Lesson Two

Inquiry Question: Iran 1951 – Who controlled the government?

Texts/Materials
Text A— “Man of the Year: Challenge of the East” TIME Magazine, Jan. 7th, 1952 (Excerpt)
Student Interactive Notebook

Activities
1. Teacher model
Your teacher will briefly model historical reading with the first paragraph of Text A. Pay close attention to the ways in which he/she makes sense of the text. Write down any reading strategies that help your teacher read more deeply in the space provided in your interactive notebook.

2. Individual read
Continue reading the text. While reading, make your thinking visible by Thinking Aloud or Talking to the Text. Your teacher will tell you which to use. Click here to view a student work sample of this text.

3. Pair share of your reading
With a partner, go through the text, sentence by sentence (or paragraph by paragraph), discussing your reading. Take turns sharing and listening.

• Share comments, questions, understandings, roadblocks, reading processes – how you made sense of the text, how you built understandings.
• Listen to your partner’s thinking and elicit more thinking with questions such as: “What did you do?” or “How did that help you understand the reading?”
• Help each other clarify roadblocks.
• Add good ideas from your discussion to your notes on the text.
• Be prepared to share something from your discussion with the whole class – it could be a clarification, something interesting or important that you figured out together, or a connection or question.

4. Whole class share
Record new or interesting ideas from the class discussion in the space provided.

5. Individual writing
Look over your reading annotations and notes from your partner and whole class discussion. Write a “This is about…” statement for Text A, including key points from the reading. Compare with your partner and include any additional notes or ideas from your discussion in your interactive notebook.