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Click the picture above to get to the BBC article on the Crimea.

Read the article and answer the question, What's so dangerous about Crimea? Consider why Crimea is important?

What connections can you make to our themes of nationalism and revolution? What connections can you make to other revolutions you are familiar with.

Find a news article on any of the following topics.

**Read** the article. ***Introduce** the article: give the title, the author, the source, the date of publication. Keep a **list** of terms/issues/names with which you are not familiar (a minimum of five). Lightly research those terms to understand their meaning. **Print article**. **Highlight** important information in article. *Write a short, original **summary** of article, 4-5 sentences. *Write a short **reflection** on the consequences and importance of the topic, 2-3 sentences. **Note** **bias** (any slant/favoritism) within the article with a star. *Create **two questions** that you want to know more about after reading this article.

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