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Teaching Egypt: Approaches and Resources

Teaching Egypt: Approaches and Resources. Barbara Petzen , TeachMideast.org. History as It Happens. Background Information Demographics of Egypt Economic Conditions and Political Structures in Egypt Teaching Angles Political Speech: Reading the Protests

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Teaching Egypt: Approaches and Resources

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  1. Teaching Egypt: Approaches and Resources Barbara Petzen, TeachMideast.org

  2. History as It Happens • Background Information • Demographics of Egypt • Economic Conditions and Political Structures in Egypt • Teaching Angles • Political Speech: Reading the Protests • Making Revolution on the International Scene/Screen • US Foreign Policy: Who are our allies, and how does Egypt affect those relationships? • Comparison of different media sources

  3. Demographics • Pop. 80,471,869 (July 2010 est., 16th in world) • 0-14 years: 33% (male 13,308,407/female 12,711,900) • 15-64 years: 62.7% (male 25,138,546/female 24,342,230) • 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1,546,774/female 1,818,778) (2010 est.) • Median age: 24

  4. Economy • Economic reforms since 90s liberalized economy to induce more foreign investment • Remittances from 2.7 million Egyptians abroad • Per capita GDP of $6,200 is 136th in the world • Gap between rich and poor growing, many allegations of corruption • 44.4% in “poverty tunnel”—cannot or can just fulfill basic calorie needs, or add basic non-food expenses • 10% unemployment, 87.2 percent of the unemployed are between the ages of 15 and 29, unemployment among college graduates 10 times higher than non-graduates • Food prices going up

  5. Communications • Landline telephones: 10.3 million • Cell phones: 55.4 million • Internet users 20.1 million • state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels

  6. Reading the Protest • The Choices Teaching with the News lesson’s collections of protest signs allow students to examine the signs protesters have made and carried to ask the who, why and how questions: • Life magazine’s Fiery Protest slideshow • Powerpoint of protest signs • There is also a collection of blogs from and about Egypt and Tunisia at globalvoicesonline.org

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  15. Resources to Explore • Different Shades of Tahrir from al-Jazeera English http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/anger-in-egypt/2011/02/20112811181499676.html • Choices’ Teaching with the News: Egypt’s Uprising http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_egypt.php • Editorial Cartoon collection from The Comics Journal’s The Hooded Utilitarian http://www.tcj.com/hoodedutilitarian/2011/02/editorial-cartoons-four-reactions-to-the-egyptian-protests/ • Popular culture: Rebel by Arabian Nights f/Lauren Hill http://www.the9elements.com/2011/02/arabian-knights-f-lauryn-hill-rebel.html

  16. Exciting Stuff: Hip Hop from Tahrir

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