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- Advanced: India and Pakistan
have both laid claim to the Kashmir province. The result has
been unrest and open conflict. Both countries have been
testing nuclear weapons. Tensions have been rising. In an
effort to settle which country Kashmir belongs to, an
international team of negotiators has been set up. It will
investigate this issue and make recommendations to the United
Nations. Your group is now part of that team and will
recommend a solution. You will be expected to demonstrate a
deep level of understanding about how the claims have arisen,
why the two countries feel justified in making claim to the
area, and how the people of Kashmir feel about the issue.
- Basic: The province of Kashmir
in India is a beautiful, mountainous region that beckons to
tourists around the world. It also has been a continued source
of tension between Pakistan and India. Unfortunately, because
of recent exchanges of artillery fire, nuclear testing, and
strife in Kashmir, the flow of tourists to this province has
been slowed greatly. Your group has been approached by an
international tourism agency concerned with ecotourism. This
agency wants to be able to tell its clients why visits to
Kashmir are not a good idea right now. The agency wants your
recommendations about how to resolve the tensions there so
that people can once again visit this beautiful place.
- High school: Affirmative action
has brought many changes to the United States in the last 35
years. Much progress has been made to ensure equal opportunity
for all, regardless of race, gender, color, or creed. India
presents us with a situation in which people were divided by a
caste system, with "untouchables" having the least
opportunity. India has had an affirmative action program for
the past 50 years. You have been tasked with researching this
program and compiling 1) an assessment of the progress made in
India because of affirmative action and 2) suggestions for
what we in the United States can learn from the experience in
India.
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