K-12 Lesson Plans

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Middle East Literature course - syllabus By Aaron Laduke Eng 242 ME Lit 2020.pdf , Middle Eastern Lit Resources NEH 2019.pdf
Arabic Calligraphy By Rudy Navarro Arabic Calligraphy.pdf
Comparing rights found in the United States Constitution and Moroccan Constitution By Don Jenkins Morocco Lesson Plan_ Comparing Rights.pdf
Kite Runner, Culture, and U.N. Goals By Emily Robinson lesson plan intro.pdf
Kazakh Music By Cara Schreffler Kazakh Music-Kozimnin Karasireducedsize.pdf , Kozimnin Karasi - Full Scorereducedsize.pdf
Iranian Women DBQ By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_20.pdf , 2. Overview of Modern Iran.pdf , 3a-1. Newspaper articles .pdf , 3a-2. Tobacco Boycott.pdf , 3a-3. Constitutional Revolution.pdf , 3b-1. Unveiling.pdf , 3b-2. Women%27s Dress.pdf , 3b-3. Education.pdf , 3b-4. Advances.pdf , 3c-1. Restrictions.pdf , 3c-2. Photos.pdf , 3c-3. Advances.pdf , 4. Questions - writing prompts%2C discussion questions.pdf
A Feline Adventure, an Exercise in Loss, Hope and Reunion By Jennifer Metzler 1. A Feline Adventure%2C an Exercise in Loss%2C Hope and Reunion .pdf
American Women Writers of Muslim Heritage: An educational resource presenting texts and voices influenced by the Muslim World By Betsey Coleman American Women Writers of Muslim Heritage.pdf
Dubai Mall, Sharia Law, and Social Norms By Thomas Kenning 1. Lesson Plan_8.pdf , 2. Photos_0.pdf
Compare and Contrast the Empires: Rome, China, and the Ottoman Empire By Brian Croone lesson_0.pdf
Westernization:Reforms in the Ottoman Empire in the 1800s By Kelsey Hudson lesson - Reform in the Ottoman Empire_0.pdf
Diasporas: The Great Geographic Dislocations of History By Barbara Williams 1.lesson plan - Geography - diasporas_2.pdf , 2. Powerpoint for Teachers_1.pdf , 3. Case study - Greek Turkish Population Exchange_1.pdf , 4.Student example - The Irish Diaspora_1.pdf , 5. Student exapmle - Hungarian Diaspora of 1956_1.pdf
Middle Eastern Money By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_25.pdf , 2. Currency conversion sheet_1.pdf , 3a. Math Worksheet_1.pdf , 3b. Answer Key - math worksheet_1.pdf , 4a. Afghanistan.pdf , 4b. Egypt.pdf , 4c. Iran.pdf , 4d. Iraq.pdf , 4e. Israel.pdf , 4f. Jordan.pdf , 4g. Morocco.pdf , 4h. Saudi Arabia.pdf , 4i. Syria.pdf , 4j. Turkey.pdf , 5a. Currency - presentation_1.pdf , 5b. Notes to slides_1.pdf
World War I in the Middle East - Museum Research Project By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_26.pdf , 2. Overview - WWI in the Mid East_2.pdf , 3. List of Projects_1.pdf , 4. Assignment for Students_0.pdf , 5. List of resources.pdf , 6. Museum Viewers%27 Assignment_0.pdf
Virtual Field Trip to Turkey By Kate Mahady 1. Instructions for Teachers_1.pdf , 2. Turkish Virtual Field Trip Questions_0.pdf , 4. References_0.pdf , 5. Turkey logos_0.pdf
This I Believe -The Politics of Identity and the Headscarf in Modern Turkey By Wendy Youngblood 1. Lesson Plan_3.pdf
Region by Any Other Name By Janet Hall Lesson Plan_4.pdf
Palestinian-Israeli Issue/High School English By Lisa Adeli 1. Lesson - Teachers%27 Directions_0.pdf , 2. Overview of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.pdf , 3. Amos Oz memoir.pdf , 4. Ibtisam Barakat memoir.pdf , 5. Poems.pdf
