Photo of Brasília, the capital of Brazil, under construction in the early 1960s.  Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek authorized the building of the city as part of a move of the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a new, more central location in Brazil.  Since the city was literally built entirely from scratch, it was meant to symbolize a new start for the country.  See some additional photos.  Photo courtesy C. Wayne and Dorothy Miller.

• Review chapters 36 and 37 in the textbook (chapters 33 and 34 in the Edgar text).
• Read the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The Declaration is available in over three hundred languages, and the site includes an explanation of how the Declaration was drafted.
• Read my  notes on decolonization.
• Study the Questions to Consider and the Key Terms for the unit.
• Post (or respond) your thoughts/ideas about this unit's reading and assignment in the Blackboard online discussion forum. Do not post your assignment there.
• Submit the Required UN paragraph.

• Listen to some further information about this unit as a mp3 file.  You can also read the information as a txt file
• Watch Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years (the Joy of Stats) This quick video on Youtube takes a look at health/wealth data over the past two centuries to illustrate the development of the global world.

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (read aloud by celebrities)
• Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations on the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The history of the United Nations
• United Nations Founded
• History of the United Nations
• The United Nations:  History and Functions
• post Apartheid South Africa
• Nelson Mandela biography
• Nelson Mandela Released 1990
• First Nelson Mandela interview
• ‪Nelson Mandela's inaugural address
• CIA Archives: Apartheid in South Africa - Raw Documentary Footage
• Part 1 of 4 - Apartheid - Desmond Tutu & F.W. de Klerk
• Apartheid, A Look Back (part 2)
• For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the url and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.

• Take the short 5-point quizzes for chapters 36 and 37. Log into Blackboard and look under "Chapter Quizzes." You have five minutes to complete each quiz (multiple-choice questions).
• For extra credit of 50 points, in a one-page paper consider comparing the Charter of the League of Nations with the UN Charter.
• In a one-page paper, for a maximum of 50 points extra credit (maybe more), assess the successes/failures of UN peacekeeping operations since 1945.  Please be sure to cite your sources.  A good starting point is U.N. Peacekeeping Operations.
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, read President John F. Kennedy On the Alliance for Progress (1961) and then Alberto Lleras Report on the Alliance for Progress (1963) and assess the rationale and the reality of the Alliance in a one-page paper.
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit (maybe more), read President Sukarno of Indonesia: Speech at The Opening of The Bandung Conference (April 18, 1955) and Prime Minister Nehru: Speech to Bandung Conference Political Committee (1955) and Anwar el Sadat: Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia (1957)  and write a one-page paper (maybe longer) in which you assess the rationale for the Non-Aligned Movement.
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, read Nelson Mandela, Speech on Release From Prison (*.pdf, 1990) and then his Inaugural Address (May 10, 1994) and write a one-page paper in which you elaborate upon Mandela's vision for South Africa.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read A.L. Geyer The Case for Apartheid (1953) and write a paragraph summarizing the rationale of supporters of apartheid.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read Jomo Kenyatta The Kenya Africa Union is Not the Mau Mau (1952) and write a  paragraph explaining Kenyatta's vision for his country.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read excerpts from Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), I Speak of Freedom (1961), and write a paragraph explaining Nkrumah's vision for Africa.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read U Thant The Congo Problem (1962)  and write a paragraph explaining the problems faced by the Congo during the process of decolonization.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read the Charter of the Organization of African Unity (May 25, 1963) and write a long paragraph in which you explain the rationale and structure of the OAU.
• For 10 points maximum extra credit, answer the UN paragraph study sheet questions.
• For extra credit, please suggest a relevant website for this unit of the course.  Send the title of the site, the url and a brief explanation why you find the information interesting and applicable to the material being studied this unit.