North Korea in the News Re Save

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The common point?


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Todays reading tips

1) Familiar topics are easier

2) Thinking about a topic before reading about itmakes it easier


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North Korea in the News


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Mark on the map

North Korea,

South Korea

China

Japan

Taiwan

Russia

Philippines

Vietnam

Hong Kong

+ capital city


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North Korea International issues

Nuclear Weapons,

Refugees into China - human trafficking

Reunification with the south

Poverty of the people / famine

Abduction of other nationals

Territory disputes with China and S. Korea

Drugs, weapons smuggling

wwwCIA World Factbook


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1) Write as many English words as

you can think of that relate to last

weeks rocket test.

2) Which ones actually appear inthe texts?


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2) Use another expression to give the

same meaning

Keenly

Long-range missile ... Korean Peninsula ......

Billed .........

Assembled

Orbit .


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Condemnation....

Constitute.....

Disguised...

Ally

Called for Restraint

Consolidate ..

UN Resolutions ..


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3.) List the points that the three articles all include.

4) Can you notice any differences between the way

the three articles tell the story.


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5) The three articles come from three different

countries. Using your reasoning, your

background knowledge and the information in

the articles where do you think each might

be from.

The answer is much less important than the

reasoning process.


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Carl Sagan and Nuclear Disarmament

Who is Carl Sagan?

What is Nuclear Disarmament?What was different about the

international political situation in

1983?


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Imagine a room awash in gasoline and there aretwo implacable enemies in that room. One of

them has 9,000 matches, the other has 7.000matches. Each of them is concerned about whos

ahead, whos stronger. Well thats the kind ofsituation were actually in; the amount of

weapons available to the united states and thesoviet union are so bloated so grossly in excessof what is needed to dissuade the other so that ifit werent so tragic, itd be laughable. So what is

necessary is to reduce the matches and clean upthe gasoline


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Todays reading tips

3) Different news sources interpret the same

event differently.

This may be connected to national or

ideological perspective.


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What is Carl Sagan actually arguing for?

What is the rationale for his point of view?

Some people disagree with his point of view what

reasons might someone have for disagreeing?


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Nuclear Weapons states could Double Fears UNNuclear Watchdog San Francisco Sentinal 15May 2009

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