Our World

Wednesday's activities...

Oops. It has suddenly come to my attention that I was to post on the class activities yesterday. So, I guess better than never, right? What I remember goes as follows. First and foremost we turned in our political maps of Latin America. We then finished the movie on Mexico and its economy, then were given time to discuss the worksheet in small groups. When that was completed we took more notes. From what I can remember, they included: “Geopolitical Framework – Redrawing the map”, which went into Organization of American States (OAS), Mercosur, and LAFTA. We also went into “Iberian Conquest and Territorial Division” which was basically how the Portuguese and Spanish fought over Latin America, and how Latin America fought back. Two words that were defined: Supranational organizations – governing bodies that include several states (trade blocks). Subnational organizations – groups that represent areas or people within the state (native groups seeking territorial recognition). We were going to begin on the drug cartels, but were cut short by the bell. Again, sorry for being a day off.

posted by Anonymous @ 10/12/2006 10:24:00 PM