OET Assignment 2

12 Preparations for EAMUN

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Preparations for EAMUN

Now it is time to move on to the prepataions for EAMUN...

(End of OET assignment!)

/Richard

Before this week’s lesson have a look at the Wikipedia and UNAIDS pages on the HIV/AIDS disease and epidemic, as well as some fact sheets from UNAIDS with 2008 data: Global and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). You should also have a look at this presentation.

When you have done the reading have a look at this video: Voices from a world with AIDS.
Also have a look at this TED video by Emily Oster.

We will discuss this in our next lesson.

/Richard.

10 Investing in Africa

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Investing in Africa

Below is a list of which TED videos I would like you to watch this week. During the next lesson (or 2, depending on how long it takes), I want you to present a summary of the video as well as your thoughts, reflections, reactions to the topic and content. We will use Elluminate for the next couple of lessons, so if you will be able to share presentations (e.g. PowerPoint) with the group or use the ”whiteboard”.

Cheetahs vs. Hippos (students’ names)
Doing business in Africa (students’ names)
Aid vs. Trade (students’ names)
Investing in Africa (students’ names)
Investing in Africa's own solutions (students’ names)
Patient Capital (students’ names)

/Richard

9 Civil Society and Democaracy in Africa

Civil Society and Democaracy in Africa

Here are some my notes from a lecture this week by Prof Jerry Gana on Civil Society and Democracy in Africa. Read through them and then put any questions you have in the comments for this blog entry. We will then continue the discussion in the next lesson.

/Richard

8 Understanding and Explaining Africa

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Understanding and Explaining Africa

Here are some notes I took from the lectures that Christina Nyström gave this week. Read through them and then continue the discussion in the comments section of this blog entry. We will then continue the discussion in the next lesson.

(You can also check out Sara’s summary of the lecture on our blog.)

/Richard

7 UN Millenium Development Goals

UN Millenium Development Goals

This week we are going to be looking at the UN Millenium Development Goals (MDG). There are 8 MDGs and you will be split into groups to research and discuss the goals.

For some general information on the UN have a look at this presentation, this part of the UN website, as well as this part.

For information on the MDGs look here and here, you will also need to search for more information.

As a group I would like you to research your MDG and then present you info by using a bubbl.us mindmap. You will need to sign up for membership (free) and then add each other (and me!) as friends so that you can share the mindmaps with the whole class group. Be aware that you cannot work on the same mindmap at the same time from different users/computers.

When you have completed the mindmap add a link to it in a comment to this blog post. Make sure you look at each others before this week’s lesson.

MDG 1: student names

MDG 2: student names

MDG 3: student names

MDG 4: student names

MDG 5: student names

MDG 6: student names

MDG 7: student names

MDG 8: student names

/Richard.

6 History

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History

We are going to use this BBC site to have a look at the history of colonisalism, decolonialism and post colonialism. You will each have a specific area to look at (listed below with the links) and I would like you to add a comment to this blog entry with a summary of your area, as well as your thoughts/analysis and some discussion questions. We will take up these discussion questions in the next lesson, but you can of course respond in the blog before and after the lesson!

After Independence (name)

Gold Coast to Ghana (name)

Towards independence (name)

French and British colonial styles (name)

The Nation State (name)

Programme Part 21 - Challenges to Colonialism (name)

Programme Part 22 - Indenpendence (name)

Programme Part 23 - Apartheid (name)

Programme Part 24 - The Nation State (name)

Case studies Guinea and Algeria (name)

Case studies Kenya and Congo (name)

Education (name)