1. Nation-Building in the Modern World News Stories News Story Assignment 1: India Name_________________ Period ____ News Story Assignment 2: Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka News Story Assignment 3: Philippines Directions: In this activity, you will be a news reporter covering significant information about the nations that gained independence after WWII. Read the information on each placard and write 3 news tweets. Each update must be no longer than 60 characters. Make sure your updates are in chronological order and show cause and effect.

2. Nation-Building in the Modern World News Stories Directions: In this activity, you will be a news reporter covering significant information about the nations that gained independence after WWII. Read the information on each placard and write 3 news tweets. Each update must be no longer than 60 characters. Make sure your updates are in chronological order and show cause and effect. News Story Assignment 4: Burma (Myanmar) Name_________________ Period ____ News Story Assignment 5: Malaysia & Singapore News Story Assignment 6: Indonesia

3. Nation-Building in the Modern World News Stories News Story Assignment 7: Ghana Name_________________ Period ____ News Story Assignment 8: Kenya News Story Assignment 9: The Congo Directions: In this activity, you will be a news reporter covering significant information about the nations that gained independence after WWII. Read the information on each placard and write 3 news tweets. Each update must be no longer than 60 characters. Make sure your updates are in chronological order and show cause and effect.

4. Nation-Building in the Modern World News Stories News Story Assignment 1: Algeria Name_________________ Period ____ Wrap-Up Activity Directions: Using the information you learned about in this activity, describe the common effects of nation- building in the modern world. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Directions: In this activity, you will be a news reporter covering significant information about the nations that gained independence after WWII. Read the information on each placard and write 3 news tweets. Each update must be no longer than 60 characters. Make sure your updates are in chronological order and show cause and effect.

5. Directions: As you complete the “tweets”, color or outline each country you learn about