Tasks

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Webquest
This task has five parts:
 * 1) Introduction to the Middle East **[week 5]**
 * 2) History of the Middle East from 1900 to 1945 **[week 6]**
 * 3) An examination of western perspectives towards the Middle East **[week 7]**
 * 4) Case study of one Middle Eastern country from 1945-2000 //(**SL** may choose 1945-1979)// **[week 10]**
 * 5) Short biography of an (ordinary) individual living in a Middle Eastern country (there may be a little crossover into the twenty-first century). **HL Only** **[week 8]**

//Full task in the document below, includes marking criteria and full bibliography.//



[] Has a number of people - use general details with personal info to create bio. See also the link under Gaza of the entrepreneur and civil servant for examples of daily life issues.
 * Some links for biographies:**

Women in the Middle East (includes a few names of famous women writers & politicians and covers a range of 'daily life' sections such as marriage & family, the veil and education. [|http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/files/Women_in_the_Middle_East.]

More on Gaza, daily life: [] Daily life in Gaza, article in NY Times, 2010

[] Growing up in Gaza, video [] General article on daily life in Gaza

//Remember that you also need to annotate your sources apart from the ones I have done on the task sheet.//

2012 Groups

 * 1. The First World War in the Middle East || Falconer, Catherine || Lana Wilding || Graham, Taylor ||
 * 2. The peace settlements and the mandate system || Aitken, Sophie || Sim, Gavin ||  ||
 * 3. Palestine up to 1939 || Brown, Imogen || Walker, Hugh || Lew, Leann ||
 * 4. The Second World War and the creation of the State of Israel || Cleland, Kayle || Leong, Sarah || Harris, Ebony ||
 * 5. Iran and Reza Khan, 1924-41 || Beale, Sean || Ryan-Worth, Tahlia || Posney, Beth ||
 * 6. Ataturk and the Turkish Republic || Catalano, Amelia || Cheung, Karina ||  ||



Some presentation do's and don'ts...

DO
10 Tips: []

Steve Jobs' Presentation Secrets []

DON'T
'How not to give a presentation': []

Death by Powerpoint []

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