1. Connections 3.4

2.  What are the current events that you learned about yesterday regarding Chinese speaking countries? Be prepared to share.

3.  What are your perspectives of Arab speaking cultures?  Where in the world are the Arab speaking countries?

4.  The Arab speaking countries include: Algeria, Chad, Morocco, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestian territories, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Djibouti, and Comoros.  Has anyone visited or has family that has visited an Arabic speaking country?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhUpZFUPFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhUpZFUPFM  What are your impressions about what you see?

5.  What do you think is the meaning and purpose behind each of the following pictures?  http://flickr.com/photos/yotut/5423328930/ http://flickr.com/photos/yotut/5423328930/  http://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom/69 16437733 http://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom/69 16437733  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethcanphoto/1 40107456/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethcanphoto/1 40107456/  http://www.flickr.com/photos/koadla/576806 9027/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/koadla/576806 9027/

6.  Share the following info:  The Arabic World is considered…….  Make sure to check the boxes on the bottom left of the screen for:  Photos – panoramio and 360 cities  3D buildings  Terrain  Borders

7.  Choose an Arabic speaking country that you have located using Google Earth and research one current event in that country in the past year. Summarize the article in 5-6 sentences. Choose one of the following topics to cover:  Political issue (laws, government)  Social Issues (unrest, protest)  Economic Issues (trade, jobs, employment, debt, etc)  No “Man saves cat from tree” or “car collides with bus”….. Doesn’t reflect anything specific about Chinese culture.