![]() ![]() ![]() Forced to grow up quickly, Marjane begins to learn about the history of Iran and the many invaders and rulers it has had over its centuries’ long history. Further, the regime forces all women and girls to wear veils. Marjane’s parents, however, are modern and secular in outlook though they supported the Revolution again the Shah, who was a despotic ruler, they are alarmed and dismayed at the fundamentalist turn of the new Islamic Republic. Teach Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi opens right after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which results in the downfall of the American-backed dictator known as the Shah of Iran and leads to the rise of the religious hardliners who establish the oppressive Islamic Republic. Marjane Satrapi describes how she used to attend a French co-educational and non-religious school, but how this is outlawed because the Islamic Republic distrusts and rallies against all Western influences. Teach Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Teach Persepolis Marjane Satrapi: What It’s About? Click HERE for the full lesson on Teachers Pay Teachers ![]()
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