1. 2014 Modern Iraq Lesson Plan Academic A Date and Number Your Papers: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Thursday, November 20, 2014 Friday, November 21, 2014

2. Day One: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Write an Acrostic Poem for AFGHANISTAN. Use your notes from the last lesson---PowerPoint and National Geographic You Tube Film or the History Channel Documentary DVD. Write full sentences. Each sentence must be well-developed and contain specific historical information. Do not repeat. The sentence must begin with the corresponding letter of the word AFGHANISTAN.

3. Day One: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Pair-Share: Turn to your assigned partner. Read, discuss, and edit each other’s Acrostic Poems. Then with your partner, complete the following Type Two Prompt: What do you think is the biggest issue facing Afghanistan today and why?

4. Day One: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Class: Pairs will share their thoughts. Use to transition to similar issues facing Iraq today. Today and tomorrow in the first part of the class period, we are going to watch an A and E Biography Documentary on Saddam Hussein from their Tyrants and Dictators Series on YouTube. It was published on June 27, 2014 and has a running time of 43:43 minutes. You will be taking notes on this documentary in the provided graphic organizer. The notes should be in either PENCIL, BLACK OR BLUE PEN.

5. Day One: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Homework: To supplement and fill in the blanks about the history of Iraq not covered in the film, you will be reading and taking additional notes in either RED, ORANGE, PINK, OR PURPLE PEN from the photocopied supplemental reading. Again, this is to distinguish where the information comes from. Chunking: Night One: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Read and take notes from pages 1-3 in the appropriate graphic organizer categories. Night Two: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Read and take notes from pages 5-9 in the appropriate graphic organizer categories. This is due on Friday, November 21, 2014

6. Day Two: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Class: We are going to finish the A and E Documentary on Saddam Hussein, and you should continue the note-taking. Class: For the rest of the class period, the teacher is going to do a modified PowerPoint Lecture on Iraq to add to your notes. Do this in either PENCIL, BLACK OR BLUE PEN. Topics Covered in Lecture: Iran-Iraq War and Role of America in War Genocide of Kurds Costs of the Second Iraq War Homework: You are to finish the reading and note-taking from the supplemental reading.

7. Day Three: Friday, November 21, 2014 Class: The teacher is going to finish the modified PowerPoint Lecture on Iraq, and you should finish adding to your notes. Class: We are going to watch a short documentary from BBC entitled “Our World The Battle for Northern Iraq with Yalda Hakim.” This was published on September 1, 1014 and has a running time of 23:02 minutes. It addresses the last category of the graphic organizer. Homework: You are going to complete a Timeline Activity developed by Mr. Hess. You are to go to the identified website and answer the 11 questions using the timeline and your knowledge of Iraq. This will be collected for a Formative Assessment grade the next class period. This is due the day you return from Fall Break---that Monday!