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Connections 4.1. Natural resources in Spanish speaking cultures. Focus. Get out your current event for Arab speaking countries and be prepared to share with the class . Turn in your reflections for unit 3. Essential Questions. What are the natural resources in Latin America?
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Connections 4.1 Natural resources in Spanish speaking cultures
Focus • Get out your current event for Arab speaking countries and be prepared to share with the class. • Turn in your reflections for unit 3.
Essential Questions • What are the natural resources in Latin America? • What are the interrelationships of Latin American resources and the rest of the world?
Activating • Let’s revisit the news article China shopping for Latin American Oil, Food, Minerals • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43293236/ns/business-world_business/t/china-shopping-latin-american-oil-food-minerals • What is the economic relationship between China and Latin America? • What resources can China be provided with from Latin America? • What are the benefits for Latin America and China? • Why is Latin America looking more toward China for investments than the USA?
Connecting • As you watch the video, answer the questions on the Natural Resources Question Sheet • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdyyF0f4tx0&feature=youtu.be
Review • Man vs. Nature continuum • How societies view the role of nature……….
Chilean Miners Rescue and Collectivism • GerteHofstede describes collectivism…….. • Chili has a score of 23 on the Individualistic vs collectivistic continuum. (US is 91) • Read Chilean Miners Waited Death • http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/16/chile.miners/index.html • How did the miners focus as a group to take care of one another? Examples?
Chilean Miners Rescue and Collectivism • Listen to the story of the miners a year later • http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139003770/a-year-later-chilean-miners-sift-through-trauma • What effect did television cameras and other media have on the trapped miners? • Why do you think this impacted their collectivistic behavior?
Drug Trade • Read the following article by Tim Rogers, Central America: United They Stand, Divided They Fall. • http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/110531/central-america-drug-smuggling-nicaragua • What are the reasons drugs are being grown and trafficked in this area? • What problems is this causing? • What is a solution mentioned in this article?
Extending/Journal • Water crisis in Latin America • Watch the video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhojFHnfA8E • In your journal, respond to the following questions: • What are the problems with water in Latin America? • What are the issues involving public vs private providers of water? • Does everyone have a natural right to water? • What would be a good development model to supply water in Latin America? • What is the political dimension of the water crisis? • What is the connection between the USA and the wter crisis in Latin America?