Surviving Repression: Persepolis

Evaluate how a video and a written account convey information about Iranian history and culture, and determine which medium is more effective.

Identify and explain the basic features of graphic novels in order to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of graphic novels as a medium for presenting a memoir.

Explain how the author uses words and images together to develop the reader's understanding of significant characters and events.

Explain how specific incidents impact and reveal aspects of characters and setting, and describe how the author communicates this through text and images.

Explain how specific incidents impact and reveal aspects of characters, and describe how the author communicates this through text and images.

Explain how specific incidents impact and reveal aspects of characters, and describe how the author communicates this through text and images.

Drawing evidence from two texts, explain the impact of the Iranian Revolution on women's rights, and how women resisted the changes imposed by the new regime.

Analyze how specific incidents impact and reveal aspects of characters and setting, and describe how the author communicates this through text and images.

Explain how some Iranians responded to and resisted their new government, and describe how the author uses text and images to develop this.

Explain how specific events develop the idea that Marji's adolescence is both universal and shaped by her setting, and analyze how the author develops this idea through text and images.

Explain how specific incidents impact and reveal aspects of characters and setting, and describe how the author communicates this through text and images.

Determine themes in Persepolis and explain how the author develops them in the text.

Evaluate the effectiveness of various mediums in conveying information about why some Muslim women choose to wear a hijab.

Determine an author's perspective and purpose and explain where and how she responds to conflicting viewpoints.

Engage in a Socratic Seminar with peers, demonstrating a deep understanding of the text and topic by posing and responding to questions, and providing evidence to support ideas.

Determine themes in Persepolis and explain how Satrapi develops them in the text.

Identify the central idea of both a text article and a video, explain how each is developed and supported, and determine the effectiveness of the medium in conveying the information that is presented.