Lesson 6: The Nile River - Where Does the Water Go?

Summary

Now that you have learned about the Nile, and about the need to share and control its waters, the future is in your hands. What do you think? Should the Aswan High Dam have been built? Should it be rebuilt at international expense? How will the Ethiopians and the Sudanese be compensated? These international political questions all derive from a basic human need: water.

Deliverables

REMINDER: The following items are due by the end of this lesson (see the Calendar tab in ANGEL for specific due dates). Detailed information about this assignment and submission directions are included in this lesson.

  • Discussion Forum: The Future of the Jonglei Canal
  • Topic-Specific Assignment: The 1959 Water Agreement