Class profile:
19 Students
9 Female
10 Males
Diversity- 2 Hispanic males.  17 Caucasian.

Materials:
Computers, with the webpage bookmarked.
Website: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntiraqirkr.html
Paper, pencil

Concept:
Geography, culture, and people in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.

Content:
Text: Geography, the World and It’s Peoples, CIA World Factbook, other websites.

Special Needs:
None.

Standards and Benchmarks:
Geography for Life Standards
4 THE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACES
6 HOW CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE INFLUENCE PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS OF PLACES AND REGIONS
9 THE CHARACTERISTICS, DISTRIBUTION, AND MIGRATION OF HUMAN POPULATION ON EARTH’S SURFACE
10 THE CHARACTERISTICS, DISTRIBUTION, AND COMPLEXITY OF EARTH’S CULTURAL MOSAICS
12 THE PROCESSES, PATTERNS, AND FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT
13 HOW THE FORCES OF COOPERATION AND CONFLICT AMONG PEOPLE INFLUENCE THE DIVISION AND CONTROL OF EARTH’S SURFACE

Objectives:
1- Explain why the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are important to the people of Iraq.
2- Describe how a religious government came to power in Iran.
3- Identify important information about 3 Middle Eastern Countries.

Anticipatory Set:
Part of the webpage.

Procedure:  (45 minutes total)
-Divide Students into 6 groups, assign 2 groups to each country: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan.
-Give link to students (should be bookmarked ahead of time).  Check to make sure that all students get to the right page.  Read directions aloud.  Check on students frequently, to make sure they are on task, answer any questions.  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntiraqirkr.html
-After 20 minutes ask groups with the same country to get together and choose the most important facts.  Check on students frequently, to make sure they are on task, answer any questions.
-After 10 minutes end discussion.  Meet as a class, each country group has 5 minutes to give the 8 important facts about the country.  I will take notes on what they say.

Closure:  (3 minutes)
-Review Objectives:
-Ask students to explain why the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are important to the people of Iraq.
-Ask students to describe how a religious government came to power in Iran.
Keep asking students to add to answer until complete.