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Please, write the question. Also, please have planner out & on your table.
1.What cheese is made backwards?2.A man walks into a bar, what does he
say?3.What is so delicate that when you say its
name, it is broken4.If you were running a race, and you
passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Please, write the question. Also, please have planner out & on your table.
1.What cheese is made backwards?2.A man walks into a bar, what does he
say?3.What is so delicate that when you say its
name, it is broken4.If you were running a race, and you
passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Essential Question for today:How does the diversity of
religions within the Arabs,
Persians, and Kurdish ethnic
groups affect the Middle East?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringerThe KurdsGeography /
Religion testCNN Student
News
Ethnic Groups• An ethnic group is a group of
people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations.
• The characteristics could included a language, a religion, a shared history, and a set of traditional stories, beliefs, or celebrations.
Religious Groups• A religious group
shares a share a belief system, in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature. • People from different ethnic groups may share the same religion; through they may be from very different cultures.
Kurds• Ethnic group that is
found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together.
• Hope to have a nation of their own some day
• Most are Sunni Muslim, though there is a small minority who are Shia Muslims.
Kurdish• Speak their own language,
Kurdish, and have a separate history, literature, music, and set of traditions.
• Almost 1/5 of the population of Turkey is Kurdish.
• Kurdish Muslims are usually less strict about certain Islamic practices.
• Persecuted by Sadam Husain
Arabs
• Arabs make up the majority of the region known as the Middle East, though there are many differences among them.
• Most Arabs practice the religion of Islam and call themselves Muslims.
Arab• Arabs comprise
most of the population of Southwest Asia.
• Most Arabs practice Islam and speak Arabic.
• Small numbers of Arabs practice other religions.
• Those who call themselves Muslims are further divided, as some call themselves Sunni Muslims, while others are Shia Muslims.
• Some Arabs are Christians. • Most Arabs, whether they are Muslim or
Christian, speak the Arabic language.
Persians• Persians are those who live in the modern country of Iran.
The country of Persia became known as Iran after World War I.
• The Persian people are descended from a different group than those who are Arabs and Jews. Their ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia.
• Persians, or Iranians, speak Farsi, a language that uses the Arabic alphabet but is actually a different language.
• They practice Islam, but most belong to the Shia group of Muslims.
Persian• Persians make up about
half of Iran’s current population.
• They have their own language called Persian or Farsi.
• Most Persians in Iran today practice Shi’a Islam, but some are Sunni and other religions.
• Persian women have faced many challenges as a result of strict cultural and religious practices.
Please, write the question. Use the political cartoons on the next two slides to answer. Please have agenda on your table.
1.In the first cartoon, what do you think the bird represents?
2.In the first cartoon, do you think the cartoonist is pro or anti Kurds?
3.What does the second cartoon have in common with the first cartoon?
4. Which other country is mentioned in the second cartoon?
Please, write the question. Use the political cartoons on the next two slides to answer. Please have agenda on your table.
1.In the first cartoon, what do you think the bird represents?
2.In the first cartoon, do you think the cartoonist is pro or anti Kurds?
3.What does the second cartoon have in common with the first cartoon?
4. Which other country is mentioned in the second cartoon?
Please fold your paper in half; number as you see below. We will take a quick pretest on ethnic groups of Southwest Asia. It
will not count as a class grade.
1.2.3.4.5.
6.7.8.9.10.
Essential Question for today:How does the diversity of
religions within the Arabs,
Persians, and Kurdish ethnic
groups affect the Middle East?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer (pretest)Three Ethnic Groups
of Southwest Asia8 review questions
for quiz on Wednesday
CNN Student News
Persians• Persians are those who live in
of Iran.Persia became known as Iran after World War I.
• Ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia.
• Persians speak Farsi, a language that uses the Arabic alphabet but is actually a different language.
• Practice Islam, but most belong to the Shia group of Muslims.
Persian• Persians make up about
half of Iran’s current population.
• They have their own language called Persian or Farsi.
• Most Persians in Iran today practice Shi’a Islam, but some are Sunni and other religions.
• Persian women have faced many challenges as a result of strict cultural and religious practices.
What religionAre most Persians?
What language do Persians speak?
What is the religion of most of the Kurdish Ethnic group?
What is the Religion of most
Of the ArabsOf Southwest
Asia?
Which dictator onceGassed his own people
Including the Kurds?
Before World War
One, how did most
Kurds make their Living?
Which ethnic Group is most Numerous in
Southwest AsiaWhat modern
countryIs home to the Persian ethnic
Group?
What religionAre most Persians?
What language do Persians speak?