My Silk Road Journey By Sharlyn Scott 1. assignment description_1.pdf , 2. required writing_0.pdf , 3a. Character 1_0.pdf , 3b. Character 2_0.pdf , 3c. Character 3_0.pdf , 3d. Character 4_0.pdf , 3e. Character 5_0.pdf
Medieval Spain: Meeting Place of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Culture By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_11.pdf , 2a. Powerpoint%2C Part 1_0.pdf , 2b. Powerpoint%2C Part 2_0.pdf , 2c. Notes to powerpoint_0.pdf , 3a. people or inventions to research_0.pdf , 3b. master list of research topics_0.pdf , 4. Preparing Your Information Card_0.pdf , 5. chart_0.pdf , 6. Project Guidelines for Students_1.pdf
Islam By Dara Weller Islam_0.pdf
Examining the Influence of the U.S. Constitution on the Iraqi Constitution Ratified in 2005 By Barbara Hall 1. Lesson Plan_11.pdf , 2. Attachment 1_1.pdf , 3. Attachment 2_1.pdf , 4. Attachment 3_1.pdf , 5. Attachment 3 Key_1.pdf
Conflict Resolution Mini Unit - Case Study-Cyprus By Jennifer Turner Conflict Resolution Mini Unit.High School. Turner_1.pdf
Nabataean Trade By Abby Limmer
James Sheufelt 		Copy of Nabatean Trading Game Economic Terms.pptx , Copy of [Template] The King’s Highway.pptx Economics, Ancient History
Jordan and Alaska: Cuisine, Culture, and Environment By Laurie Hueffer Hueffer_FHGPA_Jordan_Curriculum Project.docx.pdf Jordan
Blood and Oil in the Middle East By Teresa Potter 1. lesson plan_1.pdf , 2. Powerpoint_0.pdf , 3. Notes to Slides.pdf
Surviving the Bosnian War By Lisa Adeli 1. Lesson plan_0.pdf , 2a. powerpoint.pdf , 2b. notes to powerpoint.pdf , 3. Coping strategies - handouts.pdf , 4. chart.pdf
Introduction to Moroccan Storytelling and Culture (for French classes) By Jessica Setzer Setzer Morocco lesson plan_0.pdf , Introduction to Morocco %28in French%29_0.pdf , Keeping Storytelling Alive_0.pdf
Digital Detectives: Recreating Medieval Baghdad Using Primary Sources and Open Source 3D Printing Software By Joshua Dempsey 1. Lesson Plan_17.pdf , 2. Student Handouts.pdf
Middle Eastern Ceramics: Historical and Contemporary Connections (Ceramics II) By Christy Wittmer 1. Ceramics - syllabus-description.pdf , 2. Ceramics - powerpoint - Plates and Bowls.pdf , 3. Ceramics - powerpoint - Vases and Closed Forms.pdf , 4. Ceramics - powerpoint - Geometric Abstraction.pdf , 5. Ceramics - powerpoint - Poetry in Art.pdf , 6. Ceramics - powerpoint - Calligraphy.pdf
Islamic Influences in the Renaissance By Rudy Navarro 1. Unit Plan.pdf , 2. Outline - lecture 1.pdf , 3. Outline - lecture 2.pdf , 4. Outline - lecture 3.pdf , 5. Bibliography.pdf
Political Geography of the Middle East - syllabus By Jessie Clark Political Geography of the Middle East syllabus.pdf
Explorations in Central Asia By Lisa Adeli 1a. lesson plan.pdf , 1b. Assignment %28teachers%27 explanation%29 and list of topics.pdf , 2a. Powerpoint.pdf , 2b. Questions.pdf , 2c. map.pdf , 3a. Project Guidelines for Students.pdf , 3b. Judging sheet - presentation.pdf , 4a. Turkic Cultures.pdf , 4b. Different Groups.pdf , 4c. Silk Road.pdf , 4d. Soviet Union.pdf , 4e. Post-Soviet Politics.pdf , 4f. Music-Dance.pdf , 4g. Fine Arts-Traditional Crafts.pdf , 4h. Religions.pdf , 4i. Adaptations to the Environment.pdf , 4j. Nature.pdf , 4k. Science-Technology.pdf , 4l. Food.pdf , 4m. Architecture.pdf , 4n. Education.pdf
Nabataeans, Petra, and Global Trade Networks By Kelsey Hudson Lesson Plan_8.pdf
