Title: Can You Have Peace Without Justice ?

Civics

EALR 2. The student analyzes the purposes and organization of government and laws..

to meet this standard students will:

2.2 understands the function and effect of the law.

2.3 compare and contrasts the democracies with other forms of government.

EALR 3. The student understands the purpose and organization of international relationships and how US foreign policy is made.

to meet this standard students will:

3.2 recognizes factors and roles that affect the development of foreign policy.

3.1 understand how the world is organized politically and how nations interact.

Activity

Essential Question : Can you have peace without justice?

In this project you are to develop a definition of what is peace and what is justice. Using your own definition you will compare and contrast Chile with another Latin American country that has had a violent military coup with in the last 30 years. Each paper must include : a brief history of the country, the events leading up to the coup, what happened during the coup, and the coups presence in the modern day country. A description of how peace was obtained and how this peace relates to justice in the country today.

Required reading from different Latin American authors will include:

Isabel Allende Paula , House of Spirits

Thorton , W Imagining Argentina

Menchu, Rigoberta I, Rigoberta Menchu

Lonely Planet Guide Book to Chile

Keene & Wasserman A History of Latin America

Web Sites on the Internet

Movies:

El Norte

Missing

House of Spirits

An oral presentation of five to seven minutes will be required. You must have a minimum of 3 audiovisual aids including a title page poster. Posters could contain art work relevant to the time, time lines, or outlines.

Your paper must be in 12 point Times New Roman font and be at least 5 pages long. Preliminary and Secondary drafts are required as well as a bibliography.

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