Session Two: Generation Jihad

Session Two: Generation Jihad

Essential Questions: 

• Who are the terrorists? 

• Why are people attracted to terrorist organizations?

• What are the roots of terrorism?

Gathering: "A question that I have from the reading is..."

Rick's Rap:  homework, roots review

Video: “The Origins of ISIS,” RT America TV, March 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYwc20zwxQ

       • Debrief

Closing: "Something that I learned today was.."

Readings: : (1) Peter Maass, “Why Peshawar’s Youth are Tinder for Islamic Extremism”, New York Times, 10/22/01 http://www.petermaass.com/articles/emroz_khan_is_having_a_bad_day/

(2) Bill Powell, “Generation Jihad”, Time, 9/25/05, 

(3) Christopher Dickey, “Muhammad Atta’s Neighborhood,” Newsweek 12/15/02,
http://www.newsweek.com/muhammad-attas-neighborhood-140597

(4) ) “Part Two: “Weighing the Threat of Terrorism Today,” Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, 2011, pp.9-18