Unit+4-Middle+East

=@Middle East Paper= =Geography= || * Shifting Sands 33, 1-6 =Culture= || * Honors: In the Beginning Were the Holy Books || * Video: Jerusalem: History of the Holy Land || * How do the Persian Gulf conflicts affect the US & its policy? ||< * nothing is due today || * Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict lecture and Map Study How do the Persian Gulf conflicts affect the US & its policy? ||< * Shifting Sands, pp 19-26 ||  || *  || ||  ||   ||   || Seminar Students: How do the Persian Gulf conflicts affect the US & its policy? || * Shifting Sands, pp 26-32 || * Blocks 2 and 3: type notes into Persian Gulf War Charts US Foreign Policy Options in the Middle East ||  ||   ||   || MIDDLE EAST QUIZ
 * = =**Lesson**= ||= =**Due**= ||= =Agenda= ||= =Resources= ||
 * = =Intro to Middle East Seminar and Paper= || * Paper writers: Works Cited Document development
 * Seminar students: Locate scholarly article & print. RMA. Index card on front: Six word summary (headline style that gives main idea--not just topic) + paragraph summary. || * Review Paper and Seminar assignment
 * Research time || * Jstor.org
 * Google Scholar ||
 * = =Middle East=
 * Map due at end of the block
 * Many did not complete their assignments yesterday! || * Discuss Reading Assgn
 * Assgn ME Map || * [[file:Shifting Sands p 33.pdf]]
 * [[file:Shifting Sands pp 1-6.pdf]]
 * [[file:ME Map Assgn.pdf]]
 * Website Maps that help with map completion:
 * Oil distribution
 * Shia-Sunni distribution
 * Dates of Independence
 * Nations with Arab predominance
 * Holy Cities
 * Occupied Territories ||
 * = =Middle Eastern Culture= ||< * Shifting Sands 6-12 || * Announce: HW changes for tomorrow
 * Honors: Hand out "In the Beginning Were the Holy Books"
 * Quick Quiz: HW reading
 * Do Now: list 5 things you know about Judaism and 5 things you know about Islam. Pair/share, discuss. Point out categories for comparisons between religions (origins, beliefs/teachings, practices and customs, structure and organization, etc.)
 * Lecture the common origins of Abrahamic faiths || * [[file:Shifting Sands pp 6-12.pdf]]
 * Video: // Jerusalem: History of the Holy Land // (VHS) ||
 * = =Middle Eastern=
 * [[file:Jerusalem hist of holy land.doc]]
 * [[file:Jerusalem-hist of holy land-makeup assgn.pdf]] ||
 * = =Middle Eastern Culture= ||< * Shifting Sands 12-18 || * Friday Reading
 * Review HW reading and discuss questions.
 * Abrahamic Faiths Comparison Assignment (in four groups) || * [[file:Shifting Sands pp 12-18.pdf]]
 * “Britain Issues the Balfour Declaration,” //World History by Era//, vol. 8
 * // World History Historical Outline Map Book // #48: The Middle East in the 1920s ||
 * = //Lesson// ||= //Due// ||= //Agenda// ||= //Resources// ||
 * = =Project Work= || * Seminar Students: add another source to your seminar paper; print, RMA, and 6word summary
 * Paper Writers:
 * research notes on 3 sources
 * add 1-2 primary sources to Works Cited ||  || * Council on Foreign Relations Primary Sources ||
 * = **Arab-Israeli** **Conflict** **1948 1956** **__1967 1973__** What are the origins and the issues involved in the Arab-Israeli Conflict? || * nothing is due today || * Lecture: Arab-Israeli Conflict
 * Map Study of the Arab-Israeli Conflict || * “Israel Becomes a Nation,” World History by Era, vol. 9
 * “Will Israel Live to 100?” // Annual Editions: World Politics, 10/07 //
 * // World History Historical Outline Map Book // #54: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
 * Map of Old Jerusalem and Sacred Sites
 * Jerusalem: Holy City for Three Major Religions (clip) ||
 * = **Persian Gulf __Conflicts__**
 * Groups will be assigned to research and present a Persian Gulf Conflict ||  ||
 * = **Persian Gulf __Conflicts__**
 * = //Lesson// ||= //Due// ||= //Agenda// ||= //Resources// ||
 * = **Project**
 * Work** || Paper Writers:
 * submit note cards or loose leaf research notes on 3 additional sources
 * during this block, write your thesis and three arguments on a seminar prep paper. Submit to Miss B for approval.
 * add another source to your seminar paper; print, RMA, and 6word summary ||  ||   ||
 * = **Persian Gulf __Conflicts__**
 * Discuss the major events and the lessons of these wars ||  ||
 * = **Defining __Terrorism__** What is terrorism and what isn't? || * No Homework || * Terrorism Activity
 * Write class definition of terrorism
 * HO homework reading: Response to Terrorism pp 1-9 ||  ||
 * = Terrorist Groups and their History || * Response to Terrorism, pp 1-9 (RMA)
 * Everyone needs to choose their seminar option
 * (1, 2, 3, 4) || * Discuss the homework reading:
 * What are the various types and motivations of terrorism?
 * How did the 9/11 attacks impact the US and the world?
 * Choose seminar option || * [[file:Resp to Terrorism pp 1-9.pdf]] ||
 * = Studying US Options in the Middle East ||  || * Hand out seminar option pages
 * Research Paper Writers: You may use this block to work on your rough draft, due on Mon, May 6
 * Seminar Students: Please complete your seminar outline for submission on Mon, May 6 || * Cart 9 ||
 * = //Lesson// ||= //Due// ||= //Agenda// ||= //Resources// ||
 * = Project Work || * Research Paper Writers: Rough Draft Due today. Conference with Miss Brady
 * Seminar Students: Seminar outlines must be complete by end of block || * MIDDLE EAST QUIZ
 * Map
 * PROJECT WORK ||  ||
 * = SEMINAR:
 * Film: Arranged ||  || * Film: Arranged
 * Rough Draft Conferences
 * MIDDLE EAST QUIZ
 * Abrahamic religions
 * Arab-Israeli Conflict ||  ||
 * Film: Arranged ||  || *
 * Film: Arranged
 * Rough Draft Conferences
 * Persian Gulf Conflict
 * Terrorism ||  ||
 * Film: Arranged ||  ||   ||   ||



Map Quiz Practice: [|CIA World Factbook Middle East Page]
 * ===[|Follow this link for an online ME Map quiz...great way to practice!]===
 * ===[|Here is another interactive ME Map quiz for practice]===

Religion and War Essay:
Prompt: Analysis of religious theories of war Details:
 * Compare and contrast the Just War and Jihad theories.
 * How can these theories be harmful or beneficial?
 * Does it make sense to you to have “rules” for war? Why or why not?
 * five paragraph format
 * underline thesis statement in introduction
 * use arguments and miniconclusions
 * typed or neat & legible handwriting