Role of Geography in the development of Afghanistan
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Transcript Role of Geography in the development of Afghanistan
Looking
for the
“Why” in
the
“What”
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/afghanistan/
The
role physical geography has played
in the development of the Afghanistan
and the geopolitics of the region.
Analyze the roots of current issues in
Afghanistan including economic
development, the Taliban, and regional
divisions.
Evaluate different points of view in
regards to complex current issues.
Physical
Geography
History
• Landlocked
• Silk Road
• Water Sources
• Strategic Location/
• Mountain Ranges
Buffer State
• Connections to
Neighboring Nations
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/afghanistanrah.gif
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a5BSlk38hqA/S7itXBgqODI/AAAAAAAAAHg/vNam
uLqtbgc/s1600/The+Great+Silk+Road+Map.jpg
Ethnic
Groups
Population
Density
• Great Diversity
• Distribution
• Cultural Barriers
• Urban vs Rural
• Geographic Barriers
http://www.theodora.com/maps/new8/afghanistan_ethnolinguistic-t.gif
Lifestyles
http://www.bestcountryreports.com/media/D_Images/Afghan_Pop.jpg
In My Classroom
• 1. Pre-Reading:
“Afghanistan: How we got
there”
Historical Overview
• 2. Mapping Analysis
Impact of Geography
• 3. “Student Voices”
Current Conditions
• 4. Children of the Taliban
Culmination
Choices Lesson
• “The Geography of
Afghanistan”
Resources:
Blank map, physical map,
political map and ethnic map
Concepts Addressed:
Neighbors
Distance and Divisions
Physical Features
Ethnic Groups
• Additional Ideas
Population Density,
Resources, Conflict Areas
Upfront
(NYT)
• “Afghanistan: How we
got there”
United
Nations
Assistance Mission
to Afghanistan
(UNAMA)
• “Afghanistan and the
Silk Road: The land at
the heart of world
trade”
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
scholasticnews/indepth/upfro
nt/features/index.asp?article=
f020810_afghan
http://unama.unmissions.org/Defa
ult.aspx?tabid=3919&ctl=Details&
mid=3639&ItemID=8115
PBS
Newshour
• Lesson: Afghanistan-
People, Places, and
Politics
• Interactive Timelines
and Maps
• Student Voices
• Briefs Overviews:
Taliban
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/t
eachers/lessonplans/world/afghanis
tan_overview_10-06.html
Frontline
and
Independent Lens
• Children of the Taliban
• Pakistan Under Siege
• From Pampered
Princess to Polarizing
Politician (Benazier
Bhutto)
http://video.pbs.org/program/
979359652/#
http://video.pbs.org/program/
1218239994/