ISIS The Rise of a Terror Network George Washington in his Farewell Address warned Americans of TWO THINGS: Beware Political Parties Stay out of Foreign Affairs Using his words can you explain the political cartoon. ISIS: What do you think you know WHO: WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: WHY: THE RISE OF ISIS pbs First Aired: October 28. 2014 F The Rise of ISIS Topic 1 ___________________________________ R O N T Reflections: Reflections: Topic 2 ___________________________________ Topic 3 ___________________________________ L I N E Reflections: Reflections: CNN BLINDSIDED: How ISIS Shook the World The origins of the terror group known as Islamic State or ‘ISIS,’ and what they want, are explored by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, in a one-hour special, Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World, tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 9:00pm Eastern on CNN/U.S. and CNN In- ternational. Deputy National Security Advisor for strategic communication Ben Rhodes; a former jihadi who now leads a counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam, Maajid Nawaz; former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. General Michael Flynn; Middle East expert and London School of Economics professor of international relations Fawaz Gerges; former FBI agent Ali Soufan; and others discuss the ambitions and goals of the terror group. The chief objective of ISIS, or Daesh, is its unique vision of a caliphate – and luring American and Western troops back to the Mid- dle East to apocalyptic ground in combat. Also discussed, how ISIS grew to become a transnational terror organization, how it recruits followers, what is being done to try to stop it – and what does and doesn’t seem to be working. Video Notes Essay: In one paragraph what do you think can be done to stop ISIS using information that you have obtained through video and research. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ SYRIAN REFUGEES Video Notes: Using the website - http://syrianrefugees.eu/ choose a country or region of the world where refugees have emigrated and summarize their plight below. Create a wordle with the key words you used. Reflections: Did their story move you or affect you in some way? Read the NYTIMES article entitled, “Everyone has a Right To Live A Life That’s Not In Danger,” by Katie Flaherty Record a summary and reflection below: Summary Reflection Show migratory Patterns on the map below….. Brainstorm What is the solution? .