |
| Gifford,
Clive. Refugees. [United States] : North Mankato, MN :
Thameside Press, c2002. |
World
almanac and book of facts 2002. 2002 ed. New York : World
Almanac, c2002.
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| Electronic
Resources: |
| World
Book Online from our Home Page |
| SIRS
Researcher from our Home Page |
| Electric
Library from our Home Page |
| SIRS
Discoverer at INFOHIO.org |
| Pro-Quest
at INFOHIO.org |
| Search
the INFOhio site for current newspaper and magazine articles
about your country |
|
|
| Websites: |
| The
CIA World Fact Book |
| U.S.
Department of State |
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