Iran 1945-1989

This is a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students, NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Part II - National Studies - Option G. Iran 1945-1989.

• Terms and concepts
• Video: 444 Days. Iran’s Hostage Crisis
• Worksheet for video:444 Days. Iran’s Hostage Crisis
• Video: The Last Shah
• Worksheet for video: The Last Shah
• Worksheet for video: Argo
• Worksheet for video: Crash Course World History. The Iranian Revolutions
• Video: Crash Course World History. The Iranian Revolutions
• Worksheet for video: I Knew Khomeini
• Video: I Knew Khomeini
• Worksheet for video: The Man who Changed the World
• Video: The Man who Changed the World
• Worksheet for video: Modern Trench Warfare. The Iran-Iraq War
• Video: Modern Trench Warfare: The Iran-Iraq War
• Magazine article: Khomeini the Unwavering Spiritual Leader
• Extended writing: Empathetic task
• Revision: Who am I?
• Activity: Sequence the events
• 3 Primary Source Analyses
• 3 Cloze activities
• Word search
• Comprehension: The Iranian Revolution
• Comprehension: The Iranian Hostage Crisis
• Source-based activity: How did SAVAK contribute to public discontent against the Shah?
• Source-based activity: What was the immediate impact of Khomeini’s return to Iran?
• Source-based activity: What was the impact of World War II on Iran?
• Source-based activity: What were the aims of the White Revolution?
• Source-based activity: What were the causes of the 1979 Revolution?
• Source-based activity: What were the experiences of child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq War?
• Source-based activity: Who set fire to the Rex Cinema, Abadan in 1978? What were the effects of the tragedy?
• Source-based activity: Why did Iraq invade Iran on September 22, 1980?
• Source-based activity: Why did Mosaddeq nationalize the oil industry in 1951?
• Source-based activity: Why did students occupy the U.S. embassy on November 4, 1979?
• Source-based activity: Why did the Iranian government suppress Tudeh from 1953?
• Source-based activity: Why were so many Iranians anti-American in 1979?
• Source-based activity: What was the impact of reforms on Iranian society & culture, 1979-1989?
• Source-based activity: How did the Islamic Republic use state violence and coercion to maintain control, 1979-1989?
• Source-based activity: How important was the oil industry to Iran’s economy, 1945-1989?
• Newspaper article: Pahlavi fortune a staggering sum
• Ezine article: Life in Iran under the Shah and now
• Extended writing activity: Information report
• Revision: True or false?
• Mapping activity
• Crack the Code revision activity
• Crossword
• Deconstructing a visual image: Revolutionary wall poster
• Who said quotations activity