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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: The Arab Spring: One Year On

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students explore the concept of revolution while learning about various Arab Spring protest movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They will assess the accomplishments of the movements and discuss whether they...
Website
BBC

Bbc: Migrant Crisis: Migration to Europe Explained in Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource to learn about the migrant crisis in Europe. This collection features information and videos for research.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Diary of a Teenage Refugee" by Amira

For Students 5th - 6th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Website
Google

Google Arts and Culture: Open Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore iconic locations in 3D such as the Tomb of Tu Duck, temples of Bagan, Mesa Verde, Chichen Itza, and more. Also, discover the tools used for digital conservation and how people around the world are preserving our shared history.
Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Eid Al Adha Celebrations in Pictures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Pictures show people celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in various places around the world.
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Refugees Create New Baghdad

For Students 9th - 10th
An April 21, 2007 look at the lives of Iraqi refugees living in Baghdad and their bleak future. Also provides links to related topics.
Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Amorite

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative encyclopedia entry on the Amorites and Amorite history. Provides links to related topics for further information.
eBook
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Golan Heights

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the Golan Heights includes: an overview of the geography, geology, maps, statistics, and history. Also, a section on the Golan Heights Law of December 14, 1981 is included. Please know that some statistical information may...
Interactive
Other

Museum With No Frontiers: Exhibition Trails

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual visit to eleven different Islamic Art in the Mediterranean Exhibition Trails. Discover artifacts, monuments, and archaeological sites in their natural environment.
Article
World Atlas

World Atlas: Syrian Arab Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a description and history of the Syrian Arab Republic with links to information on its geography, symbols, flags, and more.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Amorites

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides a detailed definition of the term Amorite. Includes history and different interpretations of it.
eBook
Other

The Golan Heights: Natural Barrier

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly explains the importance of the Golan Heights as natural measures of defense for Israel.
Graphic
Curated OER

Division of the Empire of Alexander the Great After the Battle of Ipsus, 301 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the division of the Empire of Alexander the Great after the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. This map is color-coded to show political divisions in various regions of the Empire, including the Empire of the Ptolemies in northern...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Assyria and Adjacent Countries, 200 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing Assyria and the adjacent countries of Syria and Media. Principal cities are shown, including Ninever, Babylon, Resen, Accad, and Calnch.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Land of the Hebrews, 971 931 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Hebrew lands in the time of King Solomon, around 971 to 931 BC. The map shows the land of Canaan, with the boundaries of Phoenicia, Israel, Philistia, and Judah, the important coastal cities of Sidon, Tyre, Joppa, Ashdod,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Nebuchadnezzar

For Students 9th - 10th
Nebuchadnezzar is considered one of the most important Kings of Babylon. He fought the Egyptians and attacked Syria. He besieged Jersualem and captured its inhabitants twice.
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Ptolemy the Third

For Students 9th - 10th
Ptolemy the Third, son of Ptolemy the Second and Arsinoe the First, ruled Egypt from 246-221 BC. He plunged immediately into a war with Syria. The Egyptian king won a brilliant if impermanent victory.
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Ramesses the Third

For Students 9th - 10th
King Ramesses the Third was the last great king in the New Kingdom. He defeated the Libyans and the Sea Peoples. He made new structures at Luxor, Karnak, Pi-Ramesse, Heliopolis, Memphis, Hermopolis and Abydos and in Nubia and Syria....
Graphic
Curated OER

Npr: Bordering on Instability

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on the neighboring countries to Iraq in the Middle East: Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. How are these countries coping with the violence so close at hand? The report contains audio and a series of pictures taken in...
Graphic
Curated OER

Npr: Bordering on Instability

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on the neighboring countries to Iraq in the Middle East: Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. How are these countries coping with the violence so close at hand? The report contains audio and a series of pictures taken in...
Graphic
Curated OER

Middle East Map

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on the neighboring countries to Iraq in the Middle East: Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. How are these countries coping with the violence so close at hand? The report contains audio and a series of pictures taken in...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lucian

For Students 9th - 10th
Lucian, the humorous satirist, was a native of Samosata, in Syria, and flourished towards the end of the second century. In early life he was a sculptor, but later applied himself to the study of literature and philosophy. He was an...
Handout
Other

History World International: The Amorites

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from History World International provides a brief synopsis of the Amorite Empire.
Website
Other

Islam 101: Chronology of Crusades

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of the major events of the Christian crusades from 1095 to 1291 A.D.

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