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Chapter 9 - Section 5 Pages 217-220 Karin Heldt & Jake Mims Objective: Students will be familiarized with the difficulties that South Asian countries have faced since independence. Homework Assignment [|Pd 2- 9.5.homework]2.9.5

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[|Karin's Link on Sri Lanka's Ethnicities] The article is a section of a country study of Sri Lanka published by the United States Library of Congress.The U.S. Library of Congress is the research arm of the United States Congress. This section focuses on the plethora of ethnic groups found in Sri Lanka. It is divided into subsections about the following groups: Sinhalese, Tamils, Burghers, Muslims, and Veddah. The article also provides distinctions between each of the ethnic groups. There is a lack of bias, and the source mainly provides facts about each of these populations. Although the article provides detailed, specific information on the diverse ethnic groups, it neglects to acknowledge the issues that arise from the distinct groups. Also, the article doesn't provide a list of issues that all South Asian nations face, but it focuses on a specific issue in Sri Lanka. Although written for an adult audience, the writing style can be comprehended by high school students and provides basic information that doesn't require background knowledge.

Jake Mims Link Indian Freedom struggle

This database is a great resource on the Indian Independence movement. India.gov.in was designed and maintained by [| National Informatics Centre (NIC)]  and Government of India. This database was made to educate and teach people about the events and the struggles it took India to gain independence. The text is geared to give a general understanding of the events that happened during this time period. Even though this database was written by the Indian Government, it has little bias and takes a middle ground in the Indian independence movement. Also the writing style is at the high school level so everyone can understand the full idea of the article. Although this article lacks an advanced understanding of the topic, it is great for getting a foundation of knowledge on India’s independence movement. This article focuses on India’s struggle for freedom in chronological order and provides easy to understand information for the reader.

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This video illustrates what happened in Sri Lanka during is Civil War days. Also, the video has real time footage to show the ups and downs of the war for both sides. Precise data is shown through date stamps. Additionally, the video takes the viewpoint of India’s government and the decisions it makes. Also this video takes an inside perspective of Tamil tigers plans and actions taken to achieve their goal. This video explains how this conflict affected the international community. Tamil Tiger affected the international community by the assassination of India’s Prime Minister Gandhi. Later the Tiger’s claimed another life by killing Sri Lanka’s leader. In 1995, the video shows the Tamil Tiger’s leader speaking out against the Sri Lanka’s government. At the end of the video it shows the present day struggles Sri Lanka’s people still face. An example of the present day struggle, the United Nations are currently deciding on who should be penalized with war crimes.

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