
1. Presentations of Facharbeiten:
2. Discussion based on Spiegel-article and on three specialists [Franziska, Nadine S. & Marina]
- pros & cons of development aid and of Hollywood’s involvement
Reading tip: Henning Mankell - “Tea Bag” >>more
Clicktip, following Lela’s presentation:
SUMMER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
As the weather warms up and the waves calm down, thousands of would-be immigrants are setting sail for Europe from African shores. Many get picked up by EU authorities — or die before they get that far. more…
I need your digital Facharbeit asap: Thursday last chance, otherwise less points
Three presentations: 
Franziska, Mi, Merle >>watch
Individual NEWS presentations:
A current article from BBC News Africa: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm
- choose an article which is of interest to you and tell us about it in 2 minutes
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Next Tue:
- please read Hollywood Stars & Africa: “Manager der guten Tat” (pp. 105 ff. )
- presentations: Lela, Paula, Anke H.
Presentations:
- 10 mins oral presentation [Kristin, Kristin, Anke]
- who’d like to present next week?
Individual work [short presentations wanted]:
- Idi Amin [SPIEGEL-Spezial-article]:
- Robert Mugabe >>bbc special
- Mandela and violence [--> google: Mandela violence]
next week [please read one of the articles]:
Developmental Aid Workers Are Killing Africa
By Thilo Thielke
No one has to starve in Africa. Hunger there results from the failures of unscrupulous rulers — and their friends in the West. Paradoxically, it is the aid workers who are standing in the way of progress. >>article
How Europe Lost Africa
By Dominic Johnson
The future of Europe’s special relationship with Africa is at risk as former colonies react to a blasé, if not hypocritical, European attitude toward the continent. European-style institutions could enter a profound crisis of legitimacy if things do not change soon. >>article
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Facharbeiten:
Africa:
- article about Nelson Mandela --> 3 mins speech wanted "What makes a human being a hero? Nelson Mandela"
- what has become of the rainbow nation?
|the events| - and a helpful analysis of background and reasons: "Der Regenbogen zerbricht"
[DIE ZEIT - 29. 5. 2008] >>article
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Malaria:
- Annica will give us an insight into facts, numbers & measurements concerning malaria
- ==> and here is her ppt
malaria_annica
AIDS/HIV:
- SPIEGEL Special pp. 123 - 125 –> read and digest the information given by writing a fact-file “AIDS/HIV in southern Africa”
Let’s listen to:

ANC chief Jacob Zuma has said more must be done to combat AIDS in South Africa. >>video
[more Zuma-Videos]
Topical issue: What’s going on in Johannesburg?
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Mbeki condemns ’shameful’ attacks
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Police are said to have made about 200 arrests
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South African President Thabo Mbeki has condemned the “shameful and criminal” violence against foreigners that has left at least 22 dead.
>> more on the BBC-page
>> good: ZEIT
next (in two weeks): good guy vs. bad guy - “Afrikas Held” [pp. 96 -98] vs. “Ein Monster als Clown” [pp. 99-102] - please read both articles and write a fact-file.
Zeit zum Schreiben….
Details zum Bibliographieren etc. als word.doc auf der Seite zum Thema Facharbeit.
Happy writing and don’t forget to enjoy the sun anyway 
1. Austausch über Facharbeiten in thematisch passenden Gruppen 
–> Thema, Erkenntnis-/Zielfragen, Gliederung, inhaltliche Erkenntnisse/Fragen
a) South Africa topics: Nadine D., Anna, Annika, Maren, Paula, Venja, Anke S.
b) general topics: Kristin T., Kristin B., Birte
c) economy: Nadine S., Franziska, Marina, Marje, Andreas, Daniel
d) African topics: Bianca, Merle, Lela, Anke H., Mi
and: Kriterienliste für Inhalts- und Sprachbewertung durchsehen, kommentieren, korrigieren
bewertung_facharbeit_inhalt
bewertung_facharbeit_sprache1
2. Let’s talk about all this and share our insights
3. If time allows: work on either the MANDELA (pp. 46 ff.) or AIDS (pp. 122 ff.) article
TV-Tip for 2nite: India –> ARTE
Facharbeit
- all your questions and hopefully loads of answer concerning word & layout & whatever there is
- experiences so far: what’s remarkable?
- have a look at “Sicher in die Oberstufe-Methodenheft” and especially the pages about essay writing [pp. 54-60]: worth working with? >>more@Klett-Verlag
South Africa:
- your ideas & insights about the South Africa article in SPIEGEL pp. 82 - 86, please
- what’s especially interesting about South Africa?
Online:
- click two blogs of your course mates and comment, please
Tips:
- Axel Capus’ book about our Papenburg people in Tanganyika is amazing, so is his chronological special “What happened when?” in Germany’s colonial history >>more and especially remarkable: the English Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson who transported (guess who did the transport…) two boats through Africa to attack the German ships on Lake Tanganyika and who is the antagonist in Capus’ book which is rather based on facts than on fiction; here is a book about this amazing and tragic British anti-hero >>more
Topical issue no 1:
Al Capone im Tigerfell
Von Karl-Ludwig Günsche, Kapstadt
18 Kinder von sieben Frauen, ein Vergewaltigungsprozess, Anklage wegen Korruption: Das ist Jacob Zuma, für manche Südafrikas schillerndster Politiker, für andere ein Verbrecher. Der ANC-Vorsitzende und mögliche Nachfolger von Staatspräsident Mbeki besucht an diesem Montag SPD-Chef Beck in Berlin. >>SPIEGEL Online

