Plan of Attack | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Afghanistan - This is the mountainous country between the former Soviet Union and Pakistan, where al-Qaeda terrorists establish training camps, hosted by the fundamentalist Muslim Taliban, which finally evicts the Russians after a long war, using sophisticated U.S. arms.

al-Qaeda - This is an ultra-fundamentalist Muslim organization founded by Osama bin Laden.

Axis of Evil - The pithy phrase in Bush's January 29, 2002, State of the Union address, this phrase is first suggested by conservative author David Frum as a means of linking Saddam and 9/11 as an collection of hatred.

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