Maathai cover

UCSB Hist 2c: World History, 1700-present

The Green Belt Movement:
Not Simply an Environmental Movement

by Socorro Moraza, draft version May 23, 2006

(Prof's homepage, Course homepage, Events page, Sample Papers Index)
page created June 5, 2006, updated 6/20/06


Sample paper submitted for Prof. Marcuse's UCSB Hist 2c, May 2006 (draft version).
Paper 1, by S.M.:
Maathai & Green Belt
Paper 2, by J.S.:
Maathai & Green Belt
Paper 3, by J.A.: McKiernan on Kurds
Paper 4, by M.H.:
Film After Innocence
Paper 5, by L.P.:
Film Shape of Water
Maathai Event Description on Events Page
2006 Sample Papers Index page

Author's Statement
I'm a first year History major and it was by chance that I attended Wangari Maathai's lecture over peace, democracy and the environment. One aspect I found particularly interesting was Maathai's quest not only to improve the environment, but also to empower women. I have learned that the low status of women in Kenya is the result of ideologies dating back to colonialism, but through programs like Maathai's Green Belt Movement change can be brought to these women as well as to other women in similar conditions around the globe.

Socorro Moraza on Maathai, p. 1 (back to top)
Maathai, p. 1

S.M. on Maathai, p. 2 (back to top)
Maathai, p. 2

S.M. on Maathai, p. 3 (back to top)
Maathai, p. 3

S.M. on Maathai, p. 4 (back to top)
Maathai, p. 4

S.M. on Maathai, p. 5 (back to top)
Maathai, p. 5

Paper 1, by S.M.:
Maathai & Green Belt
Paper 2, by J.S.:
Maathai & Green Belt
Paper 3, by J.A.: McKiernan on Kurds
Paper 4, by M.H.:
Film After Innocence
Paper 5, by L.P.:
Film Shape of Water
Maathai Event Description on Events Page
2006 Sample Papers Index page

prepared for web by Harold Marcuse, June 5, 2006, last updated: see header
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