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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: International Conflict & the Media (Unit)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum guide broadly examines the relationships between the media and the military during wartime.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kurds

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kurds have inhabited an area of rugged mountains and high plains at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for over two thousand years. Their traditional mode of subsistence is pastoralism and agriculture. The territory...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nestorians

For Students 9th - 10th
The designation "Nestorian" connotes both a religious rite and a linguistic minority, a phenomenon that is often misunderstood. Nestorians today, some 100,000 of them, have found a lasting home in the mountains of Kurdistan, the...
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BBC

Bbc: Timeline: Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
In order to grasp the events that are currently taking place in a country, it is imperative to know its background. Here, the BBC, provides a succinct timeline of Iraq beginning in 1920.