Day 1

• 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.

Sect:

• Sect: a denomination of a larger religious group

• Islam has 2 major sects Shia (Shi’I) and Sunni

Religious Background• Followers of Islam-- a world religion that teaches

peace and toleration • Split in 632 over death of Muhammad• Imam, Ayatollah, Caliph:leader• Shi’I, Shiite, Shi’a

– Minority in world but the majority in Iraq– Followers of Ali and martyr Hussein– Equity, Social Justice, Family– History of oppression in Iraq and world

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• Sunni– Sunni Iraqi Minority but Islamic Majority– Follow Abu’Bakr– Emphasize Conformity and Social

Stability– Believe their Majority status and power

is a result of the rightness of faith.– In power under Saddam Hussein

Other religions

• Christians, Jews, Atheist

Islam's Sunni-Shiite split

• List 3 things Shiites and Sunni believe in common

• Explain the split that divided between Shiite and Sunni

• Why does the author think the Sunni-Shiite split is about something different than religion?

Day 2

• Define Ethnic Background

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

• What are the major sects of Islam?

Level 1 ?’s

• Factual information

• Info can be found directly in text

• John ran in a 20 yard touch down to win the game.

• How many yards did john run?– John ran 20 yards.

Level 2 ?’s

• Level 2 ?’s drawn inferences

• Answers are understood

• John ran in a 20 yard touch down to win the game.

• What game was John playing?– John was playing football

Level 3 ?’s

• Answer big questions that can not be answered from text

• Questions raised from reading the text?

• John ran in a 20 yard touch down to win the game– Why do people need to score a

touchdown to win a game?

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Levels of questions

• 5 level 1 questions

• 3 level 2 questions

• 2 level 3 questions

• Write out question and answer

DAY 3

Define a level 2 question

Define a level 3 question

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

Long path to Iraq's sectarian split

• Levels of questions• 5 level 1 questions• 3 level 2 questions• 2 level 3 questions

• Write out question and answer• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/

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• Day 4• 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?

Ethnic Background

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

• Speak Kurdish • 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.

• 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.

• Speak Arabic

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

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Shi’a & Sunni

Shi’a

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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, Shia, 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 (Mon)

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