Homework for 10/9

Housekeeping

Check blogs

-background blog : summaries, sites, illustrations
-"Misconceptions" response blog : discussion (i.e. more than a sentence!), illustrations

Satrapi reading

Introduction and c. 1-5

For Intro, create a timeline
For each chapter, reading notes (characters and plot summary)

Please answer guide questions:

c. 1 - Is Marjane crazy? Why or why not?
c. 2 - Why does Marjane's relationship with God change?
c. 3 - What does Marjane learn about how politics really works? How?
c. 4 - Why is the "martyrdom" of the old man funny?
c. 5 - What are Marjane's reasons for participating in the demonstration? If you were her parent, would you be angry or proud? Why?

Names you should know:

Zarathustra
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Leon Trotsky
Karl Marx
Rene Descartes
Cyrus the Great

Homework for 10/8

Online Reading

Please finish the "Misconceptions about Islam" article which you can find as a link from this page.

Post a blog response regarding the two misconceptions you find most surprising and why.

Homework for 10/7

Presentation prep

Revisit your Middle East background blog

Familiarize yourself with the results of your research so that you can explain what you found to the class

Homework for 10/6

Middle East Art Gathering

Please bring (3) color prints of artwork, photographs, maps, etc. reflecting the Middle East for our bulletin board.