Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration is a letter from Foreign Secret …

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

Sykes Picot Agreement

The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret agreement betwee …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Lillian Goldman Law Library

The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

The Hussein McMahon Correspondence is a collection of l …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

The Rhyme of History: Lessons from the Great War

In this article published by the Brookings Institute, a …

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

100 years of Middle East history

This resource presents the past 100 years in the Middle …

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

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

Crisis Guide: Israeli Palestinian Conflict

This interactive resource discusses the history of the …

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

The Waiting Room

This comic, by Sarah Glidden and the Common Language Pr …

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

I Am Syria

I Am Syria provides a Prezi presentation on the backgro …

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

Natural Resources and the Economy and Politics of the Middle East

This guide provides a range of resources , including re …

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

Rethinking the Region: Plural Identities

This unit was developed based on an extensive analysis …

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

The Ottoman Empire

This guide from Primary Source includes a collection of …

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

Movies about the Middle East

This resource includes an extensive list of films about …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Helen Ziegler and Associates

Infographic: The Berber Struggle

This interactive infographic from Al Jazeera details Am …

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

Cultural Orientation

This collection of resources includes cultural orientat …

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

Persian Miniature Paintings Visual Tour

This visual tour walks students through two Persian pai …

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

Arts & Identity: Teaching About Palestinian and Israeli Identity Through the Arts

This website, created by Betsey Coleman, teacher at Col …

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

ArchNet

Archnet is an international community of scholars and s …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Image/Photo, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Understanding Migration: Curriculum Resources for the Classroom

This curricular resource, Understanding Migration, help …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

Gender and the Muslim World

This guide by Primary Source provides a collection of r …

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

People and Place: Curriculum Resources on Human-Environmental Interactions

Through regional case studies, this unit introduces stu …

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

Is Peace Possible?

A multi-platform project, “Is Peace Possible?” was deve …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, SAYA/Design for Change, and The Atlantic

Modern Egypt

This guide provides books, websites, curriculum, films …

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

9/11: Resources for Teachers

This guide, curated by Primary Source, highlights books …

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

Africa Enslaved: A Curriculum Unit on Comparative Slave Systems for Grades 9-12

While slavery in the U.S. is a common topic in the curr …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin

A Century of Conflict & Resolution in the Middle East

This guide provides books, videos, news sources, blogs, …

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

Israel and the Palestinians: Key Maps

This resource includes several key maps that tell the s …

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

Contestant No. 2

This episode of Wide Angle features an Arab-Israeli gir …

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

Arabic Song Lyrics and Translation

This resource includes over 800 Arabic songs with their …

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

How Many Wives?

In this lesson, students understand how religious text …

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

Muslim Women Through Time

This lesson plan challenges the idea of a monolithic an …

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

Who Wears a Veil?

In this lesson, students will consider ways in which Mu …

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

Terrorism: What’s in a Word?

Terrorism has become a frequently used word; yet, with …

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

Middle East: Land, Resources, Economics

This lesson begins by asking students to compare and co …

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

Got Water?

In this 3 part lesson plan, students consider the limit …

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

Oil Crisis: What Would You Do?

In this lesson, students are given a hypothetical situa …

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

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Summit

In this 4-5 day lesson plan, students take on the roles …

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

Misperceptions About the Middle East

This text dispels misconceptions commonly held about Is …

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

Gnawa Stories: Mystical Musician Healers from Morocco

Gnawa in Morocco is commonly known as a form of African …

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

A Meeting of World Leaders

This 2-3 day lesson plan asks students to delve into th …

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

Mapping the Middle East

In this lesson, students learn the history of how the M …

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

Stereotypes: More than Meet the Eyes

This lesson is one of two in this particular series. In …

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

“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

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

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