February 12 and 13, 2014
AP Human Geography Agenda
Ethnicity
Ethnicity – At the end of this unit, students will be able to:
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Know where ethnicities are distributed, both in the US and in major world regions
Discuss why and how ethnicities have been transformed into nationalities
Define the following: Nation-State, Nationalism, Multinational State, Multiethnic State, Balkanization
Understand why ethnicities clash
Define Ethnic cleansing and understand where and why this has happened
Big Framing Objective –
Ethnicity
Discuss the effect that race and
ethnicity have on different areas of
the world, specifically the US and
Africa.
By the end of today, we will
1. Begin to assess the effects of ethnic cleansing on the world
Part I: Do now – What do I remember? (5 minutes): Individual
Are there any perfect nation-states? Explain.
Over the next few days, we will be completing the following:
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How ethnicities become nationalities
Ethnic conflicts – covered in Key Issue #3
Ethnic Cleansing – covered in Key Issue #4 and the video “Ghosts of Rwanda”
Group assessment on Ethnic conflicts
Possibly – Breaking up is hard to do
Mini-seminar: Despite the 1954 US Supreme Court decision that racially segregated school systems are inherently
unequal, most school remain segregated, with virtually none or virtually all African American or Hispanic pupils. As
long as most neighborhoods/regions are segregated, how can racial integration in schools be achieved?
Part V: Do Later – what did I learn (end of class): Individual
What is the difference between a multination state and a multistate nation?
What needs to be turned in at the
end of this class?
 Do Now Do Later
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What is due next class?
 Read “Breaking Up
is Hard to Do”
 Map Quiz
UpComing Events:
2/10 and 2/11: Key Issue #3 and #4, Ghosts of Rwanda
2/12 and 2/13: Finsih Key Issue #4, Breaking up is hard to do, Ghosts of Rwanda
2/14: Finish up any needed info
2/18 and 2/19: Test on RELIGION and ETHNICITY . . .
IF YOU LEARN ONLY 3 THINGS IN THIS UNIT:
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There are 5 primary relgions in the world today: Christianity, Islam, Judaism (the 3 “western”
religions) and Hinduism and Buddhism (the 2 “eastern” religions). Christianity is the largest
religion in the world with just over 2 billion followers. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the
world.
Religions are defined as monotheistic or polytheistic, and ethnic (born into) or universalizing (may
convert into).
There are architectual differences in religious structures around the world. Christians use
churches, Jews use synagogues, Muslims use mosques, Hindus use temples, and Buddhist use
pagodas.
This Day in History
1554 Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.
1733 Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site
of Savannah.
1818 Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1912 Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the
establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
1973
1999
2002
2010
The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic
start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
INTERFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
China (Tibet)
Nigeria
Interfaith Boundary
Tibetan Buddhism and
Atheism
Islam and Christianity
India
Hinduism and Sikhism
India and
Pakistan
Former
Yugoslavia
Hinduism and Islam
Central African
Republic
Muslim and
Christianity
Burma/Myanmar
Buddhism and Islam
Christianity and Islam
Conflict
The atheist Chinese government id destroying Tibetan Buddhist
monasteries, and overall trying to suppress the religion.
Islam prevails in the northern region while Christianity and local
religions prevail in the South. Lead to power based tensions for
government control
Sikhs in the NW state of Punjab demand autonomy from the Hinducontrolled government of India
Pakistan was established as a Muslim state in 1948. Pakistan and
India are fighting over territory called Jammu and Kashmir
In the Yugoslavian civil wars of the 1990s, Serb leader Slobadan
Milosevic tried to kill or evict the Muslim population in Bosnia and
the other Serbian controlled lands in the region
With its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into sustained
violence along religious lines and spilling beyond the country’s
borders, further destabilizing the whole region
Though Muslims nationwide have been targeted, members of one
particular ethnic group, the Rohingya, have borne the brunt of the
violence. Many Buddhists view the Rohingya Muslims, who live
along the border with Bangladesh, as illegal immigrants, even
though many have been in Myanmar for generations.
INTRAFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
Iraq
Intrafaith Boundary
Islam: Sunni and
Shiite
US
Christian:
Fundamentalism and
moderate Christianity
Christian: Protestant
and Catholic
Northern Ireland
Conflict
After the fall of the largely Sunni government controlled by
Saddam Hussein, both Sunnis and Shiites are warring for
control of the newly forming political landscape
Christians have conflicted in the US over political-cultural
issues such as homosexuality, evolution, and abortion. In
some cases, violent tactics have been used
British Colonialism deposited large numbers of Protestants
in traditionally Catholic Northern Ireland. Has caused violent
conflicts between the 2 groups in the regions