I Am Syria

I Am Syria provides a Prezi presentation on the backgro …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: I Am Syria

Words and Images: Art of Iran

Art of Iran includes 5 lesson plans that introduce stud …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State Mniversity

The Ottoman Empire

This guide from Primary Source includes a collection of …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Palestine in Film

This resource serves as a comprehensive guide to the re …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Movies about the Middle East

This resource includes an extensive list of films about …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Helen Ziegler and Associates

Mem u Zin: Understanding Kurdish Culture through Poetry and Film

In this lesson, students watch the film based on an epi …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Bridging a Cultural Divide with Literature about Arabs and Arab Americans

This article makes the case for including multicultural …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle School Journal

Arts of the Islamic World: A Teacher’s Guide

Arts of the Islamic World is a guide and resource for e …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

ArchNet

Archnet is an international community of scholars and s …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Understanding Migration: Curriculum Resources for the Classroom

This curricular resource, Understanding Migration, help …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

People and Place: Curriculum Resources on Human-Environmental Interactions

Through regional case studies, this unit introduces stu …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

People and Place: The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)

In this unit, a part of the People and Place curriculum …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

People and Place: The Zabbaleen, Cairo’s Garbage Workers

In this unit, a part of the People and Place curriculum …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

People and Place: Aswan High Dam

In this unit, a part of the People and Place curriculum …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

Modern Egypt

This guide provides books, websites, curriculum, films …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

9/11: Resources for Teachers

This guide, curated by Primary Source, highlights books …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Africa Enslaved: A Curriculum Unit on Comparative Slave Systems for Grades 9-12

While slavery in the U.S. is a common topic in the curr …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

A Century of Conflict & Resolution in the Middle East

This guide provides books, videos, news sources, blogs, …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

15 Minute History: History of the Ottoman Empire, Part I

In this episode of 15 Minute History. host Christopher …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World: Egypt, Greece, Italy

This manual introduces teachers and students to 20 piec …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Art Institute of Chicago

How Many Wives?

In this lesson, students understand how religious text …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Muslim Women Through Time

This lesson plan challenges the idea of a monolithic an …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Who Wears a Veil?

In this lesson, students will consider ways in which Mu …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Terrorism: What’s in a Word?

Terrorism has become a frequently used word; yet, with …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Middle East: Land, Resources, Economics

This lesson begins by asking students to compare and co …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Got Water?

In this 3 part lesson plan, students consider the limit …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Oil Crisis: What Would You Do?

In this lesson, students are given a hypothetical situa …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Summit

In this 4-5 day lesson plan, students take on the roles …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

A Meeting of World Leaders

This 2-3 day lesson plan asks students to delve into th …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Mapping the Middle East

In this lesson, students learn the history of how the M …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Stereotypes: More than Meet the Eyes

This lesson is one of two in this particular series. In …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

“Reading” Political Cartoons

In this lesson plan, students will understand represent …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Muslim Women and Soccer

This unit includes 5 lessons about Muslim women and soc …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Exploring Stereotypes with “Aladdin”

In this lesson plan, students unpack commonly held ster …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TeachMideast

Vocabulary of the Middle East

This two-part lesson plan introduces students to key vo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Rebels by Accident

Rebels by Accident, by Patricia Dunn, tells the story o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

The Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt

In this lesson, students learn about the scientific and …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Touring Ancient Egypt

In this lesson plan, students will use different maps t …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

A Day in the Life of an Egyptian

In this lesson plan, students explore the daily lives o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Architectural Marvels of Egypt

In this lesson plan, students learn about the architect …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Egypt’s Greatest Leaders

In this lesson, students learn about famous pharaohs in …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

The Queens of Ancient Egypt

In this lesson, students learn about some of the queens …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Tombs and the Afterlife

This lesson examines the concept of the afterlife in an …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Egypt’s Golden Empire: Hieroglyphs and Communication

This lesson plan focuses on the use of hieroglyphics fo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Egypt’s Golden Empire

This website includes a comprehensive collection of res …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS

Cafe Baghdad Curriculum

Cafe Baghdad, a script provided by this resource, tells …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Young Adult Literature About the Middle East: A Cultural Response Perspective

Literature is a powerful tool to help students connect …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Lesson Plans about the Iraq War

This collection of lesson plans provides resources for …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Rethinking Schools

Readings on Holidays (Maimouna) – Lesson Plan

This lesson plan for intermediate-level students is des …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Sarah Standish

Security or Separation? Analyzing the West Bank Barrier through Soccer

The Israeli-built Separation Wall between the West Bank …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University