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Extra credit for those students who could not attend the after school Liberty in North Korea event (March 2015).!

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Do one of the following three activities, typing out your answers to that activities’ questions in a a one- to two-page paper. Due no later than Friday, April 10.!

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Read: Atomic Dilemma: Debating How to Prevent Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons! http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/atomic-dilemma-debating-how-to-prevent-iranfrom-developing-nuclear-weapons/! • read David E. Sanger’s news analysis “For Netanyahu and Obama, Difference Over Iran Widened Into Chasm” ! • Answer:! How does the Obama administration see the nuclear negotiations? Why?! How does Iran see the nuclear negotiations? Why?! How does the Netanyahu administration and other critics see the nuclear negotiations? Why?!

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Read:‘What Would Malcolm X Think?’ and ‘After the Bombing’! http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/text-to-text-what-would-malcolm-x-think-and-afterthe-bombing/! • Answer three of the following:! • Why does Ms. Shabazz say that Malcolm X would be pleased with the “renewed spirit of civil rights activism”?! • Why does she say Malcolm X would also be critical of today’s protest movement?! • How can the African-American community force the government to take action against hate crimes (e.g., “the Klan”), according to Malcolm X?! • According to Malcolm X, how does the press distort the problem of racial injustice in America?! • How does the “power structure” justify racial profiling (police stops based on racial identity rather than criminal behavior), according to Malcolm X?! • What can a new generation of civil rights activists learn from Malcolm X, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other historic leaders? How can today’s movement for justice and equality build on past accomplishments?!

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Read: Teenagers and Extremism: Investigating the ISIS Recruitment Pipeline! http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/teenagers-and-extremism-investigating-the-isisrecruitment-pipeline/! • read article, “Teenage Girl Leaves for ISIS, and Others Follow,”! • Answer three of the following”! • How did Ms. Mahmood’s family see her before she secretly left home to join ISIS?! • What role is she thought to have taken on in ISIS?! • How has her family reacted to Ms. Mahmood’s disappearance?! • How does Aamer Anwar, the family’s lawyer, say that Ms. Mahmood and girls like her become radicalized?! • Why might women from Western nations who join the Islamic State try to entice other young women to follow in their footsteps?