Themes: Social, Religious & Political Institutions

Children Like Us

In this lesson, students will engage in an interactive …

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School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Arab American National Museum

IQRA Network

Reading Arabic and reciting the Quran correctly is a di …

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School Level: Elementary
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Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 3

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 2

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Global Language Project – Arabic Curriculum – Year 1

This download includes the Global Language Project comp …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Global Language Project

Telling the Story of the Arab Spring Through Graffiti

During the Arab Spring, city walls were often the only …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Online Tools
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Crossing Boundaries, St. Lawrence University

Restoring Women to World Studies: A Document Based Curriculum Unit for Grades 9-12

The following resource is part of a larger resource on …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The International Outreach Consortium at the University of Texas at Austin

UT Austin Curriculum Units and Online Resources

UT Austin has created classroom-ready curriculum units …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin

Changing U.S. Foreign Policy

This lesson plan is part of PBS’s Global Connections: T …

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

Coup to Revolution: U.S. Foreign Policy in Iran

This lesson plan is part of PBS’s Global Connections: T …

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

How 9/11 Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy

This lesson plan is part of PBS’s Global Connections: T …

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

The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender: The Islamic Period: The Concept of Ethnicity

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender: The Islamic Period: Diversity and Pluralism

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender: Mesopotamia Before Islam

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender: Egypt Before Islam

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender: An Overview

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Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Middle East as Seen Through Foreign Eyes: Antiquity to the 19th Century

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Empires to Nation-States: The Islamic Period

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Empires to Nation-States: Late Antiquity

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Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Empires to Nation-States: Before Islam

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Rulership and Justice: The Islamic Period

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Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Rulership and Justice: Before Islam

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Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

The Middle East As Net Exporter of Religion

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Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators – The “Golden Age” of Islam

This module provides essays and lesson plans for teache …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Yemen: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

United Arab Emirates: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Turkey: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Saudi Arabia: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Syria: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Tunisia: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Qatar: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to 9-12 U.S. Curriculum on the Middle East & North Africa

This resource is a compilation of units and curricula f …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: British Council and Social Science Research Council

7 Maps That Explain the Middle East

This resource is an article written in a guest post to …

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

How Arab Youth See the Middle East

Donald A. Baer, chief executive officer of Burson-Marst …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Council on Foreign Relations

Lebanon: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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

Libya: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Morocco: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Oman: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Palestine: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

A Brief History of the Veil in Islam

This article provides an overview of scarves and veils …

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Institution/Provider: Facing History and Ourselves

Egypt: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Iran: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Iraq: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Israel: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Jordan: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Kuwait: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Links for Educators

This resource is comprised of an extensive list of free …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

Bahrain: Country Profile

This comprehensive country profile introduces readers t …

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

Algeria: Country Profile

This profile of Algeria provides a comprehensive overvi …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Policy Council

Country Profiles

This collection includes 21 profiles of countries acros …

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