Closed shops of the Jewish Quarter
on the Jewish Sabbath, Jerusalem, 1900
Online Educational Resources for Teaching the Middle East
Grades 9-12
The research team does not necessarily endorse these resources. Educators may use as they see fit.
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Lessons Plans (26)
+Adprima Student Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan on the Crusades view
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: Lesson Plan: “Arab Culture and Society” view
Arab Culture Through Literature and Film: A Five Unit High School Curriculum view
Center of Middle Eastern Studies: Lesson Plans (University of Arizona) view
“Daily Life in the Middle East” view
EconEdLink: Economic and Personal Finances Resources for K-12: “The Price of Gasoline: What’s Behind It?” view
Global Connections (PBS): “The Middle East” view
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (PBS) view
Incredible Art Department view
“Islam: History, Society, and Civilization” view
Lesson Plans on Muslim Women from Around the World view
Middle Eastern Studies: Curriculum Units and Online Resources (University of Texas) view
“Muslim Women Through Time” view
National Center for History in the Schools: “The Byzantine Empire in the Age of Justinian” view source one & source two
National Geographic Education: “Alike and Different: The Middle East and the United States” view
Ohio Department of Education Lesson Plan: “East Meets West: Effects of the Crusades” view
“Oil, OPEC, and You”view
“Oil and Water in the Middle East Region” view
PBS News hour Lesson Plan: Middle East and North Africa Geography view
The Byzantine Empire: on 1 (Wikispaces) view
“The Light in Her Eyes” (PBS) view
“The Middle East: Land of Contrasts” view
Thirteen Ed Online: Lesson Plans: “Exploring Islamic Lands” view
Tunisia’s Lessons in Revolution (The Egyptian Independent) view
“Unmasking the Middle East: Examining the Political, Religious, and Ethnic Relationships Among Middle Eastern Countries” view
Women in Iran view
Videos/Movies (10)
+Edward Said Lecture on the “Clash of Civilizations” view
“Edward Said On Orientalism” view introduction & view source
Interview Laila Shaw view
Palestine in 1896 view
“Persepolis” view
“Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People” view source one & view source two
Sling Shot Hip Hop view
“Slingshot Hip Hop” view
The Evolution of Arab Revolutions Episode view
Blogs (3)
+Egypt’s 1952 Revolution Blog view
Muslimah Media Watch view
The Learning Network (The New York Times): “Peace Signs” view
Interactive Content (1)
+Gifts of the Sultan view source one & view source two
Timelines (2)
+Arab Spring: An Interactive Timeline of the Middle East Protests view
Maps (4)
+Interactive Map view
The Global Education Project view
Imperial and Global History view
Ottoman Souvenir view
Audio (3)
+Audio of Ataturk’s 1933 speech view
Songs for Tahrir: What makes a composer a legend? And what makes a revolt a revolution? (BBC) view
Um Kulthum curriculum view
Miscellaneous (64)
+1001 Inventions Teachers’ Pack: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World view
1000 Years of Missing Science view
Afropop Worldwide view
Alternate translations of the poems view
An update on the leaders and countries where protests have turned violent view
Arab Art Gallery view
Arab Science: A Journey of Innovation view
Art and Architecture in the Arab World view
Art Attack: How graffiti as used to condemn the regime’s oppression in Egypt view
Artistes Arabes Associés AAA 096 Les Archives de la Musique Arabe view
Athr Gallery view
British Museum: Mesopotamia Web Site Staff Room view
Caabu. Islamic Art view
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (University of Illinois): Middle East Curriculum Resources view
“Days of Rage” by Steven Coll view
“Diary of a Mad Arabian Woman” view
Edge of Arabia: Saudi Artists view
Educating for Cultural Literacy and Mutual Respect: Muslim Contributions to Civilization view
Egyptians campaign for independence, 1919-1922 view
Empowering Arab female scientists (Nature) view
eThemes (University of Missouri): Byzantine Empire view
Flocabulary: Hip-Hop in the Classroom: The Byzantine Empire: “Gettin’ Byzzy with It” view
Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research view
Hip Hop from '48 Palestine: Youth, Music, and the Present/Absent view
Hip-Hop’s Response to the Arab Awakening view
How the Arab Spring began (BBC video clip) view
How women scientists fare in the Arab world (Nature) view
ICC Summary of Verdict Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran) view
Ismail Shammout view
Kurd Men For Equality view
MENA artists view
Muslim Heritage view
“Muslima” view
Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices view
Newsweek's 'MUSLIM RAGE' Cover Draws Angry Protest view
Occupy Wall Street view
Palestine Remembered view
Penn Arts and Sciences: Middle East Center view
Photographic Archive of Maryam Sahinyan (Hurriyet Daily News)” view
Project Look Sharp: Media Construction of the Middle East (Ithaca College) view
Qatar Digital Library: Middle East History in 500,000 images view
“Restoring Women to World Studies” view
Saudi Aramco World view
StudentHandouts.com: Byzantine Empire view
Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators view
Teach Mideast: An Educational Initiative of the Middle East Policy Council view
TES Connect: History: The Crusades teaching resources view
The Arab Spring view
The Choices Program: “The U.S. and Iran: Confronting Policy Alternatives” view
The crucial role of geometry in Islamic art view
The Poetry of Revolt (Jaddaliya) view
The Poetry of Revolution (Huffington Post) view
The Revolution has a Soundtrack view
The Strangling of Persia view
TIME Magazine Articles from Mossadegh Era view
Translations of Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi’s ‘If the People Wanted Life One Day’ view
Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) view
Tunisian Poet’s Verses Insprie Arab Protesters (NPR) view
Um Kulthum view
Voice of the people view
What are some typical misperceptions and stereotypes Westerners hold about Islam and the Middle East, and vice versa? view
“Women Pioneers Collection” view
