Activity 2: Pakistan: A Nation Divided

Do this activity as the previous one. Publish all answers on your blog with the title above.

Pakistan's political situation is an ever-changing landscape. Despite sharing the same religion, the population is divided into many different ethnicities, sects of Islam, and languages. Its long, complex history includes invasions since 5000 BC and a variety of governments in the 19th and 20th centuries.



Now answer the following questions:
Which is its location? What countries does it border with?
What does the geography say about the country?
What is the dominant religion? Which other exist?
What are the different ethnic groups?
Which ones are the main customs and traditions?

For background information read the following article and answer the questions: http://www.bu.edu/com/co201mag/contest/s04/finebalance.htm

How is this his life different from yours?
Which custom caught your attention?
How does his religion affect his way of acting?

Now imagine you are meeting a fictitious Pakistani teenager. Get an image and a name for him/ her. Choose one fo the following from each list. Check out with peers as you cannot repeat religion and ethic group more than 5 times.

Here are two links that can help you do some research:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pktoc.html
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/pakistan/default.htm

Religion:
Sunni Muslim
Shi'a Muslim
Parsi
Buddhist
Hindu

Ethnicity:
Punjabi
Sindhi
Pashtun
Baloch
Muhajir

You will be interviewing him. To answer the questions according to him/her, you will need to do some research. Ask him/her the following questions:

How often do you go to a religuous service? Where? Waht happens there?
Do you know anyone of a different religion? How do you get along?
Do boys and girls hang out socially? Do you go to parties?
How many people live in your house? How do you interact?
Who goes to school in your family?
How do you dress?
Which ones are your daily chores?
What does it mean to be belong to your ethnic group?
Where are your relatives from?
Do you hang out with people of other ethnicities? How do you get along?
Do you have to marry someone of your same ethnicity?
Describe a typical tradition.

Finally, on 1/4 cardboard, paste the image of your friend and with images and a few words, introduce him/her to the rest of the class. You have to express why he/she is special and should be respected.