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Pashtun, Hazara , and Kites: Oh My!

Pashtun, Hazara , and Kites: Oh My!. (Or, an intro to The Kite Runner ). Kite Runner Unit Intro. Why it matters How you will show your learning Journal Entries Class Participation Structured Academic Controversy Final Analysis Essay. Essential Questions:

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Pashtun, Hazara , and Kites: Oh My!

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  1. Pashtun, Hazara, and Kites: Oh My! (Or, an intro to The Kite Runner)

  2. Kite Runner Unit Intro • Why it matters • How you will show your learning • Journal Entries • Class Participation • Structured Academic Controversy • Final Analysis Essay • Essential Questions: • Can a person redeem themselves/”be good again?” • How do social influences shape a person’s reality?

  3. The Kite Runner: Values and Relationships • Brainstorm a list of YOUR “basic principles” (values) • Try to identify where each one came from (your parents, friends, religion, experiences, etc.) • Brainstorm a list of times you have and have not acted on them • Pick one and write in detail about the event. Did you do the “right thing?” How did you feel about your actions? How did it affect others?

  4. In Small Groups • Discuss your journal entries • Discuss why you think I’m having you brainstorm this information when we’re talking about Kite Runner

  5. What’s your current knowledge about Afghanistan? You can include: -how you know about the country -what you’ve heard in the news -what you’ve learned so far from Kite Runner -things you’re not positive are correct

  6. Cornell Notes Review (on the board)

  7. What does kite running look like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5S47aSlezs

  8. Kite Flying/running 101 • 100+ year-old pastime • Forbidden under Taliban rule • Involves two people • Razor or glass wire • Children pick up cut-down kites in the streets

  9. Think-Pair-Share What is kite running? Why do you think kite running is important in Afghan society? Why do you think it’s important in the book? Can you relate kite running to anything in your life or American society?

  10. Afghanistan

  11. Pashtun • First main character of KR: Amir • Dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan • Historically, regard themselves as the “true Afghans” • Governed by an honor code, “Pashtunwali” • Speak Pashtu • Sunni Muslims • Used to ruling the country

  12. Hazara • Second main character of KR: Hassan • One of the many minority groups of Afghanistan • In modern times, live in mountainous central region of the county • Typically little social status • Often work at difficult, low-paying jobs • Shia’a Muslims (traditional rivals of the Sunnis)

  13. Taliban • Political group • Extreme fundamentalist Muslims • Ruled Afghanistan post-1989 (after Russians left) until 2001 U.S. invasion • Want all of society to adhere exactly to their interpretation of the Quran • Forbid women from education, working outside the home

  14. Be a Literary Forecaster! Prediction: A forecast about what will happen in the future (in a book). Using what you learned today, how do you think the main characters’ (Amir and Hassan) social positions affect their friendship? Hint: Think about their values and how they might act on them.

  15. Homework (yay!) • Continue reading The Kite Runner • While reading, think (take notes, maybe!) about this: • During the next KR lesson, you will write a paragraph about whether you still think your prediction is accurate. • In it, you will include at least TWO reasons why.

  16. Exit Ticket -What is your prediction for The Kite Runner? (Copy this from your notebook.) -What are your TWO supporting pieces of evidence for your prediction? (These can be from today’s class or from the book.) -What chapter are you on in KR? -How do you now feel about reading The Kite Runner? Why?

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