Bell ringer, 9.6

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. 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?

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

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

9. 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.

12. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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.

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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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?

23. 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?

26. Bell ringer, 9.10 Please fold your paper in half; number as you see below. We will take a quick pretest on ethnic groups of Southwest Asia. It will not count as a class grade. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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

28. Today’s Agenda • Bell ringer (pretest) • Three Ethnic Groups of Southwest Asia • 8 review questions for quiz on Wednesday • CNN Student News

30. Persians • Persians are those who live in of Iran.Persia became known as Iran after World War I. • Ancestors were Indo-Europeans from Central Europe and Southern Russia. • Persians speak Farsi, a language that uses the Arabic alphabet but is actually a different language. • Practice Islam, but most belong to the Shia group of Muslims.

31. 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.

32. 8 quiz questions you should know ... What is the religion of most of the Kurdish Ethnic group? What religion Are most Persians? What is the Religion of most Of the Arabs Of Southwest Asia? Before World War One, how did most Kurds make their Living? Which ethnic Group is most Numerous in Southwest Asia What modern country Is home to the Persian ethnic Group? What language do Persians speak? Which dictator once Gassed his own people Including the Kurds?

33. 8 quiz questions you should know ... What is the religion of most of the Kurdish Ethnic group? What religion Are most Persians? What is the Religion of most Of the Arabs Of Southwest Asia? Before World War One, how did most Kurds make their Living? Which ethnic Group is most Numerous in Southwest Asia What modern country Is home to the Persian ethnic Group? What language do Persians speak? Which dictator once Gassed his own people Including the Kurds?

35. 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.

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

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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

40. Bell ringer, 9.11 Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (5); Use passage on next slide to answer. • What two things unified the Islamic empire? • Where did mathematician al-Khwarizmi live? • What was Ibn Sina known for? • From where did Muslim scholars get the concept of the decimal system? • According to the quote, what three things did al-Khwarizmi accomplish?

41. During Europe’s [Middle Ages], the light of Islam shown, unifying, stimulating the cultures of many lands with the currents of trade and the bond of a common language, Arabic. Ibn Sina of Bukhara, known to the West as Avicenna, wrote his Canon, which remained Europe’s medical textbook for more than 500 years. Mathematician al-Khwarizmi of Baghdad introduced ‘Arabic’ numerals and decimal system from India and wrote the standard on al-jabr – algebra. - Thomas J. Abercrombie’s Great Religions of the World, 1971

42. Essential Question for today: How did European partitioning in Southwest Asia (Middle East) after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?

43. Today’s Agenda • Bell ringer • Time Line – Ottoman Empire (back of BR) • Quiz on Ethnic Groups • HWK – Ottoman Empire Handout • CNN Student News

46. A brief history of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman (Turkish people not the chair part) conqueror Istanbul in the 1400’s Istanbul began as a Greek port called Byzantium Later, name changes to Constantinople to honor Roman emperor Constantine

48. A brief history of the Ottoman Empire Kemal Ataturk in 20’s b/c first president; he created modern nation of Turkey Ottomans then created great empire covering many countries. It lasted until … The Turks rename city of Constantinople, Istanbul.

50. Bell ringer, 9.12 Please have planner on your table; Write the questions (5); Use passage on next slide to answer. • What were the methods the Nazi’s used to kill Jews during the Holocaust? • In what year was Mr. Bergman taken from his home by the Nazis? • What is the name of the concentration camp that Mr. Bergman eventually arrives at? • How old did Mr. Bergman’s father tell the Nazi officer his son was at the camp? • According to Mr. Berman, the Holocaust occurs in what 5 years?