World History II:

Unit 2 Project Guideline

Objective: To create a self-directed project which demonstrates your understanding of the

causes and effects of imperialism, and the ideas of the Industrial Revolution and colonization.
The project will be based on a specific country, looking at its socio-economic issues in the
present, history of the issue, what is being done to address it, and what more could be done.
What You Have to Do

DO NOT SKIP ANY STEPS! DO NOT LOOK AHEAD! TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Step 1 - Forming a group of four members

Once your group has been formed, ask your teacher to randomly assign you a country and
development goal for your project.

Step 2 - select the type of project

Create a product which demonstrates essential understandings from Unit 2 as well as the
concepts and theories learned in the unit.

How will I demonstrate what I learned?

What kind of product do you want to create?
Criteria:
o The product must clearly demonstrate that you have reached the
essential understandings of this course and connect them to your
assigned country and development goal.
o The product must be able to present itself (without you there to explain
it).
o The project must demonstrate at least two of the schools Expected
School-wide Learner Outcomes (ESLOs).
o See the RUBRIC for more detail
Choose one from the following list:
o Short film (5-10 minute)
o Fiction
o Comics
o Music Video
o Academic Essay
o Game
o Panel Discussion
o Debate Show
o Other (please propose to your teacher and wait for approval)
Step 3 - Create a proposal according to the given template and rubric.
See the format for the Project Proposal below:
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Unit 2 Project Guideline

Group Member(s): Sumate, Popsarut, Kanyaluck, Thanaree

Country assigned: Afghanistan
Development goal selected: Reduce Child Mortality
Type of Product: Scrapbook

Product Description:
(Make sure it is clear what the product will look like, what it will include, and how it will be
organized.)
Our group decided to create the scrapbook which us will contain the information
about the history of Afghanistan and also put the picture which will make the readers
understands and can know more what Afghanistan be. Our theme is gonna be like
vintage, antique and old. In our book, some of page will be a pop-up and other will be
images with annotation to explain the pictures and might be used polaroid picture.

Summaries: (one paragraph minimum for each section with main ideas only)

Brief background of your country in written in your own words: (post 1900 creation of
country + some major events that made the country what it is today)
National names Afghanistan is Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanistan. The head of
state is Mullah Mohammed Omar who was become to be a president in 1996. Kabul
is the capital city and the biggest city of Afghanistan. The population is about
2,450,000. The religious is Islam. Pushtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor
language are all the language which people use to communicate each other in their
daily life. Afghanistan bordered on Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, most of
the country is covered by high snow-capped. The education system in Afghanistan is
regarded as one of the country's biggest success stories since the Taliban were
driven from power. Afghanistans economic is continuous increasing, it has many
trading partners which are Former Soviet Union, Pakistan, Iran, Germany, India, UK,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Iran, Japan, Singapore, South Korea.
Afghanistan is the first gateway to India which used by Darius I and Alexander the
Great. In the 19th century, Afghanistan became a battleground in the rivalry of
imperial Britain and czarist Russia for control of Central Asia. Then, during the cold
war, King Mohammed Zahir Shah developed close ties with the Soviet Union,
extensive economic assistance from Moscow. He was overthrew in 1973 by his
cousin. The imperialism, US came to attack Afghanistan and US won so Afghanistan
became under US demand. After that Afghanistan should help US to defend with Iraq
and Iran.
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Unit 2 Project Guideline

Brief summary of the history of the social issue ( based on MDG selected) in your
country: (causes of the social issue in your country)
There is variety of social issues in Afghanistan, such as poverty, interethnic strife,
inequality of women, and widespread thievery, kidnapping, and banditry. The biggest
issue is inequality of women. Also the use of various illegal drugs like heroine. There
is a war between America and al-Qaeda, the terrorist. America punished the terrorist,
overthrow the Taliban and create a democratic state in Afghanistan. Child abuse in
Afghanistan, Young boys are often sold off to or kidnap by older men to be use as
prostitute. It was common in army and police force. The causes of this problem is
disease and some part of natural disaster. This can effect in decreasing in growth of
population and economic.
Brief summary of how the social issue (based on the MDG selected) has affected your
country (post 1945): (effects of the social issue in your country current situation)
1. Corruption was and still is one of the major problem in Afghanistan.

