Middle East Explained: Understanding the United States and Iran
Discussion of the film "Understanding the United States and Iran"
by Emma Harver, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University
Middle East/North Africa
Middle East Explained: The Aftermath of 9/11
Discussion of the film "The Aftermath of 9/11"
by Emma Harver, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University
Palestine/Israel - 1948: Al-Nakba and the War of Independence: One Event, Two Perspectives
Document analysis on the formation of the state of Israel in 1948
by Samia Shoman, Hillside High School, San Mateo, CA
Posted by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies
American Women Writers of Muslim Heritage
Educator Betsey Coleman has created a website full of biographies, writings, and curricular materials on American women writers of Muslim heritage: http://betseycoleman.com/
Disease and Public Health in the Ottoman Empire - Document-Based Writing Prompts
This writing assignment contains 3 sets of documents (on health care, infectious diseases and official responses, and disease during times of war) on Ottoman medicine and health challenges. A variety of writing prompts are also included.
Morocco: Storytelling, a Window into the Culture - for French classes
a lesson about Moroccan storytelling for novice-high or intermediate French classes
by Jessica Setzer
Challenges and Change for Iranian Women - Document-Based Writing Prompts
Documents and writing prompts about Iranian women in modern times.
Uprooted: How Exile, Community, and Trauma Shape Cultural Identity (Palestinian and Native American perspectives)
a comparative analysis of literature and art examining Palestinian and Native American narratives of dispossession
by Amy Perkins