IRANIAN SOCIETY THROUGH CINEMA Paper Proposal （for modify）

Ziyao Li

IAS 3753

Dr. Manata Hashemi

Working Title:

The Education Gap

Research Question:

How did the youth of Iran make up the education gap resulted from the Cultural Revolution from 1980 to 1982?

This is a critical question because it involves both education and the youth of Iran. Education and the youth are both very fundamental perspectives for a society to thrive. During the cultural revolution, the education system was shut down, which would undermine the overall quality of a generation. Research of this issue will lead us to the methods used to make up the education gap. It is possible to help other countries suffering similar issues.

Thesis Statement:

After the Iran’s cultural revolution during 1980 to 1982, the youth of Iran made up the education gap caused during the revolution by promoting student movements.

Outline:

· Introduction:

· Cultural Revolution happened in Iran during 1980 to 1982. The education institutions like universities were shut down for the 3-year period. And this gap in education brought significant influence on the youth of Iran at that time. However, the education gap was made up successfully after the revolution.

· State the thesis statement:

· The education gap is made up by the youth in Iran. They promoted the student movement to help the society recover from the revolution.

· The scars left from the revolution

· The revolution lasted 3 years, young people who were supposed to be students had to quit school. The government forced schools to close. The chain of delivering knowledge was broken. And young people cannot find proper things to do when quitting school.

· Student movements

· After the cultural revolution, people in Iran realized they need to correct the current education situation recover the damages resulted from the revolution. Since Iran’s youth has a great number in the society, their power was not to be ignored. They started to fight for their own rights and profits. They were looking for ways to make up the damage has been down. Then the student movement eventually worked for recovering Iran’s education level.

· Conclusion

· The cultural revolution in Iran hurt its education continuity. However, the youth of Iran managed to make up for the damage caused by the cultural revolution. Student movements played the dominant role in this recovering process.

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