Libya
by Kim Campbell
Eden Prairie, MN
National Geographic Magazine, November 2000, Libya: An Inside Look After 30 Years of Isolation. p.3-30.
Lesson One: Students will familiarize themselves to the article by analyzing the pictures within the story. Students will be asked specific questions as well as general questions about some of the pictures in the story.
Page 2-3: Who do you think Qaddafi is? What do you think the picture behind Qaddafi is trying to illustrate?
Page 4-5: Describe everything you see in this picture. What is this picture trying to tell you?
Page 6-7: Read the caption. Why do you think Qaddafi preaches a classless society?
Page 10: What is the main purpose of this map? By looking at this map can you tell what Libya’s main resource is?
Page 15: (lower right picture) What does this picture imply? Read the caption written in green. Why do you think Qaddafi would say this?
Page 16: Study the picture. Make a question you would ask after studying this picture.
Page 20: Look closely on the hillside. What do you see? Why do you think that is there?
**After analyzing the pictures students should have many other questions that will be answered after reading the article.
Lesson Two: Access the Power Point presentation
located on this web page. The power point will give basic background necessary
before you read the article. In the note section of the power point are detailed
notes to accompany each slide. The information will give students a basic understanding
of Libya and serve as wonderful introduction to the article. The power point
also has a review to be used after the presentation.
***Click here to
view the PowerPoint slide show on Libya***
Lesson Three: (you are ready to read the article)
Grouping Activity: (This is for a class of 30) To get students into groups you will use words that are associated with Libya and the article they are about to read. Students will work in pairs and will find their partner by matching their word with their partners. The following words should be put on index cards. (each word should be put on 2 index cards)
Italians Arabs Great Man Made River Africa
Berbers Oil Pan Am Flight Qaddafi
Libya Tripoli Sahara Islam
Dinar 27 sanctions
Jigsaw Activity: Students will work in partners to complete the article in a jigsaw fashion. After each group reads their assigned section students should answer the 4 questions assigned to their reading. **Groups 13, 14, and 15 have one less question and could be used with lower ability students**
Group 1 p8 to p8 (Libya’s isolation)
1. Define corniche.
Use corniche in a sentence.
2. After you have read your section what kind of leader do you think Qaddafi is? Give examples to support your answer.
3. Why do you think Qaddafi discourages contact between Libyans and foreigners?
4. After Qaddafi takes over Libya what happens within Libya?
Group 2 p8 (Libya’s isolation)-p11 (now French)
1. What is a sanction?
2. Why does the United Nations put sanctions on Libya?
3. Give examples of how Qaddafi has helped his country earn the reputation as being a terrorist country.
4. What is the reaction of the United Nations when Qaddafi releases the suspects of Pan Am Flight 103 for trial? What is the reaction of the United States?
Group 3: p11(now French)-p14 (Qaddafi himself)
1. How is Libya trying to overcome the sanctions that have been placed on them?
2. After what you read-----describe what you think Libya’s airline service is like.
3. What does the author of the article see as he is flying to meet Qaddafi?
4. Describe what you see in the picture on p.11. Read the caption
Group 4: p.14 (Qaddafi himself)-p.15 (the country)
1. Define miasma.
Use miasma correctly in a sentence.
2. What were some of the theories as to why Qaddafi was on crutches?
3. What is of Qaddafi’s main goals for Africa? What are 2 reasons you think this would be a good idea and 2 reasons why this would be a bad idea?
4. Read the picture caption on p.14. What is a dissident and what happens to them?
Group 5: p15 (the country)-p16 (for all)
1. Before Qaddafi took power in Libya did the world know much about Libya? Why or why not?
2. 90% of Libya is ____________. How do they know that 4,000 years ago Libya was once a lush, tropical landscape.
3. What is the western part of Libya like?
4. What did the Arabs in the 7th century bring to northern Africa?
Group 6: p. 16 (for all)-p.16 (the fact)
1. In 1951 Libya gained its independence from _________________. Its economy was based on
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2. What is discovered in 1959 that makes Libya one of the richest countries in the world? _________ Give an example of what people did with their new wealth.
3. How does Qaddafi change Libya?
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4. After Qaddafi takes power and implements his policies what happens to Libyans in regards to the rest of the world?
Group 7: p.16 (the fact)-p.20 (Qaddafi)
1. Why does Qaddafi not allow hotels to carry cable?
2. Give examples of how Libya is different today in regards to foreigners.
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3. How is life different for the man from Iraq now that he lives in Libya?
4. When Libya was strictly governed by Islam give examples as to what life was like for women.
Group 8 p. 20(Qaddafi)-p21.
1. Define dias
Correctly use dias in a sentence.
2. How has Qaddafi promoted the interests of women?
3. Why would the Libyan government encourage Moroccan women into prostitution?
4. Why did the government plan to promote prostitution backfire?
Group 9 p. 22(away)-p.22(I asked)
1. Why would Qaddafi say, “We’ve lost our youths.”
2. After reading this section what is the judicial system (law) like in Libya?
3. Define remanded.
Correctly use remanded in a sentence.
4. If an individual is caught with a large amount of heroin what is the penalty?
Group 10: p.22(I asked)-p.23
1. What is sharia?
2. What happens pregnancy occurs for a couple who is not married?
3. What’s a hijab?
What is starting to happen in Libya in regards to the hijab?
What is Qaddafi’s position on this?
4. Explain why Qaddafi gets so angry at the General People’s Congress meeting?
Group 11: p27(in the)-p.27 (while)
1. Describe what life was like for Libyans in the 70s and 80s.
2. What happens in the late 80s?
3. What’s the dinar?
4. Why would tourism increase as the dinar slides? (decreases in value)
Group 12: p.27(while)-p. 28 (also)
1. What is Libya’s biggest business?
2. Explain one of the United State’s sanctions against Libya regarding oil.
3. How have American oil companies continued to do business with Libya even with the sanctions?
4. Read the caption on p. 28. What % of oil makes up Libya’s export earnings? ____
What problems could arise when such a high percentage of a countries exports is concentrated in one area?
Group 13: p.28 (also)-p.29(exploring)
1. What’s the purpose of the Great Man Made River?
2. Why did Qaddafi want Surt to be a destination of the Great Man Made River? Did it work?
3. What problems could arise by building the Great Man Made River?
Group 14: p. 29(exploring)-p. 29 (in his)
1. What did Qaddafi do when he found out his Prime Minister had NOT moved to Surt?
2. What does Qaddafi’s action tell you about him?
Group 15: p.29(in his)-end p.30)
1. Why does Qaddafi hate cities?
2. When the authors of the article refers to the West who are they talking about?
3. Why do you think Qaddafi wants to strike a pose that looks like a prophet?