4.9.5

4.9.5 Chapter 9 - Section 5 Pages 217- 220 Taylor Nichols and Connor Greenstein

Objective: Students will understand the role of economic progress, geography, and ethnic diversity in South Asian countries.

Read the article above about the experience of Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, a Peace Corps member serving in Nepal. Then, answer the following questions:
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 * 1) What does the absence of teachers and students in the education program tell us about the role of farming in Nepalese villages?
 * 2) What causes the author to return to the village after rediscovering her appreciation for Nepalese culture?
 * 3) Thinking back to the culture unit, which elements of culture have an influence on Tkaczyk's experience in Nepal?
 * 4) What inference can you make to explain the impact of geography on the Nepalese lifestyle?

__**Visual**__ media type="custom" key="27265856" [|Taylor's Link on Sri Lankan Conflict] This website focuses on 6 main issues, but I chose to go more into depth with just the first section. The site as a whole investigates Sri Lanka 5 years after the conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people officially ended. The part I am using is called Beyond the Beach, which focuses on Sri Lanka's rebuilding and more recent issues associated with the conflict. The authors support their argument with primary evidence from human rights reports, an article released by the Sri Lankan government, and statistical information about the country's economy. The ideas in this article seem to be mostly fact based with a lack of personal opinions. This section provides very detailed information about topics that include money for reconstruction, specific steps taken by the government, and human rights violations. An example of this detail is shown in a link to the Sri Lankan human rights report done by the Human Rights Watch. Although this site provides comprehensive information, it lacks a clear analysis of what all of this information means for the past and future of Sri Lanka. Still, I found this site to be very useful because it helped me understand the implications of the civil war, which the textbook could not provide. It provides basic information that is helpful for introducing the class to the result of ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka.

[| Connor's Link] This website gives many statistics on the levels and causes of poverty in Pakistan. The site gives information and statistics that range throughout Pakistan's entire existence as an independent nation. The article, although short, provided in depth information about the economy, and the different problems that Pakistani citizens face. Although the author does not use primary source information or speak more intensely about one part compared to the others the author does give a source of the information, the IFAD. The site provides comprehensible information about the effects that poverty has on the nation and very little of the information requires much thought to use. Overall the site was a useful tool to reach conclusions about the current, and past, state of affairs in Pakistan.

__**Reflection Questions**__ How does the economy affect those living in south Asia? How do the different ethnicities play a part in Asia today What steps can be taken to improve the quality of life in southern Asia? Annotation Answer#1 The people of south Asia live in developing countries that are filled with poverty and face many different struggles. There is little to no economic diversity and a large percentage of the working class work as farmers to produce cash crops and food. This limits progression and keeps the citizens of these nations from moving forward, remaining members of poor, developing nations. The heavily agriculturally based societies also prevent a rise in highly educated people because many families are dependent on others to help provide.

Answer#2 The different ethnicities have helped draw political lines in modern day South Asia. For example the formation of Bangladesh caused by a divide in the Pakistani people. The different ethnicities also plays a part in the differences in culture throughout the different nations.

Answer#3 A high quality of life is one of the results of modernisation, however nations in south Asia do not have the luxuries that make attaining it easily. The first step would be to promote a higher standard of education. This foundation would help improve every other aspect of life. With an educated population the economy would diversify, adding industry and new medicine to the poor agricultural societies that are already in place.

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