Introduction & Icebreaker
Overview of
Guatemala
PowerPoint presentation on
Guatemalan civil war
· BBC video on Guatemala
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcSxrH99zXM)
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Introduce video
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Toughest Place to Be…program
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Brief overview of the difficulties of life in
modern Guatemala
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Ask discussion questions
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What issues make life in Guatemala difficult?
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Are any of these issues easy to be solved?
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Are there any similarities to issues in the
United States?
· ABC News Video on Guatemala
(http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/change-global-malnutrition-12434332)
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Introduce video
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Begins at 2:30 mark
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ABC report on worldwide malnutrition
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Brief overview of problems nutritional problems
facing population
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Ask discussion questions
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What are your reactions after seeing this video?
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Any connections or parallels to things you know
of in College Park, Maryland, United States?
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What are the substantive solutions posed in the
video? What are the obstacles to meeting
these problems?
Introduction to
Community Partner
· Sarah showed pictures from previous trip
· Detailed overview of daily activities, daily
service
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Introduction to
Community Development
· BONO Ted Talk: Good News On Poverty (http://www.ted.com/talks/bono_the_good_news_on_poverty_yes_there_s_good_news.html)
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Introduce video
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Bono, lead singer of U2, founder of the ONE
movement, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
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TED Talk that talks about the progress being
made in eliminating poverty, good introduction for our topic
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Talks about “factivism”
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Discussion
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Thoughts?
What are your takeaways?
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Are the facts in this video indicative of what
you hear in the news?
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How will knowing this make your trip more
effective?
Service Project
Overview
· Introduce service project & determine who will be able to attend
Closing
· Q&A, collecting forms, AB Blog
