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2. Agenda CNN 10 Homework quiz/review Political cartoon analysis
Middle East Explained -
Lecture & in class activities
Homework
Read Saddam’s rise to power, pp
Be prepared for geography and reading quiz
Make a list of news feeds you regularly check and bring to class – electronic, paper, TV, radio, etc.

3. Cartoonists Persuasive Techniques
Symbolism
Exaggeration
Labeling
Analogy
Irony
Theocracy
Supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
What is the political issue?
What symbols to the cartoonists use?
What are the cartoonists’ messages? Same? Different?

4. Homework Reading: Shias & Sunnis
Who are they?
Key distinctions
Facts, Numbers, Locations, & Geography
Why do you think it might be important to understand a little about these two groups?

5. Distributions of Shias & Sunnis in the Middle East
Why might these maps be significant?

6. Activity #4 Reasons for tensions in the Gulf.
See handout – Use your history notebooks
Read handout
Briefly summarize each reason listed
Rank the reasons to show what you EXPECT to be the greatest cause of tension.

7. GQ#1 = Why was Saddam Hussein able to come to power in Iraq?

8. Ancient Iraq Iraq lies in the ancient land of Mesopotamia.
7th Century AD – invaded & conquered by Arabs
Adopted language, culture & religion - Islam

9. The British Mandate
By 1900 Modern Iraq was part of Turkish or Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire broken up after WW I
Many Iraqis thought they should be an independent state
League of Nations said, “No.” Gave Iraq to Great Britain to run as a mandate.
Iraqis rebelled against British rule.
1920 – 100,000 British soldiers crushed rebellion
Iraqi school children still learn about the “Revolution of 1920” – Iraqis stood up to the invaders

10. King Faisal
British were not accepted by many Iraqis – decided they needed collaborators to run the country with them
Invited Faisal to become King of Iraq
He was from a prominent Arab family
British still controlled military & the oil!

11. Discontent Monarchy lasted 35 years
Many improvements in the economy and in education
However, growing discontent with the British & King Faisal
Big inequality – few rich landowners – most of the population was poor
1948 Britain supported new state of Israel – most Arabs did not
Control over oil – Iraqi people wanted more control

12. Republic 1958 Monarchy overthrown – Iraq becomes a Republic
1968 coup by military officers
Iraq ruled by Ba’ath Party (Ba’athists)
Ba’athists believed in Arab Nationalism & Anti-colonialism
One of those Ba’athists was a person named Saddam Hussein.

13. Activity #5 Write a brief paragraph
Based on your understanding of Iraq’s history, explain what might have motivated the Ba’ath Party & Sadaam Hussein to take power?