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Note: For more detailed directions on completing the three close reads below, refer to the Three Close Reads – Introduction activity.

Skim

Before you read, you should quickly skim the article, by looking at the headings of each section and the charts. Read the questions below as well, so you know what to look for when you read!

Key Ideas

1. What is an “institution,” and why did leaders want to create them on a global scale after WWII?
2. Why was the United Nations created, and what does it do?
3. What were the two crucial economic institutions that formed after 1945, and what were their original goals?
4. What is “economic liberalization,” and how did it differ from the original goals of global economic institutions?
5. How do non-governmental institutions promote change on a global level?
6. What are some of the positive and negative impacts global institutions have had on societies and human communities?

Evaluate

1. The distinction between political, economic, and non-governmental institutions “isn’t always very neat.” What are some of the ways in which these institutions overlap?
2. How have international institutions changed our world? Do you think these differences are the same everywhere, or do they vary across communities? Why might this be?

Note: For more detailed directions on completing the three close reads below, refer to the Three Close Reads – Introduction activity.

Skim

Before you read, you should quickly skim the article, by looking at the headings of each section and the charts. Read the questions below as well, so you know what to look for when you read!

Key Ideas

1. What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and why was it written?
2. What were some ways that oppressed people used the Universal Declaration of Human Rights immediately after it was signed?
3. What is the fundamental problem facing people who want to make human rights universal?
4. What do cultural relativists argue?
5. Are human rights an invention of Western imperialists?
6. What are some ways that globalization has helped spread human rights? What are some ways that it has endangered human rights?

Evaluate

1. Do you think that the concept of human rights is enough to protect people in the age of globalization?

Before you watch

Before you watch the video, it’s a good idea to open and skim the video transcript. And always read the questions below so you know what to look and listen for as you watch!

While you watch

1. According to Theresa Pasqual, why is it a mistake to refer to Pueblo historical sites and ancestral objects as “ruins” and “artifacts”?
2. What challenges do Pueblo people face when trying to access places that are important to their history and culture today?
3. Why does Brian Vallo say that “there’s no need to excavate” archaeological sites?
4. What’s one problem that Dr. Swentzell mentions with returning human remains and cultural objects to the places from which they were removed?
5. What are some examples of successful repatriation of remains and cultural items that Brian Vallo mentions?

After you watch

1. How does this video make you think differently about some of the other archaeological and historical evidence you’ve learned about?

Note: For more detailed directions on completing the three close reads below, refer to the Three Close Reads for Graphic Bios – Introduction activity.

Observe

Skim the full comic, paying attention to things like prominent colors, shapes, and types of text and fonts. How do you know where to start and which direction to read? What’s in the gutters (the space between panels)? Who is the focus of the comic? What big questions do you have?

Understand

1. Who was LaDonna Brave Bull Allard?
2. Why did Sioux people oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline?
3. What other battle was fought in this territory?
4. What metaphor does LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, or Tamakawastewin, use to talk about the Dakota Access Pipeline?
5. How did the artist use this metaphor and the connection between the battle of Whitestone Hill and the anti-DAPL protests to express the sentiments voiced by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard?

Connect

1. Does the story of LaDonna Brave Bull Allard provide evidence that globalization is flat or lumpy? How?

Note: For more detailed directions on completing the three close reads below, refer to the Three Close Reads – Introduction activity.

Skim

Before you read, you should quickly skim the article, by looking at the headings of each section and the charts. Read the questions below as well, so you know what to look for when you read!

Key Ideas

1. How does national belonging and the world of nation-states complicate international sports competitions? Consider examples like Taiwan and Kosovo.
2. Why did international and transnational ideas surge in the second half of the twentieth century?
3. How has nationalism helped with postwar reconciliation in Rwanda?
4. In the age of the nation-state, how has racially defined nationalism reemerged?
5. How do definitions of national identity exclude some people from cultural and political communities and resources?

Evaluate

1. How do national identities shape your daily world, and the people and things you interact with?
2. Are there transnational identities that shape the way you think about yourself and your daily interactions?
3. What do you think the future of nationalism is? Will it continue to surge in the face of global challenges like climate change and pandemics, or will international and transnational solutions to these problems prevail?

Before you watch

Before you watch the video, it’s a good idea to open and skim the video transcript. And always read the questions below so you know what to look and listen for as you watch!

While you watch

1. Who was Benazir Bhutto’s father?
2. What was the result of Benazir Bhutto’s first term in office?
3. What did Bhutto focus on during her second term in office? Did she succeed?
4. Why did Bhutto return to Pakistan and what was the result?

After you watch

1. After watching this video, what is your assessment of Bhutto’s legacy? Was she an effective leader and proponent of women’s rights? Or was she ineffective and corrupt? What additional types of evidence would help you support your claim?