2012 Modern Middle East: Focus on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan Lesson

1. 2012 Modern Middle East: Focus on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan Lesson Date your papers: Monday, November 12, 2012 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Wednesday, November 14, 2012---Odd Block Day Thursday, November 15, 2012---Even Block Day Friday, November 16, 2012 Monday, November 26, 2012 Tuesday, November 27, 2012

2. Monday, November 12, 2012 • Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt----Ms. Barben is going to read aloud the included articles on the West Bank Barrier and how graffiti and art painted on it have been used as a means of political protest. After we read the articles, you are going to examine the images from the West Bank Barrier. • Using your notes from the Arab-Israeli Conflict Lesson Plan to help you complete this prompt. • Based upon all we have learned about the Arab-Israeli Conflict, if you had the opportunity to visit Israel and paint or graffiti on the West Bank Barrier, answer: • What position would your work take on the West Bank Barrier, on the violence of the PLO and Hamas, the retaliation of the Israeli government, or on the peace process? Why? • Which side would you then paint on the wall…the side on facing the Israelis or the side facing the Palestinians? • What would you paint or graffiti and why? • For EXTRA CREDIT: If you want to actually draw out and color what you would do, include it after this lesson and the bonus points will be added to your notebook grade.

3. Monday, November 12, 2012 2. Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and pair-share your Quiet Questions. Add or revise your work. Then with your partner, answer the following Type One Prompt: What are some of the core issues behind the Arab-Israeli Conflict that you think could also be behind the actions of the leaders of Iran, Iraq, or Afghanistan?

4. Monday, November 12, 2012 3. Class: On the Vocabulary Graphic Organizer that was copied separately, write down the definitions and characteristics of Islamic Fundamentalism. • As we examine Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, we will be studying the rise and role of Islamic Fundamentalism within each country.

5. Defining Islamic Fundamentalism • A movement that has gained momentum in recent decades within several Muslim nations. • Islamic fundamentalists oppose the infiltration of secular and Westernizing influences and seek to institute Islamic law, including strict codes of behavior. • They also target political corruption in Muslim nations. • Severely repressed by the governments of their own nations, such as Algeria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, they nevertheless target the United States as the “Great Satan,” chant “Death to America,” and provide ready recruits for terrorist networks such as Al Qaeda. ( See terrorism.)

6. Defining Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic fundamentalism (Arabic: usul, the "fundamentals") is the group of religious ideologies seen as advocating a return to the "fundamentals" of Islam: the Quran and the Sunnah, and the Ten Commandments. • Exemplary figures of Islamic fundamentalism who are also termed Islamists are SayyidQutb, Ruhollah Khomeini, AbulAlaMawdudi, and Israr Ahmad.[3] • The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran is seen by Western scholars as a political success of Islamic fundamentalism.

7. Why is Islamic Fundamentalism Popular? • Islamists have popular roots. • Many started as community self-help groups. • Some run medical clinics, job training programs, food assistance to the poor, disaster relief… • They deliver services that government should but fail to deliver!! (Egypt, Palestinian Territories) • provides escape, hope, answers, refuge • Modern society disrupted cultural certainties and family support systems • Fundamentalism provides coping mechanism in this modern chaos, loss of identity. • Fundamentalism responds to perceived threats by selective retrieval of traditional beliefs and lifestyles“the good ole days!!”

8. Islamic Fundamentalism : • • Radicalism: – Reaction to growth of nation-states – Failure of Western & Eastern models of government – Peculiar problems of modernization – Reaction to government repression>>> • Un-intended & adverse consequences (Hoveyda) -”They get into politics, they encounter violent resistance, and they react violently” (Davidson) -Emergence of Secret radical organizations – “Popular Islam” as counter to constitutional Islam – Focus on Muslim Ummah (community of Believers) – Muslim as one nation….need for unity

9. Islamic Fundamentalism : -Muslims see themselves as victims of colonialists, neocolonialists and puppet regimes that do their bidding! -US played a major role in the evolution of radical Islamists by: 1. Outright support: $, arms, training (Afghanistan’s Mujahideen>>>Taliban) 2. US support of oppressive regimes >>backlash against both the oppressive government and its US sponsor(Iran, Egypt, Indonesia) -“Extreme Repression breeds extremist organizations” For many Islamists…Islam is the only solution after both the west and the east have failed Muslim societies

10. Monday, Nov 12, 2012 • Homework: Arab-Israeli Conflict Propaganda Poster due Friday

11. Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 4. Class: Ms. Barben is going to do a powerpoint presentation on Islamic Fundamentalism and Nationalism in IRAQ. You will be doing the Interactive Notebook Method in response to the powerpoint. • You must use a minimum of THREE different methods on the Left Side throughout the notes. • You must highlight, star, and add information to the Right Side throughout the notes. • You must complete the Lecture Activities Ms. Barben has created within the Powerpoint on the Left Side throughout the notes.  • Homework: Work on your Arab-Israeli Conflict Propaganda Poster due Friday.

12. Block Day • 7. Class: Ms. Barben finishing her Islamic Fundamentalism and Nationalism Powerpoint Presentation focusing on IRAQ. You must do the Interactive Notes. • Ms. Barben is going to do the IRANPowerpoint Notes…you must do the IRAN Interactive Notes. 8. Homework: Work on Propaganda Poster due Friday.

13. Friday, Nov 16, 2012 • Collect Propaganda Poster Homework. • Class: We are going to watch the History Channel Documentary on the Taliban. And you are to take notes. • No Assigned Homework for Break.

14. Monday, Nov 26, 2012 • Class: Ms. Barben is going to do her AFGHANISTAN Powerpoint and you are to finish the Interactive Notes.

15. Tuesday, November 27, 2012 • Homework: You will now compare and contrast the Islamic Fundamentalism and Nationalism as seen in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. • Academic A/Standard: Periods One, Three, Four, and Five: You will do this in a graphic organizer format. • Accelerated/High: Period Six: You will do this in essay format. And this will be due on the unit test day and count as half of your unit test grade.

16. Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 • Academic A/Periods 1, 3, 4, and 5: We are going to watch a second video on Iran and you are going to take notes in the provided graphic organizer • Homework: Finish the Comparison Chart on Islamic Fundamentalism in your notebook.

17. Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 • Accelerated/Period 6: We are going to go over how to write a thesis statement and a historical persuasive essay. • Homework: Work on your Comparative Thesis Essay. It will be due the day of the unit test and count as half of your test score.