Unit Plan
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Exporter of Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
The term Islamic is used here to define the art and material culture of those lands where the dominant religion is Islam, the religion revealed to the prophet Muhammad in seventh century Arabia. The Islamic lands have encompassed at...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Global Connections, the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
View a timeline of Middle Eastern history, explore events through themes, and make connections through the use of big-picture questions such as "What's the appeal of religious militancy?"
Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Turkey: An Evolving Democracy in the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity for students in which they survey historical and current events of Turkey, analyze the intersection of government, democracy, and religion, and finally, identify the criteria of a democratic and stable government. Group and...
Primary
Other

New York Public Library: The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of digitized photographs, artworks, and documents on Egypt's history. Under 'Genre,' it is possible to filter them to isolate photographs, illustrations, etc.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Middle East: Syrian Journey: Choose Your Own Escape Route

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, students take on the role of a Syrian refugee and must make decisions at each stage of their journey in their quest to reach a safe place to live. There are many dangers along the way and people who try to take...
Website
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:mid East Peace Summit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the events at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David. You can read about the Israeli delegation, the latest news, texts from the summit, U.S. State Department material, and...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Anthropology of the Middle East

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introducing culture-based performances from the Middle East into Western cultures and the translations and response can be enhanced with these resources.
Graphic
Curated OER

University of Texas: Map of Southern Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
This political map shows the countries and capitals of the Middle East and South Asia as well as other countries in Asia.
Handout
Other

Middle East Forum: Fundamentalist Islam at Large: The Drive for Power

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent, detailed treatise on Fundamentalism not to be read by the faint at heart as it is quite detailed. Offers several definitions of fundamentalism and the history.
Unit Plan
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Golden Age of Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module considers the language, literature, material culture, and architectural monuments of classical Islamic civilization (AD 610-1258).
Website
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Writing: Before Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module considers the writing systems and literature of ancient Mesopotamia before the arrival of Christianity or Islam.
Unit Plan
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Identity in Mesopotamia

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module looks at the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia, including the Sumerians and Akkadians. Particular emphasis given to the status of women in the region, religious practices, and language.
Article
University of Chicago

University of Chicago: Teach Middle East: Hunters to Farmers

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay reviewing the history of the Neolithic Revolution where humans begin as nomadic hunters and gatherers and evolve into villages with domestic agriculture and animals.
Handout
Other

Middle East Institute: Middle Eastern Economies

For Students 9th - 10th
Economic trends will provide a very important part of the context in which President Obama's policies play out in the remainder of his term until January 2017. The Middle East's economic recovery from the 2008-2010 global economic crisis...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Democracy in the Middle East (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for exploring where democracy exists in the Middle East and for evaluating the types of political rights that citizens experience in individual Middle Eastern countries. Students will also examine the prospects for...
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the countries and geography of the Middle East. Study the flags, maps, facts, exports, natural resources, economy, populations, and languages of the Middle East.
Interactive
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Map of the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the locations of the countries of the Middle East.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Middle East Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using interactive tools, students will discover the many regions of the Middle East using graphic maps and finally, rearrange the jigsaw pieces to recreate the full map.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Geography of the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Students try out this fun interactive crossword puzzle game about the geography of the Middle East.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Geography of the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Print out a crossword puzzle game about the geography of the Middle East on this site.
Website
BBC

Bbc News: Arab Uprisings

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of news stories revealing the Arab uprisings in the Middle East.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hajj: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the five pillars of Islam central to Muslim belief, Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime if they are able; it is the most spiritual event that a Muslim experiences, observing...
Handout
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Anti Semitism

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay considers the long history of antipathy to Jews and Judaism.

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