October 6, 2009October 6, 2009

Is controlling guns Is controlling guns a good way to a good way to control crime? Do control crime? Do countries have countries have the right to decide the right to decide what weapons what weapons another country another country can have?can have?

Homework:Homework:

A Second African A Second African Current events Current events assignment. assignment.

The instructions are The instructions are the same as the first the same as the first one.one.

Find a current event Find a current event article on Africa and article on Africa and write a summarywrite a summary

http://http://kcapaafricanamericanhistory.blogskcapaafricanamericanhistory.blogs

pot.com/pot.com/That is the blog for this classThat is the blog for this class

Go there if you canGo there if you can

http://kcapahttp://kcapa

africanamericanhistory.africanamericanhistory.

blogspot.com/blogspot.com/

Other informationOther information

My e mail address:My e mail address:

wtlodge@philasd.orgwtlodge@philasd.org

If you don’t If you don’t remember where remember where to go for African to go for African Current Events: Current Events: Google BBC World Google BBC World NewsNews

Can’t get on the Internet?Can’t get on the Internet?

11 PM on WHYY 11 PM on WHYY

AKA Channel 12AKA Channel 12

World FocusWorld Focus

A TV show with a A TV show with a world news focusworld news focus

That usually has That usually has somethingsomething

SenegambiaSenegambia

The Benin EmpireThe Benin Empire

Also known Also known as the as the Edo Edo EmpireEmpire

1440-18971440-1897

Located in Located in present day present day Nigeria Nigeria

Benin ArtBenin Art

Benin CityBenin City

Benin traded with EuropeBenin traded with Europe

They were well They were well organized and organized and quite sophisticatedquite sophisticated

They bought guns They bought guns from the from the EuropeansEuropeans

These guns made These guns made them a regional them a regional powerpower

In 1897In 1897

The British made The British made Benin sign a treaty Benin sign a treaty that gave the that gave the British the right to British the right to “protect” them“protect” them

This more or less This more or less made Benin a made Benin a colonycolony

Class work: Class work:

The British want to The British want to sign a treaty letting sign a treaty letting them protect Benin. them protect Benin. You are an official of You are an official of the Benin court. What the Benin court. What do you do?do you do?

Write a letter to the Write a letter to the British responding to British responding to their request for a their request for a treaty.treaty.