World+Cultures

Egyptian women protest ban on austere veil:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/niqab/index.html?eref=rss_world

__Basic Course Outline:__
 * **Units** || **Weeks** || **Unit Titles** || **Chapters** || **Major Topics** ||

1 ||

1 – 3 ||

Introduction to World Cultures ||

1 - 2 || The study of “others” Ideology and Anthropology Global Geographic Literacy Major Trends in World History ||

2 ||

4 – 8 ||

The Middle East (Southwest Asia) ||

25 - 28 || Judaism, Christianity and Islam Natural Resources in the Middle East The Creation of Iraq and Israel The Arab-Israeli Conflicts Persian Gulf Wars Islamic Extremist Movements ||

3 ||

9 – 12 ||

Sub-Saharan Africa ||

3 - 6 || Geographic and Human Diversity European Imperialism African Nationalism: Lumumba and the Congo Mandela and Apartheid Demographics Health and Diseases Ethnic Conflict and Human Rights Political Economy of Development ||

4 ||

13 - 16 ||

South Asia ||

7 - 10 || Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism British in India & Gandhi Indo-Pakistani Wars War in Afghanistan Current issues: population, water and health || 5 || 17 – 18 || East Asia ||

15 - 19 || China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan Demographics Economic Growth ||

__Some cool links:__
Nixon Tapes: http://nixontapes.org/transcripts.htm

Secret History of the CIA in Iran: http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html

Who killed Lumumba?: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/patrice.htm

Save Darfur: http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/background

Wangari Maathai: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-bio.html

Documentary on Wangari Maathai: http://takingrootfilm.com/