Introduction to Iran

Today we'll watch this video to help provide us with a sense of life in Iran, the setting for our next book, Persepolis. Here are some questions for you to write about in your journals while we are watching:

• What are two things you learn about the history between the United States and Iran?
• What are two things you learn about the culture of Iran beyond the food?
• Over the course of the show, what are two things that surprised you?
• What are two questions you have based on what you saw?

We will be sharing our responses as part of our discussion after the show.

Here is a map of Iran:

or we can zoom out a bit:

or maybe this perspective helps:

Remember, your homework for the weekend is to read and annotate the introduction and pages 3-9.