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Assault on Mumbai

 

After the Mumbai attacks, National Public Radio brought together people from India and Pakistan to discuss the tensions between the two countries. Have students listen to the 21-minute audio conversation. Then, as a class, discuss the emotions and concerns on each side: India’s, Pakistan’s, and Kashmir’s.

The audio can be found at: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97739528 or by clicking on the link above. Note there is a 20-second break midway through the discussions with music and a short news update.

 

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Answers to the Issue 12 SmartStuff are listed on Page 2 of the Issue 12 Teacher's Guide that accompanies Current Events magazine.

 

Resources

 

ASSAULT ON MUMBAI:

• The New York Times created an interactive map of Mumbai and several of the locations that were attacked: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/26/world/asia/20081126-mumbai-attacks.html.

• CNN created a site a few years ago profiling the India-Pakistan relationship: www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/India97/shared/sibling.rivalry/index.html.

• Learn about Mohandas Gandhi at these sites: www.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html and www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html.

• Learn more about Kashmir, also referred to as Jummu and Kashmir, and the conflict over the mountain region: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/kashmir/front.html.

Out of School at 16:

• Read more about New Hampshire’s plan for early graduation certificates at the Concord Monitor: www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081124/FRONTPAGE/811240302/1043/NEWS01.

• Read about the German school system and how it tracks students toward college or trades at an early age: www.howtogermany.com/pages/germanschools.html.

 

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