Session One: What is Terrorism

Session One :  What is Terrorism?

Essential Questions:

• What is terrorism? 

• What are my attitudes about terrorism? 

• Who are the terrorists? 

• What are the roots of terrorism?

Gathering: "A question that I have about terrorism is....."

Rick's Rap: homework, roots review

Video: Benedetta Berte, “The Surprising way groups like ISIS stay in Power,” TED Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/benedetta_berti_the_surprising_way_groups_like_isis_stay_in_power
                •Debrief -Reflective Sentence

Brainstorm:  The roots of terrorism  

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

 Readings:

 (1) Karen Armstrong, “Ghosts of Our Past”, Modern Maturity, Jan/Feb 2002,
http://www.wolaver.org/peace/ghosts.htm

 (2)Wikipedia, “Terrorism”,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism

(3) “Part One: The Origins and Evolution of Terrorism,” Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, 2011, pp.2-8
(4) interactive transcript,  Benedetta Berte, “The Surprising way groups like ISIS stay in Power  https://www.ted.com/talks/benedetta_berti_the_surprising_way_groups_like_isis_stay_in_power/transcript?language=en