It's the world's second largest producer of oil, the largest producer of caviar, and home to numerous ancient and sacred landmarks. Iran—once the hotbed of Islamic conservatism—is also undergoing a cultural shift with a younger population that rejects some of the old ways. A video resource unpacks the cultural, geographical, and religious characteristics of the Persian county.

Concepts

iran, the middle east, human geography, physical geography, asia, world geography, persia

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Offer the resource to help inform a class discussion of the difference between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims

Classroom Considerations

• Part of the extensive Countries A-Z playlist, the video is number 79
  
• A joke about the word penetration may be inappropriate for some viewers
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Video concisely describes difficult concepts, such as divisions in Islam
• Narrator is engaging with funny examples to illustrate themes

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.10