2. Lots of Citizens are addicted to the illegal drug like Opium. Opium alone made up 15% of
Afghanistans GDP.

3. Women or Girls have no right to do job, lack of education,and some may face the situation
like forced marriage at a young age.

4. Child Abuse - Young boys are often sold off to or kidnap by older men to be use as
prostitute. It was common in army and police force.

5. The result from the war make the effect to mental disease of people

Brief summary of what your countrys government has done to deal with the social issue
(based on the MDG selected): (p
olicies in place and progress in dealing with the problem)

Corruption - Many Afghan officials have been responsible for taking money from digital bank
and using it for fraudulent lending purpose. As the result, the Kabul Bank had been deprived
of 935 millions Dollar.

Child abuse - Govern decided to detent children instead of punish adult who did wrong. We
are questioning how the extensive international aid now provided to Afghanistans armed
forces may unwittingly be funding the use of child soldiers, and how that assistance could be
used instead to end the practice. Through field work and advocacy, we will be trying to ensure
that children are prevented from joining the ranks, and that the adults who recruit them are
held accountable.
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Women rights - Increase support for construction of secondary schools for girls. They set up a
law for minimum age a girl needs to be to married(16). However, they also set an exception
for 15 years old girl.

Reference list for the starter sources used: (APA format)

Afghanistan -- Background Information. (2017). TeacherVision. Retrieved 17 October
2017, from https://www.teachervision.com/afghanistan-background-information
Afghanistan: Before and after the Taliban. (2017). BBC News. Retrieved 17 October
2017, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26747712
Afghanistan Social Problems | Afghanistan's Web Site. (2017). Afghanistans.com.
Retrieved 17 October 2017, from
http://www.afghanistans.com/Information/People/SocialProblems.htm
JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN SERIES.(2017).Retrieved 17 October 2017,
from https://www.unicef.org/media/files/Justice_for_Children_2_FINAL201008.pdf
Social Issues in Afghanistan. (2017). prezi.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017, from
https://prezi.com/ytikr_suxmiw/social-issues-in-afghanistan/
We Have the Promises of the World. (2017). Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 17
October 2017, from
https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/12/06/we-have-promises-world/womens-rights-afghanistan
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Unit 2 Project Guideline

The format for the Project Proposal ends here

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Step 4 - Create learning records according to the given template and rubrics, while you are
working on your product.
Each day, you should think about what you want to learn or what information you need
to find (remember that you have about 30 minutes or less in each class to work on the
project). Then you should summarize what you have learnt each day and reflect/analyze
it. Do not forget to add references to the sources that you have used in APA format.

This time we will only use this to record research, other processes do not need to be
recorded.
Here is the template for each record:
Date: (date of the class or time spent doing research)
Questions: (what are you trying to find out / what questions are you trying to
answer) - this is done at the beginning of project time
Summary: (notes from sources in your own words) what did you learn from
your research
Analysis and opinion: (what do you think/feel about what you have learnt / does
this connect to anything else you have learnt or is there a deeper meaning?)
References: (All sources that you used should be listed here) - this is done
during project time - must be APA format

Step 5 Submit your final product

Step 6 - Write a reflection (guide questions will be given).

The reflection should be a minimum of 3 paragraphs. Before you begin, you should
think about and answer each of the following questions:
o What were my successes?
o What were my failures?
o What can I learn from my mistakes?
o What are my strengths as a learner?
o What are my weaknesses (areas for growth) as a learner?
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o What could I do differently next time?

o What did I learn about myself as a learner?
o What did I learn about myself as a person

To sum up, here are the things that you have to submit:
Proposal
Learning Records
Final Product and Presentation
Reflection