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History Channel Videos: What are conflict diamonds and what has been the human cost? http://http://www.history.com/videos/blood-diamond-edward-zwick-dorector#blood-diamond-war-crimes Edward Zwick PSA : http://www.history.com/videos/blood-diamond-edward-zwick-dorector#blood-diamond-edward-zwick-dorector Personal Stories: http://www.history.com/videos/blood-diamond-edward-zwick-dorector#blood-diamond-lovoetta-freeman-a-personal-history Ishmael Beah talks about what it was like to be a child soldier (CNN) http://www.alongwaygone.com/cnnvideo.html Plumpy Nut http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2008/07/must-read-see.html Discussion Questions: 1. Name the African countries mentioned in today's class activities. 2. What three issues were covered in today's class? 3. What can be done about these issues? Conflict Diamonds: What is a conflict diamond? Which country purchases the greatest amount of diamonds and which continent produces the most? What is the Kimberley Process? What does th...

Reading: Continue Marley: A Dog Like No Other Vocabulary U.S. History: Interactive Game (Arguing Brown v. Board of Education) http://www.ourcourts.org/flashgames/argument_wars-v1.1.2/html/game.html?caseId=Brown_v_Board March on Washington Civil Rights Crossword Puzzle (Due on Monday) Read play in class: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/images/Martin_Luther_King/king_repro.pdf Video of speech: http://www.history.com/videos/martin-luther-king-jr-i-have-a-dream#martin-luther-king-jr-i-have-a-dream Audio (Legacy of the Speech): http://hansengeorge.blogspot.com/2010/03/legacy-of-kings-i-have-dream.html Video (From the National Archives): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcoZuBSh5OI Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Video from the History Channel) http://www.history.com/videos/civil-rights-act-of-1964#civil-rights-act-of-1964 PBS Interactive Civil Rights Game: http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/index.html Free time (play U.S. History Quiz): http://...

Match the Continents Game (Very Simple) http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/continentNames/continentJig.htm Name that Plate Game: (Fast-Paced Matching Game/States and their License Plates) http://www.history.com/interactives/state-the-plate-game Nepal Interactive Simulation Game (Online Simulation - Nepal) http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/heifer/heifer-village/ Nation States Interactive Game (Build a Nation State) http://www.nationstates.net/page=welcome Stop Natural Disasters (World Natural Disasters) http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/playgame.html Place the State Interactive Game (United States Geography) http://www.history.com/interactives/place-the-state-game Fast, Fun United States Geography Matching Game http://www.apples4theteacher.com/socialstudies/geography/north-america/usa-map.html Beyond the Fire- Teenage Refugees http://www.itvs.org/beyondthefire/master.html Lord of the Flies Game http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/...

Thursday: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/ Discussion Questions: Discussion Questions: 1. Who were the Khmer Rouge? Took over the Cambodian government from 1975-1979, tried to purge Cambodia of foreign influence, tried to create an agrarian "utopia" 2. What did they believe? They rejected capitalism, peasants were held up as ideal citizens, cities were emptied and everyone was forced to live in the countryside 3. What was the ultimate result of the rule of the Khmer Rouge? For four years, between 1.5 and 2 million people were executed, starved, tortured or worked to death 4. What has happened to the Khmer Rouge? Many were never held accountable for their actions, many have blended with society 5. When and how did the U.S. support Pol Pot? We supported Pol Pot's regime because it was anti-Vietnamese 6. Relate this story to other stories of genocide you've learned about in school. (Holocaust, Rwandan genocide, Darfur ...) Friday: ...