2.  Identify causes of the Arab Spring.  Explore the role of social media in the uprising.  Identify the connection to other protests in the region.  Consider the US response to the events.  Consider the potential effects of the protests on democracy and stability in the Middle East.

3.  Why is it important to learn about the Arab Spring revolutions?  Support humanity, democracy, better life  Exciting  Appreciate risks taken  US ties to region  Youth revolt

4.  http://youtu.be/emPsmpCkrIc http://youtu.be/emPsmpCkrIc

5.  Economic Conditions  High unemployment  Low minimum wages  Inflation (food prices)  Class stratification  Political Conditions  No democratic values!  Lack voice in govt  No free speech/assembly  Police brutality/corruption  Who is demonstrating?  Youth 15-30  College students & grads  Fundamentalists & Opposition Groups

6.  Facebook,Twitter, YouTube  Mohamed Bouazizi  “We are all Khaled Said”  Jan 25 th “Day of Rage” protest  Sped up pace of revolution  Organize ppl  Transmit info  Gather support  Media Blackout  Underground tech mvmt Open pic for great paper on topic!

7. http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_egypt_future.php

8.  Tunisia  Constitutional Republic  Economic hardship, decades of autocratic rule and corruption erupted into mass demonstrations in December 2010  Mohamed Bouazizi  300 die  Oct- Parliamentary Election

9.  Egypt  Republic  Caused by unrest, driven by poverty, rising prices, social exclusion and anger at corruption and personal enrichment among the political elite, as well as a demographic bulge of young people unable to find work.  Eighteen days of protests in the capital Cairo, and other cities  Jan 25 th - organized protest  846 people were killed, 6,400 people were injured  Sentenced to life in prison for killing protesters

10.  Libya  Uprising began in mid- February 2011  Unemployment  Government  Human rights demonstrations in the eastern city of Benghazi  31 October 2011 the former leader was captured and killed  1 st parliamentary election in July, 2012

11.  Yemen  President- Ali Abdullah  Dictatorship  January 2011 in the capital, Sanaa  Human Rights  “Friday of Rage”  “Friday of Anger”

12.  Working in groups of 6, explore the events surrounding the revolutions in several key Middle Eastern nations, beginning in Jan 2011.

13.  Economic Ties  Grain (wheat) for cotton  Oil  Political Ties  “Double Bind”  Authoritarian but stabilize volatile region  Regional Stability  “Productive instability” – short term chaos good for long term Democratic change?  Rise Political Islam?

14.  http://youtu.be/wZ1jWsE5w3g http://youtu.be/wZ1jWsE5w3g

15.  This lesson was made possible in part by resources from Brown University’s “Choices Program” – Teaching with the News Lessons Egypt’s Uprising and After Mubarak.