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"Explore a Country" is a Discussion assessment that encourages students to explore a country through VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News VideosLinks to an external site..
Estimated Time
An estimated 60-90 minutes is needed to complete this activity.
Prompt
The essence of comparative politics is comparing two countries. But comparisons between countries rely on an expert-level understanding of a country’s government, geography, economy, people and society. While we cannot just get up and go live in another country for months or years, living with the masses, interviewing elites, and taking the good and bad of any country, we can try to see a country through the eyes of documentarians, filmmakers, and news reporters.
Instructions
Post
- Go to VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News VideosLinks to an external site.
- Find a video about a country that you are interested in learning more about
- Please choose any country, except the United States
- Attach video link
- Watch the video and summarize it in 5 or more sentences
Reply
- In your reply to a peer, be sure to include a link to the OpenFactBook’s page of your peer’s specific CountryLinks to an external site.
- In 3 or more sentences, share how the video or video summary relates to one of the 10 topics:
- Geography
- People and Society
- Government
- Economy
- Energy
- Communications
- Transportation
- Military and Security
- Terrorism
- Transnational Issues