This document provides an overview of 15 lessons on nationalism and independence movements in South Asia and the Muslim world between the 19th and 21st centuries. It introduces key concepts like nationalism, self-determination, the British Raj, and independence leaders like Gandhi, Jinnah, and Nasser. It also summarizes the establishment of modern nation states in Turkey and Israel and ongoing conflicts in Palestine, Egypt, Iran, and other parts of the Muslim world. Major events covered include the partition of India, Arab-Israeli wars, Iranian revolution, and Arab Spring uprisings.
3. Guiding Questions
How and why did the educated elite in India lead the nationalist
movement?
How did the goals of the Indian National Congress change after the Great
War?
12. Guiding Questions
How did Gandhis spiritual and educational background influence his
teachings?
What tactics and methods did Gandhi use to bring attention to the struggle
for independence in India?
What changes came about with the India Act?
What problems did India still fact despite the passage of the India Act?
26. Guiding Questions
How did World War II affect the movement for self-rule in India?
How did religious tensions in South Asia affect the independence
movement?
What were the effects of the partition of India?
39. Guiding Questions
Why did Turkey fight a war for independence?
What was Atat端rks vision for a new national identity?
What effects did Atat端rks ideas about secularism have on Turkish society?
How could one argue that the Turkish government was both democratic
and authoritarian?
46. Guiding Questions
What happened to the Arab territories after the Ottoman empires
collapse?
What challenges did Arab states face after independence?
55. Guiding Questions
What impact did European colonialism have on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict?
What were the causes and immediate consequences of the UN Partition
Plan?
77. Guiding Questions
How did Reza Shah establish the Pahlavi Dynasty?
How did Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah try to modernize Iran? How
do their actions compare to that of Atat端rks in Turkey?
83. Guiding Questions
Why were the Iranian revolutionaries critical of Shah Pahlavi and the
United States?
How did Ayatollah Khomeini gain power in Iran?
What was the impact of the Iranian Revolution?
91. Guiding Questions
What factors led to the Arab Spring uprisings?
To what extent was the Arab Spring movement successful?
What have been the major obstacles to change?