Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
Sample Teaching Activities to Support Core Competencies of Social and Emotional Learning
What is social and emotional learning (SEL), and why is it important? Using a helpful resource, teachers discover ways to enhance SEL in the classroom. They show pupils how to regulate their emotions and behaviors, set personal and...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Foreign Eyes
Two related learning modules consider Western perspectives on the Middle East, beginning with the Persian invasions of Greece (fifth century BC) and moving forward into the present time. Useful background on the history of wartime and...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: u.s. Policy in the Middle East: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Multi-media resources including video, PowerPoint, articles and maps from which students explore current issues in the Middle East and their relation to U.S. policy and interpret political cartoons on Middle East politics.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Comparing Maps of the Middle East
A lesson plan to explore the Middle East region via maps and classroom discussion to better understand the Middle East. An Internet connection is needed to utilize the links provided.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Resource for Educators
An overview of the cultures, contributions, history, peoples, and geography of the Middle East developed specifically for educators. Learning modules, essays, maps, scholarly perspectives, resource and image banks, framing questions, and...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Question of Identity
Learning module considers questions of identity among populations of the Middle East, both ancient and modern, in terms of their ethnicities, language spoken, religious affiliation, and gender.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Asia for Educators: East Asia in Geographic Perspective
This teacher resource is devoted to teaching about the geographic history of East Asia. Includes standards information and links to related lesson plans. Also features a downloadable world map (PDF, requires Adobe Reader).
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Writing: Islamic Period
Learning module considers the literature of the Middle East after the arrival of Islam. Discusses the development of the Koran and a variety of poetic forms.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Geography
Learning module on the physical geography of the Middle East considers the impact of the landscape and climate on both ancient and modern societies in the region.
Middle East Policy Council
Middle East Policy Council: Teach Mideast
TeachMideast, a comprehensive instructional portal home to a variety of resources on the Middle East and Islam, considers this region of the world from seven thematic perspectives: stereotypes, geography, history, language, religion,...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Origins of Civilization
Learing module on the origins of civilization explains the chronology and environmental context of the so-called Neolithic revolution, the period when early civilizations in the Middle East arose and began to domesticate plants and animals.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Exporter of Religion
Learning module considers the significance of the Middle East as a center of religious origins and beliefs. Essays and illustrative materials follow the development of the religious traditions of the region, from the polytheistic animism...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: After Mubarak
Lesson with multimedia resources for students learning about political change in Egypt and the Middle East, second in the series. Lesson includes videos, handouts and primary source material from which students make their analysis in...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Protests, Revolutions, and Democratic Change
Third in a series of lessons on North Africa and the Middle East in which students survey the current political situation, consider the role of the international community and identify the political geography of the region. Multi-media...
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Turkey
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC presents this thorough resource of Turkey.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Oman
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC presents this overview of Oman.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Saudi Arabia
In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Saudi Arabia.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: United Arab Emirates
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on United Arab Emirates.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Bahrain
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers a thorough resource featuring Bahrain.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Egypt
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Egypt.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Iran
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Iran.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Israel
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Israel.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Kuwait
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Kuwait.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Lebanon
In an effort to educate on the Middle East, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Lebanon.