Peace in 2008

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A tourist has taken a picture of a Turkish woman that is causing an international incident.
You are a diplomat who has been sent on a special mission to solve this problem. You will [...]

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A tourist has taken a picture of a Turkish woman that is causing an international incident.
You are a diplomat who has been sent on a special mission to solve this problem. You will study [...]

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To the following information sources and people…
Orhan Pumak for writing “Snow”
Lisa Quinn and the leadership team at PALCS who with out their vision this project would have been impossible.
Adina Laver, 3E Institute, West Chester University
Pat  Roberts,  3E Institute, West Chester University
Jonathon Friedman for teaching genocidal studies at West Chester University, Pa.
Michael Sells for writing the [...]

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   Introduction
 
A Turk has won the Noble Peace Prize! Can you believe it? It’s Snow by Orhan Pumak. Many Americans think that I am crazy to want to visit the Middle East. The first reaction I normally get is….
“You’re going where? But, it’s not safe there.” It is as a cyber-tourist. 
We will begin our tour of [...]

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Task
An American tourist has recently taken a photograph of a Turkish woman in Izmir without a head scarf on while in a public building. This picture has been published in several newspapers and is now on Aljazeera television. The Turkish woman is very upset
by [...]

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Grading Criteria–This assignment is worth 100 points w/ each student being graded individually, and 20 points awarded by your fellow students for good team work.

¨     10 points- Research efforts

¨     40 points- Attendance, Blog posts, and Discussion & Presentation

¨     20 points- Conduct & Cooperation within your group

¨      30 points- Multiple choice tests on “Snow”
 
This class is [...]

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Conclusion

You have shown yourself to be a very effective diplomat. You have learned about the conflicts that cultural diversity or insensitivity can cause. You then used your class findings to promote tourism by establishing policies and procedures to diminish the impact of domestic unrest. Now, as your videos are aired on local public access channels, [...]

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Diplomats will complete a questionnaire before they participate in the class. The purpose of this tool is to help identify perceptions and judgments about other characters’ priorities and values.
Diplomats will be covering four chapters a week. The unit will last 12 weeks. We will be discussing four questions per week. A fifth question will [...]

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