HW #6-3-Belief System Essay

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION

Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Belief Systems

There are a variety of belief systems practiced throughout the world today. Many of these beliefs have developed massive followings, and as a result, have had a considerable amount of influence on culture in the areas where they are practiced.

Task:

Choose two belief systems from your study of global history, and for each one:

·        Identify the nation or region where it was founded.

·        Describe two basic teachings of the belief system.

·        Discuss how the belief system has influenced the culture of the areas in which it is currently practiced.

You may use any example from your study of global history. Do not use the United States in your answer. Some suggestions that you may wish to consider include: Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam Buddhism, Shinto, Animism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

HW #5-3 Geography Essay and complete page 9 of the review guide.

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION

Directions: Write a well-

organized essay that includes an introduction, several

paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Geography

Task: Select one geographic feature from your study of global history.

Explain how this geographic feature has had an effect on the

historical development of two

nations or regions.

Be sure to include specific historical examples in your essay

You may use any geographic feature from your study of global history. Some

suggestions you might wish to consider include: river valley, mountain, desert, island,

rain forest, and climate. Do not use the United States in your answer.

HW #4-3: Create a BLPT cards (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #4-3: Create a BLPT card for each question you missed on Friday’s Assessment. (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #3-3 Human Rights Essay and complete chart.

THEME: Human Rights Violations— The human rights (“HR”) of many groups have been violated at different times in various nations and regions.  Efforts by governments, groups & individuals to resolve these rights violations have met with mixed results.
TASK:
• Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the nation or region;
• Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region;
• Discuss the extent to which government, a group, or an individual made an attempt to resolve this human rights violation.

HW#2-3

In at least a paragraph create a realistic peace plan for the Arab-Israeli Conflict.  

HW #1-3

HW: Pretend you are either an Israeli or Arab historian.  In a brief paragraph, give an explanation of the conflict.  

HW #10-2 Nelson Mandela

The Life of Nelson Mandela.

Read the following passage about the life of Nelson Mandela. When you have finished, re-read the passage and then answers the questions on the question sheet.

Nelson Mandela was born in Umtata, South Africa, in 1918. As a student in the 1940s he became involved in the struggle against apartheid – the system which segregated people according to their color and took many basic rights away from black people in South Africa.

During this period he also became involved with the A.N.C. (the African National Congress), the political party which he would eventually lead. In 1952 he and his friend Oliver Tambo became the first black people to open and run a law firm in South Africa. A turning point for Nelson Mandela and for the ANC came in 1960 when the South African police killed 69 black people who were demonstrating against the government in Sharpeville.

As a result of these killings, the ANC decided that non-violent protests were not working. Soon after, Mandela was arrested and sent to prison.

During the years that Mandela was in prison (firstly on Robben Island and later in Pollsmoor Prison near Cape Town), the South African government came under more and more pressure to end the system of apartheid. In 1990 the white president F.W. de Clerk decided to release Nelson Mandela from prison. Two years later, de Clerk and his government began scrapping the laws which discriminated against black people.

In April 1994 South Africa held its first free election in which people of all races were allowed to vote. At this election Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa – the first black person to ever hold the office.

	1.	What was apartheid?  (1 pt)

	2.	What do the initials A.N.C. stand for?  (1 pt)

	3.	What job did Nelson Mandela begin doing in 1952?  (1 pt)

	4.	What happened to make the ANC decide that non-violent protest didn’t work?  (1 pt)

	5.	What were the black people doing when they were killed at Sharpeville in 1960?  (1 pt)

	6.	In which two places were Nelson Mandela imprisoned?  (1 pt)

	7.	When was Mandela released from jail?  (1 pt)

	8.	In what year did F.W. de Clerk’s government begin to scrap the system of apartheid?  (1 pt)

9.

Use your books or the internet to find out three more facts about South Africa