Do a little research on one of the following protest movements:

- Venezuela
Venezuela Protests
- Turkey
Turkey Protests
- Ukraine
Ukraine Protests
- Thailand
Thailand Protests
- Algeria
Algeria Protests
- Syria
Syrian Civil War
(or any other country you find that has a current or recent protest movement)
A Really Good Website Explaining the Jasmine Revolution

Find out:
- Why are they protesting? 
- What do they want?
- Why do they feel they must protest? Why not use other methods?

Discussion Questions for 2/25

Curriculum Changes in Taiwanese textbooks

1) What changes have been made? What other changes have been proposed?
          - history, geography, civics, etc

2) Why? What effect will this have?

3) What do you think about these changes?

4) What changes should be made?

5) Why make these changes in a textbook? Will it change reality?

Presentation Assignment

Group Presentation:
• Let the class know about one civic group or recent youth movement
• Make sure to tell us about these things:
• Civic Groups                                   • Youth Movements
• What is the group’s mission/goal?   • What was their goal/purpose?
• How do they try to achieve that goal? • Why were they successful (or not)?
• Where are they based?                   • What did people say/think about them
• How successful have they been?   • Where did they protest?
• How can they improve?                   • How did they protest?
• What is interesting about them?           • What happened after the protests were over?

You MUST
o Be an expert on your group/movement
o Have answers ready for the above questions
o Be ready to answer Peter’s/your classmates’ questions
o Bring some pictures and videos to show us
o Stand on the stage and talk about your group/movement

Claire, Amy, Angel - youth movement around soldier's death

Leona, Rainy, Judy - Youth for Human Rights

April, Angel, Flora, Ivonne - Wild Lily Movement

Shelley, Michelle - TNGS Pants-Pulling Incident

Sandy, Lucy - Anti-Media Monopoly movement

  Sheng Kung Girls’ High School   Syllabus, February 2014 ~ June 2014

Grade: S1     Subject: World Issues      Material:Self-compiled       Teacher(s): Peter

Week	From/ to	Target Lesson
1	02/17--02/21	Introduction to class. Introduction to first theme: “Youth and Civil Society”
2	02/24--02/28	Protests, Popular Movements and the Internet
3	03/03--03/07	How young people can learn more and get involved
4	03/10--03/14	Civil society and what it means to Asia
5	03/17--03/21	Group presentation on a popular movement of the last 10 years
6	03/24--03/28	1st Mid-term
7	03/31--04/04	Introduction to theme: “International Issues in Asia”
8	04/07--04/11	International security issues (eg N/S Korea, China v. SE Asia, India/Pakistan)
9	04/14--04/18	Environmentalism in Asia
10	04/21--04/25	The Third-World no more, economic prosperity and political power in Asia
11	04/28--05/02	Pair dialogue on a key issue in Asia
12	05/05--05/09	2nd Mid-term
13	05/12--05/16	Introduction to theme: “Taiwan and its Place in the World”
14	05/19--05/23	With a friend like this, who needs enemies? (China and Taiwan)
15	05/26--05/30	Taiwan’s international space, or lack thereof
16	06/02--06/06	Soft power and what it means to Taiwan
17	05/09--05/13	Individual project on Taiwan’s international relations (pt 1)
18	05/16--05/20	Individual project on Taiwan’s international relations (pt 2)
19	06/23--06/27	Final Exam