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Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
Specific Context: In 1935, American author W. E. B. Du Bois wrote, “Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?”
Question: How does Du Bois add to your thinking about the importance of establishing the truth about the past?
Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
Question: Why might it be important to learn about even flawed examples of transition and reconciliation programs?
Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
Question: What aspects of South Africa’s TRC seem to have had the greatest effect? What were some limitations of the TRC?
Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
Question: How might you figure out when it would be best to have a trial and when a truth commission would be best?
Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
Question: What are some key differences between trials and truth commissions?
What is your stance on the Kashmir issue?ln your opinion what are some of the possible ways to resolve this issue?
Identify and explain one technological transfer between world regions that affected state power in the period 1450 to 1750
Patrirachy is an ideology which believes that the world is governed or ruled by men. Does patriarchy exist in "Bantugan" and "Bidasari"? What can you infer regarding the culture of the Pre-colonial Filipinos? Discuss
4. Give an example of a song from the last 5 years that you feel is historically significant.
5. Give an example of a song from the last 5 years that you feel is aesthetically significant?
6. Imagine that 20 years from now, somebody wants to understand life in the early 2000s. What would you want them to know about your generation?
Which of the following quotes from the speech best supports the argument that private organizations, not the federal government, should be in charge of social welfare programs?
“Such groups are almost invariably far more efficient than government in running social programs…Three hundred eighty-five thousand corporations and private organizations are already working on social programs ranging from drug rehabilitation to job training.”“In a single stroke, we will be accomplishing a real realignment that will end cumbersome (awkward) administration and spiraling costs at the Federal level.”“We’re proposing legislation [that] will permit [cities] to apply…for designation as urban enterprise zones. A broad range of special economic incentives in the zones will help attract new business, new jobs, new opportunity to America’s inner cities and rural towns.”“Our nation’s long journey towards civil rights for all our citizens…must continue with no back sliding or slowing down.”
