On 5/6/02 11:56:00 AM, Levi Leslie wrote:
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>Exercise 2.1: Finding the
>Questions
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>1.In the space below, write
>the title of your tentative
>topic (e.g. Internet
>addiction)
>Causes of the Kosovo-Serbian
>war, and the rebuilding of
>Kosovo
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>2.Briefly state why you chose
>this topic.
>I chose this topic because I
>spent 2 months in Kosovo and I
>came to love the area and the
>people. And I just wanted to
>find out more about the
>country and to tell people
>what is going on there and how
>they can get involved if they
>wanted to.
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>3.Spend about five minutes
>listing what you already know
>(if anything) about your
>topic. For example, are you
>aware of any
>interesting facts, common
>misconceptions, your own
>assumptions, important people
>or institutions involved, key
>schools of
>thought, the extent of the
>problem, current trends, etc.?
>Kosovo is about the size of
>Road Island, it is 90% Muslim
>and 10% Catholic, it has
>mostly villages with only a
>few large cities, and it is
>currently under U.N.
>protection. They currently
>have no form of government,
>and they are working on
>forming a Democratic Republic.
>In 1996 Serbia decide to kick
>all of the ethnic Albainians
>out of Kosovo, and kill the
>ones who didn't leave. The war
>ended in 1999 after the Serbs
>surrenderd to the U.N., and
>released Kosovo to their
>control.
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>4.Now spend at least fifteen
>minutes brainstorming a list
>of questions about your topic
>you’d love to learn the
>answers to. Make this
>list as long as you can, and
>don’t worry whether every
>question is a good one.
>What is the U.N. doing now to
>help them form a government?
>How far back does the hatred
>between Kosovars and Serbians
>go? And what started it?
>How many lives where lost in
>the conflict?
>Why did the war really start?
>and why did the U.S. intervene
>in the war?
>How much did the war effort
>cost?
>Who started the war Kosovo, or
>Serbia?
>What was Kosovo's economy like
>before the war? And what is it
>like now?
>What are the major forms of
>employment?
>What are the Kosovars living
>conditions like?
>Why do they need help from
>other countries?
>What countries are there
>representing the UN?
> What language do they speak?
>Is there still alot of
>fighting going on at this
>time?
>What else could be done to
>help their economy?
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>How much of the conflict is founded in
religious matters? Financial? Political?
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