Educational use: Curriculum Design

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Children of Heaven

The Persian film, Children of Heaven, tells the story o …

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

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Umm Kulthum: Her Life and Legacy

The legacy of Umm Kulthum, the internationally famous E …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

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Hip Hop and the Arab Uprisings

Music played an important role in garnering support for …

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

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Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

TE Lawrence is famously known for his role as liaison t …

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

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Golden Age of Islamic Achievement

This five lesson unit based on Common Core State Standa …

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

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Science and Islam

This resource supports teaching and learning about scie …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Museum of the History of Science

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Women’s Voices in the Modern Middle East

This website hosts a collection of resources that prese …

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

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The Experience of the Egyptian Revolution

In 2011, the Egyptian people staged 18 days of demonstr …

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

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Teaching with the News

This website is a collection of detailed lesson plans w …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program

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Our Shared Past in the Mediterranean

This teaching resource offers a unique approach to worl …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University

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Teaching about Refugees

As an increasing number of refugees in the Arab world s …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Georgetown University

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Rethinking the Region: Empire and Nation

This unit is based on an extensive analysis of high sch …

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

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Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to the 9-12 US Curriculum on the Middle East and North Africa

This curriculum was born out of an extensive analysis o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Teach-MENA

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ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Arabic)

This publication focuses on The American Council on the …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Print Publication
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

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Penn Middle East Center Useful Links, Resources, and Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers

This is an extensive list of links related to teaching …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center

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ICO Arabic Stories Teacher Guide

Arabic Stories Teacher Guide helps with the effective u …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Print Publication
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: ICO - International Curricula Organization

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The Light in Her Eyes

This site presents the trailer of The Light in Her Eyes …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape, Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: POV

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Marhaba! Teacher’s Toolkit

“Marhaba! Teacher’s Toolkit” is a guide to help with th …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Online Tools, Print Publication
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Cheng & Tsui

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Comprehensible Input

This article discusses 25 ways to find comprehensible i …

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

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Arab Culture and Civilization: Family and Society

This resource deals mostly with gender roles and shifti …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

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Comic Book Project

The purpose of this project is to have students practic …

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

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Arab Culture and Civilization: Popular Culture and the Performing Arts

This is a fantastic resource for a broad overview of po …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

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Arab Culture and Civilization: Islam

This resource provides an excellent background on Islam …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

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Arab Culture and Civilization: Ethnicity and Identity

This unit explores the identity of Arabs from Arab pers …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

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Arab Culture and Civilization: History

This unit focuses on the history of the Arab culture an …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

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Curriculum Units and Online Resources (CMES at UT Austin)

This page lists a small collection of units and lesson …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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Lesson Plans (CMES at the University of Arizona)

This site provides an extensive collection of teacher-p …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)

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The Modern Middle East Resource Guide

This resource guide lists useful books, films, and webs …

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

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Kalima wa Nagham: A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume I

Presenting a new Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Print Publication
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas Press

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Arabic Calligraphy

This is a power point presentation focusing on the diff …

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

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Media Construction of the Middle East: A Digital Media Literacy Curriculum

This curriculum provides teachers, college faculty and …

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

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Culture Talk: Education and Schools

CultureTalk – Arab World features native speakers from …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages

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Arabic Teaching Resources: Elementary School Arabic Curriculum Framework

Arabic Teaching Resource’s Elementary School Arabic cur …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Arabic Teaching Resources

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Discovering Arabic

Discovering Arabic posts informative articles relating …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Online Tools, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Discovering Arabic

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Arabic Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

This Arabic resource site was developed by the Arabic a …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax

Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax pres …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Print Publication, Streaming Audio, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Yale University Press

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Tajweed Books

Tajweed Books is a series of three books that describe …

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

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Christian Evangelical Recordings

Although the Global Recordings Network is a proselytiza …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Global Recordings Network

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Developing Linguistic and Cultural Competency in the United States

This resource guide is a companion to another NFLC publ …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)

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Ahlan wa Sahlan: Instructor’s Handbook

Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for …

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