6-9-10 and 6-10-10

In a democratic process on how students wanted to finish the year students have chosen to focus on the struggle of sub-saharan Africa faced with European imperialism and the "power vacuum" that is created in sub-saharan countries after the European imperial power has gone home. Portions of two motion pictures will hopefully represent these issues: Shaka Zulu and The Last King of Scotland which is a film in which Forrest Whitaker depicts a military officer taking power in Uganda.

6-07-10 (Contemporary Issues: The Roots of 9-11)

Journalist Thomas Friedman (The World is Flat) offers American students an Arab-Muslim view of America through the eyes of many stake-holders including teenage students. This balance and well done piece foucuses on the USA's perceived slight of the Arab world due to its support of a sovereign Israeli nation-state and support of dictators and monarchs of the region.