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Bell ringer, 9.6

Bell ringer, 9.6. Please, write the question . Also , please have planner out & on your table. What cheese is made backwards? A man walks into a bar, what does he say? What is so delicate that when you say its name, it is broken

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Bell ringer, 9.6

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  1. Bell ringer, 9.6 Please, write the question. Also, please have planner out & on your table. • What cheese is made backwards? • A man walks into a bar, what does he say? • What is so delicate that when you say its name, it is broken • If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

  2. Bell ringer, 9.6 Please, write the question. Also, please have planner out & on your table. • What cheese is made backwards? • A man walks into a bar, what does he say? • What is so delicate that when you say its name, it is broken • If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

  3. Essential Question for today: How does the diversity of religions within the Arabs, Persians, and Kurdish ethnic groups affect the Middle East?

  4. Today’s Agenda • Bell ringer • The Kurds • Geography / Religion test • CNN Student News

  5. Ethnic Groups • An ethnic group is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. • The characteristics could included a language, a religion, a shared history, and a set of traditional stories, beliefs, or celebrations.

  6. Religious Groups • A religious group shares a share a belief system, in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature. • People from different ethnic groups may share the same religion; through they may be from very different cultures.

  7. Kurds • Ethnic group that is found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together. • Hope to have a nation of their own some day • Most are Sunni Muslim, though there is a small minority who are Shia Muslims.

  8. Kurdish • Speak their own language, Kurdish, and have a separate history, literature, music, and set of traditions. • Almost 1/5 of the population of Turkey is Kurdish. • Kurdish Muslims are usually less strict about certain Islamic practices. • Persecuted by Sadam Husain

  9. Arabs • Arabs make up the majority of the region known as the Middle East, though there are many differences among them. • Most Arabs practice the religion of Islam and call themselves Muslims.

  10. Arab • Arabs comprise most of the population of Southwest Asia. • Most Arabs practice Islam and speak Arabic. • Small numbers of Arabs practice other religions.

  11. Those who call themselves Muslims are further divided, as some call themselves Sunni Muslims, while others are Shia Muslims. • Some Arabs are Christians. • Most Arabs, whether they are Muslim or Christian, speak the Arabic language.

  12. Persians • Persians are those who live in the modern country of Iran. The country of Persia became known as Iran after World War I. • The Persian people are descended from a different group than those who are Arabs and Jews. Their ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia. • Persians, or Iranians, speak Farsi, a language that uses the Arabic alphabet but is actually a different language. • They practice Islam, but most belong to the Shia group of Muslims.

  13. Persian • Persians make up about half of Iran’s current population. • They have their own language called Persian or Farsi. • Most Persians in Iran today practice Shi’a Islam, but some are Sunni and other religions. • Persian women have faced many challenges as a result of strict cultural and religious practices.

  14. Bell ringer, 9.9 Please, write the question. Use the political cartoons on the next two slides to answer. Please have agenda on your table. • In the first cartoon, what do you think the bird represents? • In the first cartoon, do you think the cartoonist is pro or anti Kurds? • What does the second cartoon have in common with the first cartoon? • Which other country is mentioned in the second cartoon?

  15. Bell ringer, 9.9 Please, write the question. Use the political cartoons on the next two slides to answer. Please have agenda on your table. • In the first cartoon, what do you think the bird represents? • In the first cartoon, do you think the cartoonist is pro or anti Kurds? • What does the second cartoon have in common with the first cartoon? • Which other country is mentioned in the second cartoon?

  16. Essential Question for today: How does the diversity of religions within the Arabs, Persians, and Kurdish ethnic groups affect the Middle East?

  17. Today’s Agenda • Bell ringer • Frayer Model – Ethnic Group • Three Ethnic Groups of Southwest Asia • CNN Student News

  18. Kurds • Ethnic group that is found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together. • Hope to have a nation of their own some day • Most are Sunni Muslim, though there is a small minority who are Shia Muslims.

  19. Kurdish • Speak their own language, Kurdish, and have a separate history, literature, music, and set of traditions. • Almost 1/5 of the population of Turkey is Kurdish. • Kurdish Muslims are usually less strict about certain Islamic practices. • Persecuted by Sadam Husain

  20. Arabs • Arabs make up the majority of the region known as the Middle East, though there are many differences among them. • Most Arabs practice the religion of Islam and call themselves Muslims.

  21. Arab • Arabs comprise most of the population of Southwest Asia. • Most Arabs practice Islam and speak Arabic. • Small numbers of Arabs practice other religions.

  22. Those who call themselves Muslims are further divided, as some call themselves Sunni Muslims, while others are Shia Muslims. • Some Arabs are Christians. • Most Arabs, whether they are Muslim or Christian, speak the Arabic language.

  23. Persians • Persians are those who live in the modern country of Iran. The country of Persia became known as Iran after World War I. • The Persian people are descended from a different group than those who are Arabs and Jews. Their ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia. • Persians, or Iranians, speak Farsi, a language that uses the Arabic alphabet but is actually a different language. • They practice Islam, but most belong to the Shia group of Muslims.

  24. Persian • Persians make up about half of Iran’s current population. • They have their own language called Persian or Farsi. • Most Persians in Iran today practice Shi’a Islam, but some are Sunni and other religions. • Persian women have faced many challenges as a result of strict cultural and religious practices.

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