Plan and implement a peace conference

    Task     

An American tourist has recently taken a photograph of a Turkish woman in Izmir without a head scarf on while in a public building.  This picture has been published in several newspapers and is now on Aljazeera television. The Turkish woman is very upset by this. She is a very devout Muslim, and she is wrestling with the practice of wearing head coverings in public places, which is currently prohibited by law.

The picture has reached such notoriety that it is now becoming an international incident between the US and Turkey. You are a diplomat whose mission is to resolve the roots of conflict from the problem… How can tourists be more sensitive to the cultural differences of Turkish people?

You have three months (12 lessons) to read the book and, as a class, plan a summit in a BLOG and Skype class on the Internet. Prior to the Summit, you will put together a PowerPoint (open office clone) presentation of your findings, and will be discussing these findings with one other student. After this sharing of findings, you will add a section into your presentation of the other character’s cultural opinions. It is recommended that you included this section in your presentation as an embedded video .

As a diplomat, your job description is listed below. Students must be in character during all group discussions:

1.     US Diplomatic envoy 1-4: You are an authority on tourism issues as they relate to your country. You have been empowered to find facts and gather information to mediate this problem on behalf of your government.

2.    Turkish Diplomatic envoy 1-4: You are an authority on tourism issues as they relate to your country. You have been empowered to find facts and gather information to mediate this problem on behalf of your government.

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3.    Peacylvania Diplomatic envoy 1-4. You are an authority on tourism issues as they relate to your fictitious country. You have been empowered to find facts and gather information to mediate this problem on behalf of your government.

Within these roles you may want to further delegate the following responsibilities… team leader-language translator, public relations, recorder, tech. expert.