3/3 Mon. Hip-Hop & Media Coverage of the Conflict
Hip-Hop Continues a Protest Tradition That Dates Back to the Blues copy.pdf
1. How the Hip-hop and the Blues interconnected? (a minimum of 3 sentences)
2. What did Hip-hop mean to many people involved in BLM protests? (a minimum of 3 sentences)
3. Your reflections (a minimum of 5 sentences).
4. Explain three reasons (out of many) mainstream media often do not focus on the Petrodollars, military budget, missing money from Pentagon, how much each town has been paying for the Pentagon, peace movements in Israel, and peace movements by American Jewish people and American Muslim people.
5. Explain how the economic motives (national security) may influence the media coverage of the Middle East Conflict.
6. Your reflections on the role of the US and its allies in fueling the conflicts in the Middle East: Israelis and Palestinians are victims. (a minimum of 4 sentences).
3/5 Wed. The Italian Opera & The Dance of Shiva
The Italian Opera - The Italian Opera.pdf
1. In regard to the Italian opera as a metaphor for understanding Italian Culture, write five ideas that you find interesting (a minimum
of 1 sentence for each idea)
2. Write your reflections (minimum of 5 sentences)
The Dance of Shiva - The dance of Shiva.pdf
3. What does the dance of Shiva mean?
4. List the three important gods (out of many) in Hinduism
5. Write 3 ideas that are interesting to you. (a minimum of 1 sentence for each idea)
6. Write your reflections (minimum of 5 sentences)
3/7 Fri. The Russian Ballet & Stereotyping Russians
Read: Russian Ballet - Russian Ballet.pdf
1. How are ballet dancers seen in Russia?
2. What does Russian soul mean?
3. What does Russian ballet mean to many Russians?
4. Your Reflections (a minimum of 5 sentences)
Watch: TRUTH or MYTH: Russians React to Stereotypes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlHx_oQfbmQ
5. List the five main stereotypes (out of about 10) and write your reflections on each stereotyp.
6. Your Reflections (a minimum of 5 sentences)
3/17 Mon. Music and Dance I
Ballet As an Athletic Activity
1. Find a news article that compares Ballet and American Football and write the title of the article.
2. Summarize the article (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Read the Brazilian Samba Brazilian Samba.pdf
4. What Samba means to many Brazilians? (2-3 sentences)
5. Brazilians?) - (a minimum of 3 sentences)
6. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Read African Dance African Dance.pdf
7. How are dancers regarded? (2-3 sentences)
8. What do costumes mean to many people in Africa? (2-3 sentences)
9. How are musicians regarded? (2-3 sentences)
10. How are drummers regarded? (2-3 sentences)
11. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Preview: Skin that Speaks: the "talking drums" of Nigeria | Michael Varner | TEDxUTA
12. Write 3 ideas that are interesting to you. (a minimum of 2 sentences for each idea).
13. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3/19 Wed. Dance II
Preview - (There are some disturbing and violent images and stories in both segements)
War Dance Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyyCFjlh_Tc & War Dance- Kampala – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipyf8sznpTM
1. Why were the students at the camp?
2. What are the students doing in Kampala?
3. What does music and dance mean to the students?
4. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Read: The not-so-secret secret to changing the world (Rwanda). The not-so-secret secret to changing the world1.pdf
5. What is the "not-so-secret secret to changing the world"?
6. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3/21 Fri. Dance III
"Healing African Dance" Full Episode 1 of 4
1. In what ways, the dance is healing? State 3 ways (out of many).
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2. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Different Drummers: Rwandan women find an artistic way out of despair. (Rwanda). Different drummers (Rwanda).pdf
3. Whay are women "different drummers"?
4. What is the significance of the "different drummers"? State at least two reasons.
5. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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6. Find a news article about the Rwandan Genocide (1994) and write the title of the news.
7. Summarize the news (a minimum of 5 sentences)
8. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3/24 Mon. Nigeria, Media, Stereotypes
The Media Should Show Some Love for Africa The Media Should Show Africa Some Love.pdf
1. State at least two reasons why the media should show some love for Africa
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2. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Nigerian entrepreneur invents giant solar-powered refrigerators Nigerian Entrepreneur Invents Giant Solar.pdf
3. Summarize the article (a minimum of 4 sentences)
4. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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5. Identify at least three stereotypes about "People in Africa" based on the following screenshot below, of Google page (searched for "People in Africa").
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6. Why these images below could be seen as having the inherent dominative mode (making West look superior)?
7. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3/26 Wed. The Keys to Courage & The Spanish Bullfight
1. The Keys to courage: How Mama Zula saved 100 people’s lives (The keys to courage (Rwanda).pdf 
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- 1. In Rwanda, how many people did Mama Zula save? 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
- 2. What did Mama Zula tell the terrorists about her religion? Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam
- 3. During the 1994, Rwandan genocide, how many people were killed in 100 days? 800, 8,000, 80,000, 800,000.
- 4. Write your reflections on human nature/society in the light of stereotyping.
2. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Spanish Bullfight. The Spanish bullfight.pdf
3. What do the different stages of bullfight signify?
4. Who are the matadors, and how are they regarded?
5. What does Spanish bullfight signify? a) Individualism or b) Collectivism
6. How do Spanish feel about the bullfight?
7. Your reflections (a minimum of 4 sentences)
3/28 Fri. Canadian Ice Hokey & Gender Game
Kid Crosby or Golden Boy - Icehokey.pdf
1. Wtite 5 ideas that are interesting to you. (a minimum of 1 sentence)
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2. Your reflections (a minimum of 5 sentences)
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The Gender Game- Rewriting the Rules of Basketball Through Autoethnography(1).pdf 3. Wtite 5 ideas that are interesting to you. (a minimum of 1 sentence)
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4. Your reflections (a minimum of 5 sentences)
3/31 Mon. American Football, NBA Athletes and Boycottes, & Australia,
American Football 22 American football.pdf
1. Write 5 ideas that are interesting to you (a minimum of 1 sentence)
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2. Your reflections ( a minimum of 4 sentences)
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Australian Outdoor Activities Australian outdoor recreational activities.pdf
3. Write 5 ideas that are interesting to you (a minimum of 1 sentence)
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4. Your reflections ( a minimum of 4 sentences)
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NBA Athletes Weren’t Just Boycotting Games https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2020/08/31/nba-athletes-boycott-strike
5. What did The Milwaukee Bucks do in August of 2020?
6. Why did athlete activism appear to be in decline in the past?
7. Vice Sports declared 2014 “the year of the activist athlete.” What motivated the athletes to be more involved in activism?
8. What does the following statement mean?: "What began with the Milwaukee Bucks in Orlando signals a new form of athlete activism not because the platform is growing or the arguments are becoming more convincing, but because it eschews the trappings of symbolic spectacle."
9. Your reflections ( a minimum of 4 sentences)