Curated OER
Timeline of Yellowstone History
Students research important dates and events in the history and development of Yellowstone National Park. They create a timeline that denotes the events after watching the associated video clips.
Curated OER
Children's Rights/Child Labor - Photos & Posters as Instruments of Change
Students research the use of students for labor around the globe. Using magazine pictures, they create a poster showing the various conditions they are subject to. They compare and contrast the differences in regions and evaluate the...
Curated OER
Precision Tools
Students discuss the appropriateness of using a specific tool to measure and define an object. After measuring the area of their classroom and the objects in it with the appropriate tools, they create a floor plan that makes the most...
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.
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Middle East in the 20th Century
Examining the history of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire through to the present. Enhance lessons with these resources.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan: Middle East and North Africa Geography
Enhance student geography knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa with this two or three day lesson plan.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Seminar on Politics and Conflict in the Middle East
Exploring the history and changes in the politics and economics in the Middle East, rely on some of these resources to enhance lessons.
USA Today
Usa Today: The Middle East Project [Pdf]
In this project, young scholars will learn about and provide a concise description of a country in the Middle East. They will then present information about their country to the class. Lesson plan includes standards and weekly...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Democracy in the Middle East (Lesson Plan)
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...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Aida and Its Relevance to the World Today
This lesson plan relates the opera Aida to current events in the Middle East for a music or art class. Contains links with information, assessment ideas, extensions and more.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: The Arab Spring: One Year On
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...
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...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Syria's Role in the Middle East
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer a lesson that has students examine the role of Syria in Middle Eastern politics and its relations with the U.S up until 2008. Provides step by step instructions and access to required materials.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: The Lessons of Iraq
Lesson with comprehensive multi-media materials in which students analyze the lessons of Iraq and consider implications for U.S. foreign policy and international response.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Voices of Hope and Seeds of Peace (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plan that draws on the work of the Seeds of Peace, an international organization of teenagers from troubled regions of the world (with a focus on the Middle East) that fosters meaningful dialogue among people with opposing...
Other
Anti Discrimination Committee: Facts About Arabs
This site offers facts on Arabs, the Arab world, Arab Americans, Muslims, the Muslim world, and the Middle East. It includes a list of famous Arab Americans and links to relevant lesson plans, an online quiz, and maps.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Cairo: Living Past, Living Future
Interactive web unit will allow both educators and students to explore the history, culture, society, geography, and environment of this fascinating city that sits at the crossroads between ancient and modern, east and west, tradition...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Debating the u.s. Response to Syria
Learning module with multi-media lesson and resources in which students work in small groups to analyze the issues that frame the debate around U.S. policy.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Education
Excellent, comprehensive site from National Geographic that provides lesson plans, activities, maps, and National Geography Standards. Teachers can find lesson plans based on grade and standard. Covers current issues, for example, global...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Egypt's Uprising
Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Egypt, identify the causes of the demonstrations, and consider the U.S. response to these events.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 30: The Reagan Bush Years
The Republican era of Ronald Reagan and George Bush had to deal with difficult foreign affair events. Reagan dealt with terrorism, including hostage taking and gundowns, particularly from Libya. Bush dealt with aggression on the part of...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Isis: A New Threat
Learning module with comprehensive and relevant resources from which students explore the role of ISIS in the Middle East and U.S. response. Site inlcudes handouts, video, and primary source material for analysis and interpretation.
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