On 5/8/02 11:27:00 AM, Michael Choate wrote:
>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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>> very good topic levi, but i think you need to find a better focus so that your question can be better understood
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>This is a very interesting topic and could lead to lots of other questions..such as..how is womans role defined in this conflict...is there a designated policy for drafting procedures in their countries as there is in ours? How does America now discriminate against Arab looking people since 9-11?