Middle East 1979

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

LI: TBAT evaluate how 1979 shaped the Middle East of today

TBAT describe what events

happened in the Middle East in
1979
TBAT explain the significance of
these events
TBAT evaluate how 1979 shaped
the Middle East of today

Do Now The Space Race produced groundbreaking efforts to

Explain what happened in the space race launch artificial satellites; space probes of the Moon,
Venus, and Mars, and human space voyages in low
Earth orbit and lunar missions.
Challenge
Summarise in a sentence whether you think the moon landing was fake
or not? Explain why It was not fake because the footprints which were made on
the moon by Neil Armstrong still remain till today
 Life in the Middle East after
• Nakba – 1948 – the destruction ofWW2
Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and
the permanent displacement of many of the Palestinian Arabs.
• Revolution – 1951 – Britain and America vs Iran
• 6 Day War – 1967 - Israel defeats Egypt, Syria & Jordan
• Independence movements – Kuwait (1961), Oman (1970), Qatar, UAE & Bahrain
(1971), Iran (1979) The Palestinians refer to it as the catastrophe which was a exodus of at least 750k
Arabs from Palestine driven out of their homes

• Global oil crisis – 1973 – raised oil prices and put pressure on the United States
into re-evaluating its position of support on Israel.
• Civil War – Yemen (1962) & Lebanon (1975) & many other wars
Life changed dramatically
In the Middle East with ongoing wars and etc this led a lot of casualties which changed the
future of the countries
Out of these events, which do you think was the most significant and why?
Research one of these events in detail and explain in 1 paragraph what happened
Explain how life in the UAE changed since 1971?
 Iranian Revolution 1979
• This Revolution resulted in the overthrow of Khomeini was the grandson and son of
mullahs (Shiʿi religious leaders)
Khomeini was raised by his mother and aunt
the Shah (King) and then, after their deaths, by his elder
brother, Mortaz He became a prominent
scholar there in the 1930s and became known

• As a result, Ayatollah Khomeini became the by the name of his hometown, Khomayn

supreme leader of Iran Velayat-e faqih—or guardianship of the Islamic jurist—is

system of governance that has underpinned the way Iran
operates since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution

• The US embassy was taken over in November

1979 and many people were taken hostage by
Velayat-e-Faqih is the
supporters of the Revolution most important
institution in the post-
revolution political
system of Iran

Write down 3 facts about the Ayatollah

Describe the idea of Wilayat-Al-Faqih
Explain the purpose of the embassy
 Lebanese Civil War
• There was a civil war that took place
between 1975-1990. It is estimated
120,000 people died in this war
• Many countries were active in this war
(Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Syria,
USA, France & Italy)
• As a result of the Israeli invasion in
1982, Hezbollah was formed
Explain why there was and still is so many Palestinians in
The Taif Agreement, officially known as the National

Lebanon? Reconciliation Accord, was reached to provide "the

basis for the ending of the civil war and the return to
political normalcy in Lebanon

Justify the importance of Taif Agreement

Evaluate the importance of Hezbollah in Lebanon
 Pit stop – learning check!

How well do you understand this lesson so far?

So far in this lesson I can (do this in a different colour):

I can do the orange

describe what events happened in the Middle East in 1979

OR
explain the significance of these events
 Saudi Arabia – The Siege
• Juhayman Al Otaybi and his followers took control of
Masjid Al-Haram and declared that the Mahdi was
Muslims believe that they amongst his group a
have to follow a figure during • At this time the House of Saud was ruling Saudi
the end of times and they • A group of French commandos helped to take back
have to follow him because command after 2 weeks
he was the Imam which will • He and the rebels were publicly beheaded
be the companion so Isa (as)
in Islam Who is the Mahdi? Why are Muslims waiting for
him to arrive?
Why did Al-Otaybi and his followers want to go
against the House of Saud?
Evaluate why Al-Otaybi and his followers were
executed in public
 Afghanistan
•The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. they intervened in
support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict
against Anti-Communist Muslims
•This was once against a proxy war between the Soviet Union
(who supported the Afghan government) and the USA (who
supported the rebels)
•Many civilians were killed in this battle
•This became a devastating defeat for the Soviets just like how
Vietnam was for the Americans
•We are going to look at this in more detail next week as it had
devastating consequences for the country up until today.
 Poster Task - Groups
•Complete a poster about any of the events in the Middle
East since World War 2.
•You can work in groups of 3 maximum.
•It needs to include an introduction, a few main
paragraphs and a conclusion
•You can include pictures
•Try not to copy and paste and instead put information
into your own words
 Plenary
How well have you understood this lesson? (do this in a
different colour):

In this lesson I can now.. (choose 1!)

describe what events happened in the Middle East in 1979
explain the significance of these events
evaluate how 1979 shaped the Middle East of today
I can describe what events happen
in the Middle East
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