Palestine 101 / Module 1
The History of Palestine
This opening lesson grounds Palestinian history in the struggle for self-determination. It names the outside powers and settler-colonial forces that have shaped Palestinian life and resistance.
Learning objectives
- Explain how self-determination shapes Palestinian history and resistance.
- Recognize how empires, colonial powers, and Zionist settlement affected Palestinian life.
Transcript excerpt
Excerpt from the lesson transcript
Palestinian history has been shaped by the fight for self-determination, and knowing this is key to understanding their spirit of resistance. Self-determination means what it sounds like, the power to act and move free of outside control. Palestinians have been denied this for decades by many groups, the Ottoman Empire, European imperialist powers, and the Zionist settler colonial state of Israel.
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