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Good morning! Please sit in your assigned seat. Get out your cartoon/visual on a cause of the Gulf War. Be ready to share with the class. Also, please get out your Major Themes sheet.

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Unit Question: How does our past drive our present? The Middle East GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. 300,000 Iraqi soldiers took over w/n 24 hours. Why? The world was shocked, the invasion was condemned, and the UN put sanctions on Iraq. January 1991 the US invaded & drove the Iraqi army from Kuwait. Why?

ACTIVITY Using your notes (and the article if needed) create your own cartoon, graphic, or visual that explains or speaks to another cause of the Gulf War.

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? What do the cartoons tell us? Make a list

Kahoot.it Put away all of your notes, classwork, Major Themes sheets, etc. Use your own device of work with someone at your table who has one. You must stay seated or you will be disqualified!

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? Iraq after the Iran-Iraq War 500,000 Iraqis killed Gigantic military $80B debt Infrastructure in decline Unemployment

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? Oil prices too low Other countries producing record amounts OPEC refused to lower supply Discontent in Iraq people & the army Several assassination attempts on Saddam

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? Continued struggle for supremacy in the Middle East Saddam still trying to prove his relevance & power

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? Iraq’s historic claims to Kuwait Many Iraqis had claimed Kuwait was a province of Iraq since the 1930s Kuwait has large coastline – Iraq almost landlocked Saddam claimed Kuwait was slant drilling

GQ#5 - Why did the First Gulf War take place? Historic ties to the West US, France, and Britain had supported Saddam in ’70s & ‘80s as a counterweight against Islamic Republic in Iran He was a stable leader who supplied a lot of oil Saddam assumed Western support would continue Met US Ambassador July 1990 and asked about Kuwait. US Ambassador assured Saddam that his concerns with Kuwait did not affect his relationship with the US. Iraq invaded Kuwait eight days later

So what? Exit Ticket 1. What was the most important reason that the Gulf War too place? Why is this the most important reason? 2. What is something you have a question about or did not understand from today’s class?

Today’s Task What was the course of the Gulf War & What were it’s consequences? How can we connect this to current events in the Middle East? NPR Article – Read, Pair, Share

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