Who is this for?
Secondary-school (ages 14+) and undergraduate educators in history, politics, gender studies, journalism, and human-rights law. Every resource is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, so you may adapt and redistribute freely with credit.
45-minute lesson — "Who was Mahsa Amini?"
- Open (5 min): Show the 30-second BBC News explainer clip on Mahsa Amini's arrest.
- Read (10 min): Mahsa Amini biography and 3-minute read.
- Discuss (20 min): Use the questions below.
- Write (10 min): One-paragraph response — "What duty, if any, does the international community have when a state kills a citizen in custody?"
90-minute lesson — "Why did the 2022 uprising happen?"
- Frame (10 min): Map activity locating Iran, Kordestan, Tehran, Saqqez, Zahedan.
- Read (20 min): Uprising + Hijab law.
- Source analysis (30 min): In small groups, compare a UN Fact-Finding Mission excerpt, an Amnesty statement, and an IRNA press release on the same event. What language differs? What facts are omitted?
- Discuss (20 min): Discussion questions.
- Close (10 min): Exit ticket — name three primary sources for human-rights reporting on Iran.
Week-long unit — "Iran 1979–2026"
- Day 1 — Revolution and the founding of the Islamic Republic. Read: Heritage.
- Day 2 — The 1988 mass executions. Read: World + Robertson QC report.
- Day 3 — 2009 Green Movement; 2019 Bloody November. Read: Timeline.
- Day 4 — Mahsa Amini and Woman, Life, Freedom. Read: Mahsa Amini.
- Day 5 — 2026 Crimson Winter and the Two Nights. Read: Two Nights. Assessment due.
Discussion questions
- Mahsa Amini's Kurdish name was Jina. Why did her identity document say "Mahsa"? What does this tell us about the relationship between language and state power?
- Iran's prosecutor-general announced in December 2022 that the morality police were "disbanded". Why did Western media report this as fact? How could the claim have been verified?
- UN experts called the 2023 Chastity & Hijab Bill "gender apartheid". What test of evidence would have to be met for this to amount to a "crime against humanity"?
- Iran carried out 972 executions in 2024 — the highest in 15 years. Why might executions ongezeko wakati wa kipindi cha kudhoofika kwa uhalali wa serikali?
- Linganisha majibu ya kimataifa kuhusu mauaji ya halaiki ya 1988 na majibu ya maasi ya 2022. Nini kilibadilika? Nini hakikubadilika?
Vifurushi vinavyoweza kupakuliwa
- E-book kamili (PDF, English) — maandishi kamili ya muda mrefu.
- Seti ya bango za darasani — waathiriwa 22 waliotajwa majina, zinazoweza kuchapishwa.
- Mstari wa muda 1979–2026 (JSON) — weka kwenye Notion, Airtable, au onyesho la slaidi.
- Seti ya data ya waathiriwa waliotajwa majina (JSON).
- Vyanzo & bibliografia.
Kumbuka kuhusu kufaa kwa umri
Maudhui haya yanajumuisha masimulizi ya mauaji, mateso na unyanyasaji wa kijinsia. Hakiki kabla ya kushiriki na wanafunzi walio chini ya miaka 16; zingatia kuhariri picha za kutisha zaidi katika Faces kwa ajili ya hadhira ya vijana zaidi. Wanafunzi wenye asili ya Iran wanaweza kuwa na uhusiano wa kibinafsi na matukio haya — tengeneza nafasi kwa ajili hiyo.