Research Project-Presentations

TASK 1. BACKGROUND RESEARCH

Presentations (Wednesday May 21st).

In your group blogs, to explore the religions, ethnic groups and cultures, role of men and women, war and politics and immigrants:

Prepare a short presentation - 20 minutes maximum per group. You could include:

1. A quiz to test background understanding of Afghanistan and its peoples.

2. Images/videos /maps of Afghanistan and its peoples.

3. A trip along the paths that the novel The Kite Runner follows.

RESOURCES :

The Outsiders The Hazara People, from The National Geographic – February 2008 :

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/afghanistan-hazara/phil-zabriskie-text.html

Afghanistan facts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2004/afghanistan/default.stm

Hazaras - London:

http://208.65.153.251/watch?v=DbHMnVfuqb0

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Hazara_People

maps of the regions - ethnic groups in Afghanistan :

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/ethnic.html

Country profiles:

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_afghanistan.html

Pashtuns:

http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/clickup/pashtun.html

Change slow for Afghan Women :

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0312_020312_afghanwomen.html

Now read the article about the woman in the photo!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html

Photograph by Steve McCurry