Intended use: Teaching Arab Culture & Arab Studies

“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

Films for the Classroom

This resource lists 13 films from and about the Middle …

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

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

Superheroes Inspired by Islam

In this TED Talk, Naif Al-Mutawa talks about THE 99, a …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Suheir Hammad: Poems of War, Peace, Women, Power

In this TED Talk, Suheir Hammad performs two spoken wor …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour

Jamil Abu-Wardeh founded the Axis of Evil Middle East C …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

A Country with No Water

Qatar has many natural resources, but water is not one …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen Through My Eyes

In this TED Talk, Nadia Al-Sakkaf talks about her visio …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

The Attitudes that Sparked Arab Spring

In this Ted Talk, Dalia Mogahed shares information abou …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Revolution in Cairo

The Egyptian Revolution, launched on January 25, 2011, …

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

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)

Essential Readings: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

This resource offers a collection of readings considere …

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

Essential Readings: Reading Lebanon

This resource includes a list of several books and docu …

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

Essential Readings: State Building and Regime Security in Jordan

Throughout its short history as a nation, the Hashemite …

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

Essential Readings: Bahrain: Origins of a Crisis

During the Bahraini uprisings, demonstrators demanded g …

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

Iraqi-Jewish Archive

Jews lived in Iraq for centuries, but by the 1970s, mos …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: US National Archives

Baghdad Twist

This documentary features a collection of photographs, …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Film Board of Canada

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

Ethics on Film: Discussion of “The Battle of Algiers”

The classic and somewhat controversial film, The Battle …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Relations

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

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

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

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

Arabia and Israel in the 20th Century

This resource includes five videos reviewing the declin …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Khan Academy

The Middle East after World War I: Drawing Boundaries, Dividing a Region, and Creating a Crisis

Following World War I, the Allied Powers divided the fo …

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

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

Culture: A Rich Mosaic

This article explores the diversity of cultures living …

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

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

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

Science and Islam-A BBC Documentary

In this BBC documentary, physicist Jim Al-Khalili explo …

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

Science in Islam-The Forgotten Brilliance

This article provides invaluable background information …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Islamic Arts and Architecture

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

Access Islam

These multimedia resources about Islam will help studen …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Educational Broadcasting Corporation

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

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

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

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