Create a list of one thing you have learned about each of the following nations: Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, the Congo.
Do Now – 3/31
Homework – 3/27 – Lumumba Opinion
Write two paragraphs expressing your opinion on Patrice Lumumba.
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What do you think about Lumumba? What do you think about how he handled independence and the political crisis? How should Lumumba be remembered?
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What do you think about Lumumba? What do you think about how he handled independence and the political crisis? How should Lumumba be remembered?
Do Now – 3/26 and 3/27
“History will one day have its say, but it will not be the history that Brussels, Paris, Washington, or the United Nations will teach, but that which they will teach in the countries emancipatied from colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history, and it will be, to the north and to the south of the Sahara, a history of glory and dignity.”
- Patrice Lumumba
Copy down this quote. What does it mean to you?
Classwork – 3/25 – Congo Colonization
Write two paragraphs about whichever product (copper? diamonds? ivory? rubber?) from the Congo you feel was most important and why.
Do Now – 3/25
“In fourteen years Leopold has deliberately destroyed more lives than have suffered death on all the battlefields of this planet for the past thousand years.”
- Mark Twain
Copy down this quote. What does it mean to you?
Do Now – 3/24
Respond to the following:
One goal that I have for this nine weeks ______.
One way I can reach this goal is by _____________.
Reminder – Work Deadline
Just a reminder that all make-up work and extra credit assignments must be turned in by THURSDAY, MARCH 12 before Mr. Amutah leaves school. Make sure you complete your work and turn it in.
Reminder – Nine Weeks Exam This Week!
Just a reminder that this week your nine weeks exam will be given this week. Make sure you study!
