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Agenda for the day!

Agenda for the day!. Map of the Middle East Middle East Mini-Essay Religious conflicts - Kashmir. Middle East Mini-Essay.

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Agenda for the day!

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  1. Agenda for the day! • Map of the Middle East • Middle East Mini-Essay • Religious conflicts - Kashmir

  2. Middle East Mini-Essay • For many reasons, what happens in the Middle East is of vital interest to world security and future peace. Geography, history, religion, oil, terrorism, politics, culture, and outside influences are all connected to form the mosaic that makes up the Middle East story. The problems found there are complex and not easily solved. You assignment is to piece this puzzle together in a well-organized essay that also reveals the complexity of the issues. • Remember that no outside research or defencing is required for this paper. Your information is to come from class activities, discussions, documentaries the filmstrip, maps and your textbook. Refer to the supplied rubric for the marking scheme. Please double or 1.5 space your paper and use a font size of 11 to 12.

  3. Religious Conflicts Kashmir

  4. Religion • One of the most powerful forces in the world • Guidance to law • Unites people and populations • Also divides– basis for war

  5. Kashmir • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jODNKqcAQ 1:31

  6. History of Kashmir • 1947: British Government granted independence to subcontinent India • 1947: Partitioned India into • Muslim country of Pakistan • Hindu country of India 10-15 million people fled to where their religion was dominant! - In between lies the princely state of Kashmir

  7. History of the Kashmir • Hindu maharaja (Hari Singh) led his state into union with India • Pakistan then took up arms to wrest Muslim Kashmir away from India

  8. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmUiLwy7kI

  9. History of Kashmir • January 1949: United Nations intervened and called for a PLEBISCITE • Would allow Kashmiris to choose which country they wanted to join • UN established a ceasefire line dividing the territory (P.354) • However, even more than 60 years later, a PLEBISCITE has not been held. • Many wars have been fought over this dispute • Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 • Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 • Indo-Pakistani War of 1999

  10. What will happen to Kashmir, India and Pakistan… Will a Plebiscite ever be held? Will another war occur? What should the solution be?

  11. Your Task • P. 365 # 13 • India and Pakistan have come very close to another war over Kashmir, with the potential for a nuclear conflict. Your group (2) is a UN delegation sent to the region to negotiate a resolution to this dispute. Use information in the text and from other sources to write a one page resolution to the conflict. What do you think is the best option? • Use p. 353-354 in textbook

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