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**Welcome to Afghanistan** **Reading** Refer to your January calendar for our daily reading requirements or upload this PDF file: media type="custom" key="2955929"

While reading The Kite Runner, the class will complement our experience with valuable background information in areas of culture, religion, and history. Each student is responsible for presenting information on their assigned topic. The student (or students depending on the topic) will create a page right here on this website that will serve as the platform for the class presentation. You will provide the students in our class a visual presentation complete with pictures, graphs, extra informative links and most importantly, your expert guidance as we all learn more behind this now mysterious land.
 * Research Component**

After gathering research through student presentation pages and setting up a bloglines.com account, you will have an incredible amount of information to help you develop your midterm thesis paper. The midterm paper will ask you to voice your position on the current and/or future status of Afghanistan. The assignment is shaped by our socio-political discussions, but you can extend your thesis into areas of religion, lost art and culture, gender concerns, or any other topic that your future career interests may take you. We will use a thesis discussion page to gather feedback on ideas.
 * Midterm Assessment**

On the day of the midterm, you will hand in your paper and present a five minute persuasive speech on your position.