Wildlife and Globalization

Choose a human-wildlife conflict to study in detail from any prairie habitat in the world (prairies in other parts of the world may be referred to as grasslands, savannah, pampas, plains, or steppe). 
Once you have chosen a conflict,  research on the Web and/or in the library to learn as much as you can about it. Encourage them to contact organizations that support both sides of the conflict to learn more. They should be able to answer at least the following questions:

	What is the animal's range?
	What does it prey upon, and what preys upon it?
	In what ways does it affect other populations (wildlife and human)?
	How did the conflict(s) evolve?
	What is being done to solve the conflict?
	Who are the main groups involved in the conflict?
	What are the main arguments of the groups on each side of the conflict?

Each group use a blank outline map from the Xpeditions atlas to show the area of the world where the conflict they have chosen is taking place.
      
Each group will create a presentation about the conflict it studied. The presentation could be multimedia-based, if resources are available (e.g., a Web site or a PowerPoint slide show); an oral report with a visual component, such as photographs or illustrations; or any other creative way they feel they can demonstrate what they have learned.

 

     

      Each of you will write a position paper as if you planned to send it to a legislator or government official. You should explain what they have learned and how they feel about the conflict you studied in your small group. The paper should include at least one possible solution to the conflict, stumbling blocks to this possible solution, and how to address them.

 

Sunni/Shiites

And here is a link for the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite

Middle Eastern Terrorism

Middle Eastern terrorism terms

 

Jihad

 

Jihadist

 

Fundamentalist

 

Muslim

 

Arab

 

Al-Qaeda

 

Sunni

 

Shiite

 

Islam

 

Islamism or Islamic Fundamentalism

 

Koran or Quaran-

 

Caliph

Caliphate

 

Mecca

 

Is the following below terrorism? As taken from:  http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-1-c-the-rise-of-islamist-terrorist-groups

A radical environmental group burns a vacant hotel that was recently legally built in a wilderness area.

 

Country X, during a time of war, accidentally kills civilians while conducting bombing raids in Country Z.

 

Country X hires an organized crime group in Country Z to assassinate civilian leaders of a group opposing the international policies of Country X.

 

A national separatist group in Country X blows up a railroad station in Country Z to discourage that government from supporting policies of the government in Country X.

 

Try to find an example involving the U.S. where a similar event took place for the last 3 examples above. 

Example for # 1:

 

 

 

 

 

Example for #2:

 

 

 

Example for #3:

Questions from Reading found at
http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-1-c-the-rise-of-islamist-terrorist-groups

http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-1-c-the-rise-of-islamist-terrorist-groups

1.  Osama Bin Laden had called Americans “the worst _______ in the world today and the worst __________...”

2.  Al-Qaeda is different from other terrorist groups in that they:

 

3.  What is Islamic fundamentalism?

 

4.  Fundamentalists call for a return to “pure” Islam as a practice by the Prophet _________________.

5.  They believe they have been invaded by _________________ _____________ and ________________________.

6.  They feel women should:

            Examples: list 3

            1.

            2.

            3.

7.  The Islamic terrorists see themselves as:

8.  Terrorist tactics run against the basic teachings of Islam.  Why?

 

9.  What was the six day war?

 

            What role did the United States play?

 

10.  What and who was the PLO?

 

11.  Name two terrorist events the PLO was involved in.

 

12.  Is the PLO still active in trying to destroy Israel?

 

13.  Who is Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab?

 

14.  Wahhabism is promoted in the Saudi Arabia educational system.  Tell me about their textbooks and curriculum.

 

15.  Explain how the United States was involved in the Iranian Revolution.

 

 

 

16.  Explain how the United States was involved in the Soviet War in Afghanistan.

 

 

17.  How did this lead to Bin Laden’s uprising.

 

18.  Who is the Taliban?

 

19.  Osama Bin Laden declared that since the Gulf War against Iraq in 1991 the United States had:

 

20.  What is a fatwa?

 

21.  What was bin Laden’s decree?

 

22.  Islamic fundamentalism attracts what type of people?

Islamic Fundamentalism: What Should We Do About It?

There is a connection between certain kinds of Islamic fundamentalism and Islamist terrorism. What should we do about this?

1. Below are listed some policies that the United States might adopt to try to counter Islamist terrorism. Form small groups to discuss these policies.
2. Each group should choose what it considers to be the most important policy for the United States to adopt now. Groups may develop their own policy choice if they wish.
3. Each group should then defend its policy choice before the rest of the class.

Proposed Policies

1. Remove all American military forces from Saudi Arabia and/or Iraq.
2. Remain in Iraq to develop democracy as a model for other Muslim countries.
3. Pressure Muslim countries to close religious schools that preach hatred.
4. Provide foreign aid to Muslim countries in order to reduce unemployment and poverty.
5. Give foreign aid to countries that curb Islamists.
6. Work to achieve security and justice for Israel and Palestine.
7. Capture, try, and (if convicted) execute Osama bin Laden.  So we killed him.  Analyze if this policy worked.
8. Lessen our dependence on Mideast oil.
9. Develop your own policy.

 

MUNICH

First, the terrorism issue. Spielberg told a Los Angeles Times interviewer that answering aggression with aggression "creates a vicious cycle of violence with no real end in sight." He said much the same thing to Time magazine -- "a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine."
And his film frames for the viewer exactly this bleak vision of unending and unendable violence. Palestinian terrorists murder Israeli athletes to put their cause before the world. Israeli counterterrorists assassinate Palestinian terrorists involved with those murders. Palestinian terrorists carry out more murders of innocents, presumably because of the assassinations. At the end of the film, the camera lingers on the pre-9/11 Manhattan skyline, dominated by the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The film is crafted to demonstrate that violence breeds violence in the long run as well as in the short run.