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IAFS 1000 “ Battle of Algiers ”. Midterm Exam. Oct 29 Cumulative, covering weeks 1-9 Format: 2 IDs from a choice of 4 Choice of essay question Focus on quality rather than quantity. Paper Proposal. Guidelines on course website
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Midterm Exam • Oct 29 • Cumulative, covering weeks 1-9 • Format: • 2 IDs from a choice of 4 • Choice of essay question • Focus on quality rather than quantity
Paper Proposal • Guidelines on course website • www.colorado.edu/history/chester/IAFS1000HonorsProposal.html • Any topic in international affairs • Must be international • Must relate to current events • No internet sources unless they are scholarly (e.g. no Wikipedia) or are used for very basic background (e.g. CIA World Factbook) • Minimum of 10 sources
“Battle of Algiers” (1966) • 2003 Pentagon screening • Main characters: • Ali La Pointe (FLN leader) • Col. Mathieu (based on General Jacques Massu) • Djafar (played by FLN leader Yacef Saadi) • Larbi Ben M'Hidi (FLN leader) • Little Omar (fictional) http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2004/10/12/inside-dvd-algiers.jpg; http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2005/07/29/battleofalgierAAAAAAAAA.jpg; http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2004/081204/images/film1.jpg; http://www.aidh.org/faits_documents/algerie/Aussaresses.html; http://www.onpointradio.org/content/2004/01/16/0116algiers2140.jpg