1. Introduction to Persepolis
English III

2. Agenda MUGShot Sentence Read the intro to Persepolis
What is the Islamic Revolution?

3. MUGShot Sentence
Complete the MUGShot sentence on your chart.

4. What are we reading?
Persepolis is the memoir of Marjane Satrapi: an account of growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
It is a graphic novel!
How do I read graphic novels? Let’s let students teach us!

5. 6: Read captions before speech bubbles4 1 7 5 2 3
6: Read captions before speech bubbles 8 10 11 9

6. Intro to Persepolis
We are going to read this memoir about how the Islamic Revolution affected Marjane’s life.
She wrote an intro to the novel explaining a little about the history of her country and why this time was so impactful.
Let’s see what she has to say!

7. Historical Context: The Islamic Revolution in Iran

8. A Recap of What We Learned about the Islamic Revolution in Iran
John Green’s Crash Course World History: