Rampant Executions in Iran: A Lesson Plan
Rationale: It is essential to talk about this topic and get
students attention on it. Men and women have been under the thumb of their
government for years and it is time that more light is shed on it and change is
brought about. It is also important that not only a few people know, but many.
This is crucial because if many people care than they can start the bandwagon
rolling.
Primary Question: Why do these executions
happen?
Primary Concepts: Execution, Stoning,
Torture,
Learner Outcomes: Students will broaden their minds to current
happenings, students will realize that there are horrors outside our American
bubble, students will see how women can be treated wrongly in other
countries.
Materials: Weebly Internet site, a means to project that site.
Body of Lesson: Welcome students, get situated and get them
settled into the lesson. Inform them of the human rights violations and what is
going on in Iran. Tell them that even though there are many executions and
things of that sort in Iran, many more take place and just aren’t documented
because the government means to keep some of them
secret.
Talk about what the topic will be various violations of human
rights. Go through the website mentioning child executions, inhumane killings,
and treatments in prisons in Iran. Mention that not much can be done about these
things because the government has a tight grip on
regulations.
Talk about each individual violation and go a little more in
depth on them. Make connections to how child executions take place with people a
few years older than they are. Talk about how stoning is an incredibly inhumane
way to die and some logistics of a stoning. (How it is carried out) Tell them
the difference of drop hanging and suspended hanging and how this is a favorite
form of execution for the government and is often done right in public. Finally
go into the prison treatment situation and the torture issue. Talk about the two
examples on the website and how they are tortured for virtually
nothing.
Ask about what they think and ask for some ideas for an action
plan of their own and how to get the word out and how to solve the problem. Have
them talk amongst themselves and see if they can think of a solution for a
single human right or if they have time, more than one.
Answer any questions they might have on the presentation on
things such as the executions, torture of people in prison, and the stoning
process. As they are getting ready to go, tell them to get the word out. Tell
their friends and family. Have them tell their parents at the dinner table. Just
have them get the word out. Tell them that nothing will really happen unless
everyone gets on board with it.