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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muslim Journeys: Islamic Art Spots

This page highlights seven “visual essays” written and …

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

Muslim Journeys: Historical Documents

This is an exceptional collection of historical primary …

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

Muslim Journeys: The Arts of Trade and Travel

In this video, Dr. Ruggles, (Professor of Art, Architec …

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

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

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

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:

Warm-Up ideas

Written by Terry Heick, this article presents warm-up a …

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

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

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

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

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

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

KWL – Instructional Strategy

KWL is a strategy that teachers could use in their clas …

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

Study Guide Strategies

This is a website where Arabic teachers could find stra …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Study Guides and Strategies

Principles of Teaching Heritage Students Applied to East African Learners of Arabic

This article applies principles of teaching heritage le …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: OneWorld Now!

Islamic Art Network

This site contains a treasure trove of materials relate …

Language of Presentation: English, French, Other
Media Format: Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation

Mohamed Ansary’s Blog

In this blog, you will find a great variety of resource …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Blogger

Mohamed Ansary’s YouTube Channel

In this page you will find a series of videos dealing w …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Mohamed Ansary

Saudi Aramco World Digital Image Archive

This image database contains over 40,000 images from th …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Saudi Aramco World

Fruits and Vegetables Souq in the Emirates

This photo depicts a style of outdoor fruits and vegeta …

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

Thorns and Silk Video: Women Who Work in Male-Dominated Fields

This short film highlights several Palestinian women wh …

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

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

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)

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

The Ottomans: Out of the Margins

This is a series of lesson plans based around primary s …

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

Dunia Fi Lubnan – An Interactive Storybook

Dunia Fi Lubnan – An Interactive Storybook is a tool th …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Online Tools, Webpage
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Alefb

Cairo: Living Past, Living Future

This module unit focuses on the historical and contempo …

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

Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning

This resource provides background information on geomet …

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