Cleopatra’s Palace: In Search of a Legend

This website includes lesson plans for elementary, midd …

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

Wheel of Pharaoh

In this activity, elementary students practice what the …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Discovery Education

Middle East in the Kitchen

This lesson for a middle school level home economics/cu …

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

Muslim Women and Soccer

This five-lesson teaching unit explores the role of spo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
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Life of an Iranian Teenager

In this five lesson teaching unit, middle school studen …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
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100 Years in Mesopotamia: A Century of Conflict in Iraq, 1914-2014

This two-week unit plan was created for 9th grade Moder …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
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Middle East and North Africa Geography

In this lesson plan, students learn not only the curren …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: NewsHour Productions LLC

In the Country of Men: Teaching Guide

This teaching guide to Hisham Matar’s novel In the Coun …

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

Waltz With Bashir: Study Notes

This guide to the animated documentary Waltz With Bashi …

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

Debunking Stereotypes About Muslims and Islam

This lesson from Teaching Tolerance focuses on challeng …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center

5,000-year-old Echoes of Humanity: Baalbek, Lebanon

This lesson examines music and dance from the Middle Ea …

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

Egypt: The Bedouin Culture

This lesson explores Bedouin culture in Egypt through m …

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

Ooooh, the Oud

This lesson for elementary students introduces them to …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Smithsonian Folkways

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through Children’s Eyes

This lesson plan explores competing perspectives on the …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Education World, Inc

ADC Educational Resources

This is a page of resources for educators from the Amer …

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

Arabic Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal!

In this lesson, students learn about the ghazal, a form …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Teachers’ Resource: Voyage Through the Islamic Middle East

This lesson from the Victoria & Albert Museum in Lo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Victoria & Albert Museum

Teachers’ Resource: Maths and Islamic Art & Design

This lesson from the Victoria & Albert Museum in Lo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Victoria & Albert Museum

Teachers’ Resource: Exploring Calligraphy Through the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art

This lesson from the Victoria & Albert Museum in Lo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Victoria & Albert Museum

Exploring Plant-Based Design Through the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art

This lesson from the Victoria & Albert Museum in Lo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Victoria & Albert Museum

Lesson Plan: Revolution in Tunisia

This lesson plan asks students to explore the causes an …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Lesson Plan: Writing About the “Arab Spring”

This lesson pan provides resources to assist teachers i …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Lesson Plan: Youth and Education in Afghanistan

This lesson plan uses primary and secondary sources to …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Whose “Terrorism”?

This article and lesson activity from Bill Bigelow chal …

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

Greed as a Weapon: Teaching the Other Iraq War

This teaching activity is a role play that asks student …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Zinn Education Project

Islam: Empire of Faith (Educational Resources)

This is a set of lesson plans from PBS to accompany the …

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

Science and the Art of the Islamic World

This unit from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Art of …

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

Teaching the Armenian Genocide with Primary Sources

This teaching resources from The New York Times’ Learni …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company

Je Suis Charlie et Ahmed: Teaching and Learning About the Charlie Hebdo Attacks

This suggested plan of instruction addresses the impact …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company

Teenagers and Extremism: Investigating the ISIS Recruitment Pipeline

This post on The Learning Network uses articles from Th …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Online Tools, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company

PBS NewsHour Extra

PBS NewsHour Extra is the educator resource page for PB …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: NewsHour Productions LLC

Teaching Resources (CMES at Harvard University)

The Teaching Resources page for Harvard University’s Ce …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Middle East Outreach Council Perspectives

The Middle East Outreach Council’s newsletter Perspecti …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Outreach Council

ReOrienting the Veil

Developed for a 2013 conference, “Reorienting the Veil” …

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

I am Malala: A Resource Guide for Educators

This is a resource guide for I am Malala: The Story of …

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

GWU Institute for Middle East Studies: Lesson Plans

George Washington University’s Institute for Middle Eas …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Elliott School, George Washington University

Test 2 email respopnce

The courses feature top-notch Arabic teacher training d …

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Media Format: Online Tools, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: CLASSRoad

The Prophet: Curriculum Guide

This is a curriculum guide for the new film, The Prophe …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Journeys in Film

U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Analyzing Political Cartoons

This lesson uses political cartoons to help students ex …

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

The Conflict in Syria

In this lesson, students will learn about the Syrian co …

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

Debating the U.S. Response to Syria

In this lesson, students will debate the US policy towa …

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

Graffiti in Egypt’s Revolution

In this lesson plan, students explore the role of graff …

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

The Egyptian Revolution: An Interactive Timeline

In this lesson plan, students review the events of the …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program

ISIS: A New threat

This lesson plan uses videos and political cartoons to …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program

The Middle East in Transition: Questions for U.S. Policy

This curriculum from the Choices Program provides tools …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program

The Syria Crisis and the Global Players: Classroom Guide

This guide offers comprehension and discussion question …

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

Religion in Culture & Politics: Women’s Empowerment in Syria: Lesson Plan for the Light in Her Eyes

In this lesson, students use video clips from the film, …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: American Documentary, Inc.

“Connecting Syria’s Allies and Enemies” Infographic – Lesson Plan

This lesson plan uses an infographic from Al-Jazeera ca …

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

Exploring Islamic Lands

This week long teaching unit uses the PBS film, Islam: …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Educational Broadcasting Corporation

The Middle East After World War I: Three Lessons

In these three lessons, students consider the way in wh …

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