Lesson 3: 1979, Iran's future...
Learning Objective: I will deepen my understanding of the coup in 1953 by exploring recently released secret U.S. documents and contemporary press accounts of the coup.
Groups present their perspective on nationalization of the oil industry.
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Review the situation leading up to the coup in 1953.
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Review the situation leading up to the coup in 1953.
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Which documents do you think are most important to understand?
How do the policies proposed in Documents 1 & 2 differ?
Most of the documents refer to the threat of Iran and the United States from the Soviet Union.
LIST other international events shaping U.S. government perceptions of the Soviet threat in the early 1950s..
What do you think Iran's perception was of these events?
Can you detect a point of view within the newspaper articles?
Which of these documents give attention to Iranian concerns or public opinion?
What documents would people want to examine if they wanted to understand more of the Iranian perspective on this time period?
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