Jan 11-22   World Hunger, Famines, Malnutrition
    
    Quiz 1: Jan 22

Study Guide for Section 1

World Hunger Introduction (Ch 1)
       Video: Famine in Ethiopia
        Reading: Food Insecurity in the World 2005 (Download Flyer)  
        News Story: The Potato and World Hunger   
        World Hunger Facts 2009 (World Hunger Education Service)
UN Millennium Development Goals
        Video: Millennium Development Goals
        News Story: MDG Progress in Nigeria
World Hunger 12 Myths (Food First)
        Reading: World Hunger 12 Myths
        Video: Frances Moore Lappe
Oxfam Hunger Banquet
        Video: Hunger Banquet Slideshow
Famines (Ch 2)
         Video: Letters from the Irish Potato Famine
         Video: Armenian Genocide, 1915
         Video: Nazi Concentration Camps
         Video: Genocide in Darfur 
         News Story: Q&A Sudan's Darfur Conflict
         Video: History of Famines from "The Conquest of Poverty"             
Malnutrition (Ch 3)
        Video: Living with hunger in Ethiopia            
        News Story: Obesity in Developing Countries

Section 2

Jan 25-Feb 5   Hunger Ethics, Economics, Population

    Nutrition Case Study Report due by: Jan 29
    Quiz 2: Feb 5

Nutrition Case Study Report
Study Guide for Section 2

Measuring Undernutrition (Ch 4)
Impacts of Undernutrtion  (Ch 5,6)
       Video: Underweight Children in India      
       Video: Treating Malnutrition in Zimbabwe
       BBC World Food Day Quiz 2007
Constructing an Ethical Theory (Gary Varner)
Ethics and Hunger      
        Video: Right to food
        World Hunger a Moral Response   (Required Reading)
Economics (Ch 7)  
Population (Ch 8)
      Video: Population
      Video: Daniel Quinn on Agriculture and Population
      Video: Population explosion in Nigeria
      News Story: Slums and Future Global Urban Growth
Income Distribution and Undernutrition (Ch 9)
      Video: World Air Traffic (Distribution of wealth)
      Video: Child labor in Pakistan 
      Video: Slavery and Human Trafficking   
      News Story: Child Slave Trade
Factors Affecting Demand for Food (Ch 10)
Agricultural Land and Water (Ch 11)

Section 3

Feb 8-19   Environment, Agriculture, Biotechnology

    News Report due by:  Feb 12
    Quiz 3: Feb 19

News Report
Study Guide for Section 3

Agricultural Production and the Environment (Ch 12)
       Video: Global warming
       Video: Global warming cartoon
       Radio: Dude where is my cap-and-trade primer
       Video: Biofuels versus food
       Video: World Food Crisis -- Global Meat Consumption
       News Story: Biofuels and World Hunger
       News Story: Meat Making Global Warming Worse
       News Story: Climate Change and the Poor--Adapt or Die
Ecological Footprints (Mathis Wackernagel)
       How Big is Your Ecological Footprint?  (Redefining Progress)
       Video: Population and the environment
Environmental Ethics
        Video: Deep Ecology
       Video: Vegetarian Argument (PETA)
       Video: Animal Agriculture is Environmentally Friendly
Environment vs Food (Food First)
Increasing Yields: The Green Revolution (Ch 13, 14)
         Movie: America the Bountiful pt 6: Whereby We Thrive (Green Revolution history) (Shown in class.  Online students: link in online course materials with lectures)
       Video: Critiques of the Green Revolution
       Video: New Green Revolution for India?
         Video: New Green Revolution for Africa?
         News Debate: Can Biotech Food Solve World Hunger?
         News Story: The Fight over the Future of Food
Quality Protein Maize
Food Biotechnology Ethics
          Advances in Plant Biotechnology (Required Reading)
 

Student Presentations

Feb 22-26

    In-class schedule:   Feb 22-26

    Online schedule:  Due by: Feb 26

In Class Group Student Presentations  (Sections 2, 4)
Online Student Presentations (Section XW)
   

