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Extra Credit Opportunity

For those looking to bring up there grade, you can earn extra credit by engaging in a conversation in the Questions and Answers discussion room. (4 points for posing a question)(2 points for responding to a question)

Respect the Space!

Students will be able to identify how Mubarak got into power of the Egyptian government.

Students will be able to understand why the Egyptian revolutionaries want him out.

Answer the following question in your mini-notebook:

Should governments look to outside assistance for building their economy or attempt to build it on their own?

Log the following videos in your video source graphic organizer:

Who is Hosni Mubarak?

Charlie Rose Interview with Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt

• 1981-2011Appointed VP in 1975 where he served as an

ambassador for the policies of Anwar Sadat – including disengagement of Israel Became president after Sadat’s assassination • “elected” 5x

arrest and detain people without charge or trial the widespread use of torture and other ill-

treatment grossly unfair trials of civilians restrictions on the peaceful exercise of the

rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly

legal and other discrimination against members of religious and ethnic minorities

arrests and prosecutions of people for their actual or alleged sexual orientation

the maltreatment of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including through the use of excessive, including lethal force.