What is the religion of most of the Kurdish Ethnic group?
What is the Religion of most
Of the ArabsOf Southwest
Asia?
Which dictator onceGassed his own people
Including the Kurds?
Before World War
One, how did most
Kurds make their Living?
Which ethnic Group is most Numerous in
Southwest AsiaWhat modern
countryIs home to the Persian ethnic
Group?
Arabs
• Arabs make up the majority of the region known as the Middle East, though there are many differences among them.
• Most Arabs practice the religion of Islam and call themselves Muslims.
Arab• Arabs comprise
most of the population of Southwest Asia.
• Most Arabs practice Islam and speak Arabic.
• Small numbers of Arabs practice other religions.
• Those who call themselves Muslims are further divided, as some call themselves Sunni Muslims, while others are Shia Muslims.
• Some Arabs are Christians. • Most Arabs, whether they are Muslim or
Christian, speak the Arabic language.
Kurds• Ethnic group that is
found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together.
• Hope to have a nation of their own some day
• Most are Sunni Muslim, though there is a small minority who are Shia Muslims.
Kurdish• Speak their own language,
Kurdish, and have a separate history, literature, music, and set of traditions.
• Almost 1/5 of the population of Turkey is Kurdish.
• Kurdish Muslims are usually less strict about certain Islamic practices.
• Persecuted by Sadam Husain
Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (5); Use passage on next slide to answer.
1.What two things unified the Islamic empire?
2.Where did mathematician al-Khwarizmi live?
3.What was Ibn Sina known for?4.From where did Muslim scholars get the
concept of the decimal system?5.According to the quote, what three
things did al-Khwarizmi accomplish?
During Europe’s [Middle Ages], the light of Islam shown, unifying, stimulating the
cultures of many lands with the currents of trade and the bond of a common
language, Arabic. Ibn Sina of Bukhara, known to the West as Avicenna, wrote his Canon, which remained Europe’s medical
textbook for more than 500 years. Mathematician al-Khwarizmi of Baghdad
introduced ‘Arabic’ numerals and decimal system from India and wrote the standard
on al-jabr – algebra.
- Thomas J. Abercrombie’s Great Religions of the World, 1971
Essential Question for today:
How did European partitioning in
Southwest Asia (Middle East) after the breakup of the
Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?
TODAY’S AGENDABell ringer Time Line – Ottoman
Empire (back of BR)Quiz on Ethnic
GroupsHWK – Ottoman
Empire HandoutCNN Student News
Istanbul began as a Greek port called Byzantium
Later, name changes to
Constantinople to honor Roman
emperor Constantine
Ottoman (Turkish people not the
chair part) conqueror Istanbul
in the 1400’s
The Turks rename city of Constantinople
, Istanbul.
Ottomans then created great
empire covering many countries. It
lasted until …
Kemal Ataturk in 20’s b/c
first president; he created
modern nation of Turkey
Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (5); Use passage on next slide to answer.
1.What were the methods the Nazi’s used to kill Jews during the Holocaust?
2.In what year was Mr. Bergman taken from his home by the Nazis?
3.What is the name of the concentration camp that Mr. Bergman eventually arrives at?
4.How old did Mr. Bergman’s father tell the Nazi officer his son was at the camp?
5.According to Mr. Berman, the Holocaust occurs in what 5 years?
Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (10);please skip 3 lines per question
6. At the concentration camp in Poland, what job did Mr. Bergman have?
7. At the camp in Poland, what other nationalities were being held by the Nazis?
8. Before leaving Gross Rozen camp, what was done to Mr. Berman’s hair?
9. How did Mr. Bergman avoid going back to Auschwitz?
10.What did Mr. Bergman have to use to wet his lips while on the train?
Essential Question for today:
How did European partitioning in
Southwest Asia (Middle East) after the breakup of the
Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Tic Tac Toe Chart -
NationalismVideo – The
HolocaustTest CorrectionsCNN Student News
After World War I, the people of Southwest Asia resented European rule and influence
People of Southwest Asia turned to nationalism, the belief that every ethnic group has a right to its own
nation
Today, some groups see themselves as stateless nations, or people with strong ethnic
loyalties but no country of their own …
Saudi Arabia is created in 1932. It is a
monarchy with a king.
Taken over by France after WWI, Syria was
given independence in 1946
Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (5); Use passage on next slide to answer.
1.What were the methods the Nazi’s used to kill Jews during the Holocaust?
2.In what year was Mr. Bergman taken from his home by the Nazis?
3.What is the name of the concentration camp that Mr. Bergman eventually arrives at?