ANC chief Jacob Zuma has said more must be done to combat AIDS in South Africa.
>>very interesting video/interview on BBC
Topical issue no. 2:
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Africa urged to boycott arms ship
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Reports say the ship is carrying millions of rounds of ammunition
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has urged other African leaders not to allow a ship carrying arms for Zimbabwe to enter their territorial waters.
>>article and a lot more about Zimbabwe and the Mugabe problem
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SIMBABWE
Mugabe wartet auf das Geisterschiff
Von Karl-Ludwig Günsche, Kapstadt
Simbabwes Machthaber Mugabe muss noch länger auf den Nachschub an Waffen und Munition aus China warten: Der Frachter “An Yue Jiang” irrt zwischen Indischem Ozean und Atlantik umher - weil kein Hafen das Schiff anlegen lassen will. >>SPIEGEL Online

SPIEGEL pp. 50 - 56 “Unverhoffte Früchte”
(Religion and missionaries)
- structure of the text, etc.
Watch & listen
South Africa’s national anthem “Nkosi sikeleli Africa” (”God save Africa”)
>>youtube >>better version (Zain Bhikha)
From a church song to a political resistance song >>more
<c> photo: dt/rp Cape Town March 08
Remaining questions and topics- please research in detail:
- transport of the “Graf Goetzen” over land >>Kristin or by railway >>Maren ; work with a map of Africa, please and try to solve this díscrepancy
- Albert Schweitzer: example of a “good” missionary (cf. SPIEGEL p. 45)? Details wanted…
- Johann Karl Vietor, Bremen merchant in Togo (SPIEGEL p. 39, p. 40) –> details wanted: example of a “good” merchant?
- Belgium’s King Leopold II and Congo (SPIEGEL p. 40) –> example of a cruel European colonist? Details wanted ==> in two weeks SPIEGEL pp. 69 - 76
Lesetipp:
Axel Capus: “Eine Frage der Zeit” >>Rezension Tagesspiegel; >>Webseite von Axel Capus
[die literarische Verarbeitung der Goethe durch einen Schweizer Schriftsteller]
Blog-improvements:
- photos
- tags
- blogroll
- about me
- check comments and publish them, generally: comments: YES
- definitely no more copy & paste: key words, texts of your own and web-sources at the end, please
- working diary Facharbeit as a PAGE, please - to be kept regularly, at least once a week
Next Tuesday: South Africa (pp. 82 - 86)

Worth listening to: Soweto Gospel Choir >>more
<c> photo: dt/rp Cape Town March 08
Spiegel Spezial S. 33 - 46 “Zwiespältiges Erbe”
- HOW: Erfahrungen/Praxis der Erarbeitung, Markierungstechniken etc.
- Details: was wird als positiv dargestellt - welche schockierenden Negativa?
Research & Blog: 
Die “Graf Goetzen”"/”Liemba”, Papenburg und Deutschland als Kolonialstaat
–> könnte fast zu einer exemplarischen Geschichte umgeschrieben werden.
<c> Foto: http://www.traditionsverband.de/magazin/ggoetzen.html
Was noch zu lösen ist: War Albert Schweitzer doch nicht so toll - oder wie ist seine Aussage (p. ?) zu verstehen?
Next & @home: read (paying attention to methods) “Unverhoffte Früchte”, S. 50 - S. 56;
and we’ll work out details of colonists & countries sketched out in “Spiegel Spezial S. 33 - 46″ during next week’s lesson.
CAREFUL: Pictures/images in your blog & copyright >>more