 Section 4

Mar 1-12  Agricultural Revolution, Ancient History

    Bihari Farmer Computer Simulation due by: Mar 5
    Quiz 4: Mar 12

Bihari Farmer Computer Simulation
Study Guide for Section 4

Guns Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
       Video: Guns Germs and Steel -- Writing
       Video: Guns Germs and Steel -- Germs
Worst Mistake  (Jared Diamond)
       The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (Required Reading)
       Video: Hunters and Gatherers in Africa
       Video: The Agricultural Revolution: The Neolithic
       News Story: Hoodia and Kalahari Indigenous Bushmen
Agricultural Societies (Jared Diamond)
       Video: Monty Python's King Arthur
       Video: Feudalism
       Video: Dark Ages     
World History: Indo-Europeans to the Middle Ages
        Video: Ancient Mesopotamia
        Video: History of Empires
        Video: The great wall of China
    
Spring Break

Section 5

March 22- Apr 2
                          
    Movie Report due by: Mar 26
    Quiz 5: Apr 2

Movie Report
Study Guide for Section 5

World History: Age of Discovery to Present
        Video: Portugese Empire
        Video: 1492 (Genocide of Native Americans)
        Video: Disney's Pocahontus: Mine!
        Video: French Revolution
        Video: Great Leap Forward in China
        BBC Country Profile: Democratic Republic of Congo 2007
Women's Status in Agricultural Societies (Marvin Harris)
        Video: Women in Afghanistan
        Video: Acid Attack on women in Bangladesh
        Video: Child prostitution in India
        News Story: Domestic Violence and malnutrition in India
Development of Religion in State Societies (Marvin Harris)
Invention of Invention (D. Landes)
        Video: Interview with Galileo
        Video: Ancient Chinese Inventions
The Market as a Principle of Exchange (E. L Shusky)          
        Video: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911
        Video: Its a Wonderful Life: Bank Run, 1929
        News Story: Industrialization in China

Course Syllabus
Nutrition Case Study Report
News Report
Bihari Farmer Computer Simulation
Movie Report
Group Student Presentations
Origins of Poverty in the Developing World Case Study
Aid Organization Report
Extra Credit Paper
Erica's Guide to Finding Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles
Erica's Description of Ethical Theories and Principles

Charities

Childreach (PLAN)
Children International
Feed the children
Kiva.org: make a Microfinance loan
One Laptop Per Child
Heiffer International
Self Help International: from Waverly IA
Medicine for Mali: from Des Moines IA

Breaking News

Haiti Earthquake 1-13-10
Haiti Earthquake 1-13-10
Haiti Earthquake 1-15-10

Blogs

If you rebuild it they will come - Paul Shirley

Movie Trailers

    Africa:
       Blood Diamond
       Hotel Rwanda
       The Constant Gardner      
       The Last King of Scotland
       Beyond Borders
       Out of Africa
       Lord of War
       Tears of the Sun
       Blackhawk Down
         
    Asia:      
       Mongol
       Alexander
    `  The Kingdom of Heaven
       The Last Emperor
       Gandhi
       The Killing Fields
       Good Morning Vietnam
       Salaam Bombay
       The Kite Runner
       Slumdog Millionaire

    Australia:
        Australia     

    Britain:
       King Arthur
       Robin Hood Prince of Thieves    
       The Other Bolyn Girl
       Braveheart
       Amazing Grace
       Oliver Twist
     
    Europe:      
       Gladiator
       Joan of Arc
       Goya's Ghosts
       Les Miserables
       Fiddler on the Roof
       Reds
       Angela's Ashes
       Schlindler's List 
          
    North America:  
       Amistad      
       Gone With the Wind
       The Great Debaters   
       Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
       The Last of the Mohicans
       Hawaii
       Titanic      
       Battle in Seattle

    Central and South America:
       1492: The Conquest of Paradise
       The Mission
       Apocalypto
       The Motorcycle Diaries
       Evita
       City of God

    Documentary:     
       An Inconvenient Truth
       Fast Food Nation
       Food Inc.
       The Age of Stupid
       Workingman's Death
       Year Zero: Story of a Khmer Rouge Soldier
       Guns Germs and Steel (Parts 1-18)