Persepolis SQ pages 126-end

Please find the answers to the following questions on pages 126-the end in Persepolis. Please copy the questions into an email and answer them directly in the email. PLEASE DO NO SEND ME AN ATTACHMENT! 

11. What is the significance of the bracelet to Marjane? (page 143)

22. Why do the parents decide to send Marjane away from Iran? (pages 144-146)

33. If you were Marjane’s parents, what would you have done? Justify your answer.

  

44. “It would have been better to just go.” Explain how this quote from the book relates to the last picture of the book. (page 153)

  

55. Did you get meaning from the book more powerfully from the pictures or the words? Explain your answer.

Persepolis SQ pages 94-125

Please answer the following questions based on pages 94-125 in Persepolis. Please write the answers directly into an email, and NOT as an attachment. 

11. What do Marjane and her classmates make fun of? (pages 96-98)

22. Why do the parents defend their children? What do you think of their behavior? (pages 96-98)

  

33. What is Marjane’s criticism of the keys? (pages 99-102)

  

44. Who were most likely to go to war, in Marjane’s words? (pages 99-102)

55. Does this apply to the young men and women in the U.S. who sign up with the military at all? Explain your reasoning.

Persepolis SQ pg 62-93

Please answer these questions from pages 62-93. WRite them DIRECTLY into an email for me. Please do no send them in an attachment.

11.   Anoosh says, “Its incredible. The Revolution is a leftist revolution and The Republic wants to be called Islamic.” Read the whole page. Why is the contrast between overthrowing the Shah and starting a religiously based government confusing to Anoosh? (page 62)

22. Marjane is shown floating through space. Why does she feel that she was “lost, without any bearings” ? (page 71)

33. Why are the schools being closed? (page 73)

44. What is Marjane’s reaction? What do you think your reaction would be if you were living in Iran at the time?

55.  The language is harsh, but what is more offensive: the language or how the mother was treated? Explain. (page74)

  6.  Why is the mother upset with the veil being obligatory? Do you think the sudden enforcement of the veil came from religion or culture? Explain. (pages 74-76)

Please answer the following questions about the three chapters you read in class yesterday, "The Heroes," "Moscow," and "The Sheep."

You may write on paper or copy and paste the questions into an email and  send me the responses.

“The Heroes”

1.    What did Marjane tell Siamak’s daughter?

2.    Why did her mother send her to her room?

3.    What did Marjane learn when the two men came over to her house?

4.    She said she had learned she could be wrong. How was she wrong?

5.    Why was she overwhelmed? What helped her?

“Moscow”

1.    Who was Uncle Anoosh?

2.    What dream did he have that he wanted to tell his uncle?

3.    What happened to his Uncle Fereydoon?

4.    What did Uncle Anoosh say had been harder than his time in prison?

5.    What was the swan made out of?

“The Sheep”

1.    Why did Marjane’s father and Uncle Anoosh think that the republic wanted to be called Islamic?

2.    Why did the people leave the country?

3.    What happened to Moshen?

4.    What happened to Siamak’s sister?

5.    What happened to Anoosh?

6.    Why were these men being killed and imprisoned?

Reading the New York Times

Here are some articles that I would like you to read and summarize for me. They are from the New York Times, and are hopefully interesting enough for you to read.

Follow the links:
Fish Adjust It's Shape 

School Menus

Islamic School for Girls

Olympic Rings

Baguette Bag

Please send me an email with 5-7 sentences summarizing/paraphrasing each article.

When you are finished with your project

When you are finished email me your final Power Point.

staci.carroll@umahs.org

Please make sure that there are no spelling or grammar errors. :)

More info on the Persepolis Project

Please read at least one article for each topic listed.

Intro

• Basically a title page
• Name your project and write your name on the slide

Make at least one slide for each topic.

Here are some questions you can answer:

The Shah

• Who was he?
• How long was he in power?
• Which countries were his allies? 
• How did the people feel about him? 
• Was the country more eastern or more western under his rule? Explain.

The Islamic Conquest

• This is the history of Islam in Iran
• What is the brief history of how Shia Islam came to the region near Iran?
• If you find a website you would rather use for information, please email me the link so I can look at it. I have no problem with you using other websites.

Women in Iran

• Basically explain women in society before and after the revolution.
• What changed for them? Explain.

Religions in Iran

• What are different religions in Iran? Has the number of other religions changed since the revolution?

Education in Iran

• What is the education system like in Iran?
• Has it changed since the revolution?

Cinema in Iran

• How did movies and topics for art change after the revolution?

Music of Iran

• What characterizes the music in Iran?
• Has anything changed about Iranian music since the revolution?

Bibliography slide: 

Please write the topic and then copy and paste the email address you used for your information. Also include the website (not just google images) for all of your pictures. 

Example: 

1. The Shah

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/mohammad_rezashah/mohammad_rezashah.php