2.  Warm Up: While you watch this video write down what you see happening in Egyptvideo  Content Objective: I will analyze how cooperation and conflict influence the division and control of Earth by interpreting pictures of the Egyptian protests

3.  Suez Canal

4.  Egypt is home to the Suez Canal  About 8% of the world’s sea trade travels through the canal  Much Middle Eastern oil travels through the canal

5.  Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1977  The treaty ended nearly 30 years of war between the countries  One of the only Middle Eastern countries to recognize Israel’s legitimacy

6.  Egypt is a key United States ally in the region  Egypt receives about $2 billion a year from the US as part of the Israeli peace treaty

7.  Egyptians fed up with 30 year rule of Hosni Mubarak and want him to leave  Mubarak thought of as dictator  Mubarak government accused of torture and murder  High food prices and unemployment

8.  P – People. Who is in the picture  O – Objects. What objects do you see  S – Setting. Where are they  E – Engagement. What are they doing  R – Relationship. How are people related  S – Summary. Summarize the picture

10.  P – Egyptians – Christians and Muslims  O – Banners, flyers, buildings  S – Outside, probably in Cairo  E – Muslims are praying while Christians form a chain around them to protect them  R – They are all protesters  S – Christians and Muslims working together to protest the Egyptian government