4.How old did Mr. Bergman’s father tell the Nazi officer his son was at the camp?
5.According to Mr. Berman, the Holocaust occurs in what 5 years?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Tic Tac Toe Chart -
NationalismVideo – The
HolocaustTest CorrectionsCNN Student News
?
1) George, Helen, & Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, & Dave are drinking soda. What is Elizabeth drinking?
2) The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?
3) Bill bets Craig $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Craig agrees, but loses the bet. Why?
Please write down riddle. Try to answer. Please have agendas on your table
?
1) George, Helen, & Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, & Dave are drinking soda. What is Elizabeth drinking?
2) The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?
3) Bill bets Craig $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game before it starts. Craig agrees, but loses the bet. Why?
Please write down riddle on the yellow sheet of paper I have given you. Planners on your table
please
Essential Question for today:
How did European partitioning in
Southwest Asia (Middle East) after the breakup of the
Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Tic Tac Toe Chart -
NationalismVideo – The
HolocaustTest CorrectionsCNN Student News
Iraq, with help from England gained its
independence in 1932
Iran, known as Persia until 1935, when a
kingdom was established there.
Controlled by the British after WWI, given its
independence in 1946. Today, it is a kingdom
Created by the United Nations in 1948 as a
result of the Holocaust which occurred during
WWII
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Sequence Chart Video – The
HolocaustCNN Student
NewsHWK – Political
cartoon analysis
1) When did the British give up control of the Palestinian territories?
2) When did Israel take control of the Gaza Strip?
3) In 2005, what did the Palestinians and Israelis agree to do?
4) Why do you think Israel does not like the Hamas Party?
5) In your opinion, will the peace effort succeed?
Please copy questions. Turn in text book to page 178; read passage, A Struggle for Peace. Answer
questions.
1) When did the British give up control of the Palestinian territories?
2) When did Israel take control of the Gaza Strip?
3) In 2005, what did the Palestinians and Israelis agree to do?
4) Why do you think Israel does not like the Hamas Party?
5) In your opinion, will the peace effort succeed?
Please copy questions. Turn in text book to page 178; read passage, A Struggle for Peace. Answer
questions.
Essential Question for today:
Why was the state of Israel
created in 1948?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Sequence Chart – Video – The
HolocaustCNN Student NewsHWK – Political
cartoon analysis
Zionism
Zionism
Movement for the Return of the Jewish
People to their Homeland; control
Of Israel
Zionism
Movement for the Return of the Jewish
People to their Homeland; control
Of Israel
Term first used in 1890; Name comes
from Zion Hill where Temple is; Supporters are
Zionists
Zionism
Movement for the Return of the Jewish
People to their Homeland; control
Of Israel
Term first used in 1890; Name comes
from Zion Hill where Temple is; Supporters are
Zionists
David Ben-Gurion, First Israeli
Prime Minister;
Zionism
Movement for the Return of the Jewish
People to their Homeland; control
Of Israel
Term first used in 1890; Name comes
from Zion Hill where Temple is; Supporters are
Zionists
David Ben-Gurion, First Israeli
Prime Minister;
Palestinians; Yassir Arafat, leader of the Palestinian LiberationOrganization; Hamas
Please copy questions. Use the political cartoons on the following slides to answer the questions.
1.According to the first cartoon, what two groups are ganging up on Israel?
2.Is the first cartoon pro-Israel or anti-Israel?
3.In the second cartoon, Egypt and Israel are combining against whom?
4.Is the second cartoon pro-Palestinian or anti-Palestinian?
Essential Question for today:
Why was the state of Israel
created in 1948?
TODAY’S AGENDA
Bell ringer Sequence Chart – Video – The
HolocaustCNN Student NewsHWK – Political
cartoon analysis
Zionism
Movement for the Return of the Jewish
People to their Homeland; control
Of Israel
Term first used in 1890; Name comes
from Zion Hill where Temple is; Supporters are
Zionists
David Ben-Gurion, First Israeli
Prime Minister;
Palestinians; Yassir Arafat, leader of the Palestinian LiberationOrganization; Hamas
Who was the firstPrime minister of
New stateOf Israel in 1948?
How did the ArabsLiving in Palestine
Feel about theCreation of
Israel in 1948?
How did the ArabsLiving in Palestine Feel about the birthOf Israel in 1948?
Who created the new
State of Israel in 1948 as a Homeland for
The Jews
Which two countries Border the Gaza Strip?
The murder of Millions of Jews During World
War II describesWhich event?
What is the beliefThat Jews deserve
To return to a Homeland in Zion?
Why did so many United Nations
Countries feel it wasRight to createIsrael in 1948?
