Lesson 1: Long Term Causes of 9/11
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
Identify US policy on the Middle East in terms of the Cold War, rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Gulf War and emergence of Osama Bin Ladin.
How did American commitment to fighting communism lead to our involvement in Afghanistan and the Middle East?
What is religious fundementalism and how does it conflict with secular US ideas?
Who was Osama Bin Laden?
What terrorists attacks preceded 9/11?
Cold War
secular
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Al Qaeda
mujahadin
Gulf War
Taliban
jihad
USS Cole
First WTC attack
Attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
US H 14F
TBA
TBD
Slideshow tracing growth of fundementalism from 1979-2001