Euskera (For Spanish Class)

I know that I want my topic to be Euskera, the situation today... how it is used in education, how people feel about it, what connection does it have with the seperatist politics of the region, etc... and why its situation varies so much from that of, for example, Galician and Catalan.

But it has been remarkably difficult for me to put this in a logical topic form. My chicken scratches:

Outline:

The situation of Euskera and its relationship with the Basque separatist movement, especially as compared with other such partly linguistically motivated nationalist movements.

- Introduction: Questions and Statements

- Description and historical overview of the situation of Euskera, The Relationship between the Basque Language and the cultural identity of the Basque people.

- Basque Nationalism vs. Catalan Nationalism

- Today… for example, Education: Euskera (vs. Galician, Catalan)

Introduction:

Why has the success of Basque been less than that of Catalan? Why is Basque separatism so different from Catalan separatism? What connection is there between them?

- Euskera affects the nationalist movement… AND the nationalist movement affects Euskera.

- The strong linguistic connection between Catalan and Spanish has aided in the survival of the former: When political pressures have, at various times, tried to eradicate non standard languages, Euskera has received the full brunt of these movements, while Catalan has managed to be viewed as a dialect, and endured.

Description of Euskera:

Historical Overview:

The Relationship between the Basque Langauge and the cultural identity of the Basque People:

Basque Nationalism vs. Catalan Nationalism:

The Current Situation: For example, number of speakers, and education: