http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2864483224316926634&ei=cIO9SKKbOo7I-gHyivWCDQ&q=iraq+pre+war+&hl=en

IRAQWhat does that video clip tell us

about Iraq? What exactly did you see in the clip?List 10 different

things 1/2 page

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• Write a biography and an autobiography based on what you learned about your classmates yesterday. Each response must be a 1/4 page

• If you were not here write 1/2 page biography about yourself

Brainstorm

• Physical Geography

• People Geography

• Economic Landscape

• History

• Current Situation

• On board

9/8/08

• Where is Iraq?

• What religion do most of the people in Iraq follow?

• Who is at war in Iraq?

Iraq

• What should the USA do next?

• 1. We need to first know the people, history, and region

Ethnic v. Linguistic v. Religious Background

• Define ethnic background• Provide an example of an ethnic background• Define religious background• Provide an example of an ethnic background• What is the difference between one’s religious and

ethnic backgrounds

• Ethnic group: a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.

Religious Background• Shi’I (Shi’a)

– Minority and in power under Saddam– Followers of Hussein– Equity and Social Justice

• Sunni– Sunni Iraqi Majority but Islamic Minority– Follow Mu’awiya– Emphasize Conformity and Social Stability– Believe their Majority status and power is a result of the rightness of

faith.

• Christian• Jews• Atheist

Video

• http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=sunni%20and%20shia%20split&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sunni%20and%20shia%20what%20is&hl=en&emb=0

• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7686158170571336002&ei=VTLBSMqGHKfy-AGAk6S4CQ&q=shia+sunni+what+is&vt=lf&hl=en

• http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=sunni%20and%20shia%20split&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sunni%20and%20shia%20expalined&hl=en&emb=0

• List 10 things you learned from the video

Write a 3/4 summary and analysis of the video.

• What was the main topic?

• What are the characteristics of this video?

• Why was it made?

• What bias did the film maker incorporate into the film.

Week Work

• Define Ethnic Background

• Define Religious Background

• What is the religious background of most Iraqi’s?

• What are the major sects of Islam?

• What is your ethnic background?

Week Work

Define a level 1 question

Define a level 2 question

Define a level 3 question

What is the difference between a level 2 and level 3 question?

Week Work

• Who do Shia believe the successor to the Prophet Mohamed should be?

• Who do Sunni believe the successor to the Prophet Mohamed should be?

• What was the main point of the Sunni/Shia article?

Shia v. Sunni

• Levels of Questions

• Study Group

• Q&A

Week Work

What group lives in the oil rich regions of Iraq?

Why must we understand that religious differences in Iraq play a major role in shaping society?

What forms of class in the USA are similar to Shia and Sunni in Iraq?

Religion a polarizing agent

• Saddam Hussein hoped to create a secular gov’t called the Ba’athists party– Secular- not based in religion

• Saddam created a political machine by building a Sunni support base – Political machine- an operation in which political power is

secured by building and rewarding supporters through jobs, money, and power

What is the contradiction?Did Saddam create a two-tiered society?

Linguistic Background

• Kurd’s- 1/4 of population and Sunni Muslim’s– nomadic herders that live in the North– Hope to create their own nation

• 2/3 Arab

• An Arab is a person whose language is Arabic, who lives in an Arabic speaking country, who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the Arabic speaking peoples.

• A Kurd is a person in the Iranian-speaking ethno-linguistic group indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area that includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

Week Work (Mon)

Define Arab?Define a Kurd ?What sect of Islam are the Kurds?Why did Saddam not like the Kurds?

KurdKurdKurdKurd

MixedMixedMixedMixed

MixedMixedMixedMixed

Sunni ArabSunni ArabSunni ArabSunni Arab

Shi’a ArabShi’a ArabShi’a ArabShi’a Arab

SAUDISAUDI

ARABIAARABIA

SYRIASYRIA IRANIRANAl Qa’imAl Qa’imAl Qa’imAl Qa’im

FallujahFallujahFallujahFallujahRamadiRamadiRamadiRamadi

Ar RutbahAr RutbahAr RutbahAr Rutbah

DahukDahukDahukDahuk

Tall AfarTall AfarTall AfarTall Afar

IrbilIrbilIrbilIrbil

KirkukKirkukKirkukKirkuk

TikritTikritTikritTikrit

SamarraSamarraSamarraSamarra

KarbalaKarbalaKarbalaKarbala

An NajafAn NajafAn NajafAn Najaf

As SamawahAs SamawahAs SamawahAs SamawahAn NasiriyahAn NasiriyahAn NasiriyahAn Nasiriyah

Al KutAl KutAl KutAl Kut

Al AmarahAl AmarahAl AmarahAl Amarah

Al BasrahAl BasrahAl BasrahAl Basrah

BAGHDADBAGHDADBAGHDADBAGHDAD

MosulMosulMosulMosul

BaqubahBaqubahBaqubahBaqubah

HillahHillahHillahHillahJORDANJORDAN

TURKEYTURKEY

Iraq situated on sectarian fault lines…Regional balance and world security at stake

Why Iraq is so vital to regional

stability

Shi’a 60%

Sunni 20%

Kurd 17%

Other 3%

Iraqi Ethnic/Sectarian Groups

Sunni

Kur

d

Shi’a & Sunni

Shi’a

FoldableETHNIC BOX

1. Fold your paper into 4 sections2. Draw an inner square that contains a part of the 4

folded squares3. In the inner square Define Ethnic Group

2. Title the four outer square’s Sunni, Shi, Kurd, Arab

3. List the characteristics of the title in each square

4. In the inner square answer: How does the information in the four outer square connect to the information in the inner-square

Week Work (Tues)

List the 4 major ethnic groups in Iraq?

Why is the war in Iraq a power conflict and not a religious war?

What else besides ethnic groups can be analyzed to understand Iraq?

Religious War or Power Conflict

Read and anyalize responses

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/jan-june07/sunni-shiite_01-09.html

In Groups of 3

In groups of 3

WEN. Week WorkWrite a paragraph that fills the entire section an argument for why the war in Iraq is a power struggle or religious war.

What is Geography?

Geography is the study of the earth and the way people live on it

and use it.

Five themes of geography

1. Location- Everything on the earth has an absolute location

or exact position.

33 00 N 44 00 E.

Description of Place- Place explains what an area is like by comparing its natural features and human-made features to

those in other areas.

A fertile area straddling two great rivers. In the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

Human-Environment Interaction

The environment is the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live. People influence their environment, and

are influenced by their environment.

Iraq has extensive irrigation and the soil has been primarily depleted , and many

oil fields in the North and East

Movement

Another theme of geography is the movement of people, goods,

and ideas around the world.

UR, Library, Math

Regions

A region is an area with common features that set it apart from

other areas.

Desert, Kurdish, Oil Fields

Harvard Outline

• Intro pg 2-4

Week Work Thur

• Define and List the 5 themes of geography

Friday

• Eugene Cherry US Army

• Daread Iraqi Civilian

• Jessica AFSC

WHEELS OF JUSTICE

Week Work Tues

• Write a paragraph summarizing one of the presentations on Friday or Monday.

Mapping Exercise

Week Work Wed

• In which part of Iraq is Baghdad located?

• What are the 2 major rivers in Iraq?

• Why are the major highways in Iraq located where they are?

Central and Southeastern Iraq are lowlands that flood

periodically

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Al Jazirah is the island between the Tigris and Euphrates river

• The Euphrates River at Khan al-Baghdadi, on the edge of the Al-Jazirah plateau in north-central Iraq.

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Southern Iraq is desert

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North is rolling hills and mountains

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Map

Add on to your map Al-Jazirah

Southern desert

Syrian Desert

Northern Mountains

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KurdKurdKurdKurd

MixedMixedMixedMixed

MixedMixedMixedMixed

Sunni ArabSunni ArabSunni ArabSunni Arab

Shi’a ArabShi’a ArabShi’a ArabShi’a Arab

SAUDISAUDI

ARABIAARABIA

SYRIASYRIA IRANIRANAl Qa’imAl Qa’imAl Qa’imAl Qa’im

FallujahFallujahFallujahFallujahRamadiRamadiRamadiRamadi

Ar RutbahAr RutbahAr RutbahAr Rutbah

DahukDahukDahukDahuk

Tall AfarTall AfarTall AfarTall Afar

IrbilIrbilIrbilIrbil

KirkukKirkukKirkukKirkuk

TikritTikritTikritTikrit

SamarraSamarraSamarraSamarra

KarbalaKarbalaKarbalaKarbala

An NajafAn NajafAn NajafAn Najaf

As SamawahAs SamawahAs SamawahAs SamawahAn NasiriyahAn NasiriyahAn NasiriyahAn Nasiriyah

Al KutAl KutAl KutAl Kut

Al AmarahAl AmarahAl AmarahAl Amarah

Al BasrahAl BasrahAl BasrahAl Basrah

BAGHDADBAGHDADBAGHDADBAGHDAD

MosulMosulMosulMosul

BaqubahBaqubahBaqubahBaqubah

HillahHillahHillahHillahJORDANJORDAN

TURKEYTURKEY

Iraq situated on sectarian fault lines…

ADD ETHNIC AREAS

Shi’a 60%

Sunni 20%

Kurd 17%

Other 3%

Iraqi Ethnic/Sectarian Groups

Sunni

Kur

d

Shi’a & Sunni

Shi’a

Map

CREATE YOUR OWN MAP OF IRAQ WITH KEYGRADES ASSAIGNED FOR THE KEY, COLOR COATED SYMBOLS, INFORMATION, AND CLARITY.

INCLUDE MAJOR CITIES (5 +)DESERTS RIVERSHIGHWAYS OTHER COUNTRIES MOUNTAINSETHNIC AREAS

Week Work ThurWhat are the 2 major rivers in Iraq?What is the Capital?What nations border Iraq?

Geography vs.. ClimateIn groups of 3 write the difference between geography and climate. 1/4 page

Give a description of Milwaukee’s geography and climate. 3/4 page

Write a paragraph describing the places and geography you would find on a map of Iraq

Climate

Mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt

in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and

southern Iraq

GeographyDefine each, provide an

example in the USA, and list whether it is a climate or

geography word

• Population Gulf• Desert Scale• Oil field Climate• Irrigation Precipitation• Dust Storms Migration

Geography of Iraq Sheet

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