Life in the Borderlands: Morocco and Spain Inquiry By Mariah Pol Lesson plan_3.pdf
Language-Cultural Change in Kazakhstan By Rebecca Orozco Language part 1.pdf , Language part 2.pdf
Stories of the Hajj: Yesterday's, Today's, and Tomorrow's By Ralph Covino Covino - Hajj Lesson Plan.pdf
Coffeehouse Conversations: Politics, Intrigue, Exploration (Activism) and Espresso By Deb Holland, Will Daniel, and Sandra Makielski 1. lesson plan_0.pdf , 2. Coffeehouse roles.pdf , 3. Imperial Decree on Coffee%21.pdf , 4. Coffee Lesson Student Handouts %281%29.pdf
Disease and Public Health in the Ottoman Empire - DBQ By Lisa Adeli Questions - writing prompts%2C discussion questions.pdf , H%26T 1. geography and health.pdf , H%26T 2. hospitals.pdf , H%26T 3. access to care.pdf , H%26T 4. treatments.pdf , H%26T 5. music therapy.pdf , H%26T 6. preventing smallpox.pdf , D%26R 1. trade routes.pdf , D%26R 2. government response.pdf , D%26R 3. cholera%2C pilgrimage.pdf , D%26R 4. quarantines.pdf , D%26R 5. cholera cartoons.pdf , D%26R 6. ethnic cleansing Circassians.pdf , D%26R 7. Red Crescent.pdf , War 1. Balkan Wars cholera.pdf , War 2. WWI overview.pdf , War 3. Armenian genocide.pdf , War 4. hospitals and supplies.pdf , War 5. diary of Ihsan Turjman.pdf , War 6. POW camps.pdf
Unveiling the Roles of Women in the United Arab Emirates By Dawn Schmidt 1. Lesson Plan_2.pdf , 2. Handouts and documents.pdf , 3. Southwest Asia Map and Key.pdf
Islamic Women By Chris O'Brien 1. Islamic Women_0.pdf , 2. Islamic Women_0.pdf
Onset and Diffusion of the Arab Uprisings By Vasiliki Dardeshi 1. Lesson Plan_16.pdf , 2. Arab Uprising MAP_0.pdf , 3. Arab leaders_0.pdf , 4. arab uprising_0.pdf , 5. discusssion sheet_0.pdf , 6. 2015FA Syrian Climate Change War Comic Reader_0.pdf , 7. Hip Hop-El General_0.pdf
Kurds: A People without a Country By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_9.pdf , 2. The Kurds_0.pdf , 3a. Presentation notes_0.pdf , 3b. Presentation on Kurds_0.pdf , 4. Topics for Research_0.pdf , 5. Research Guide_0.pdf , 6. Pros and Cons sheet_0.pdf
All Roads Lead to Istanbul: 1550 World's Fair Simulation By Linda Waagen 1. Lesson plan_3.pdf , 2. handout - Ottoman Empire 1300-1600_0.pdf , 3. Ottoman Contributions to the World_0.pdf , 4. PowerPoint with script - note-Enable comments._0.pdf , 5. websites for info_0.pdf
World War I in the Middle East - Diaries, Documents, and Diatribes By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_16.pdf , 2. Overview - WWI in the Mid East_1.pdf , 3. Document analysis sheets_0.pdf , 4. Documents - diaries and memoirs_0.pdf , 5a. Documents - photos and artwork_0.pdf , 5b. Image 5_1.pdf , 5c. Image 6_0.pdf , 6a. Article 1_0.pdf , 6b. Article 2_0.pdf , 6c. Article 3_0.pdf , 6d. Article 4_0.pdf , 6e. Article 5-reduced size_0.pdf , 6f. Article 6_0.pdf , 6g. Article 7-reduced size_0.pdf , 6h. Article 8-reduced size_0.pdf
Use of Symbols in Egyptian Religion: Ancient, Coptic Christianity, and Islam By Sharlyn Scott 1. Lesson plan - Use of Symbols_0.pdf , 2a. History of Religion - Lecture Notes_0.pdf , 2b. History of Religion - Student Guide_0.pdf , 2c. History of Religion - powerpoint_0.pdf , 3a. Symbols in Egyptian Religion - powerpoint_0.pdf , 3b. Symbolism Essentials_0.pdf , 4a. Student Project Worksheets_0.pdf , 4b. Student Project images_0.pdf , 4c. Image Guide for Teachers_0.pdf , 5. Information on Symbols in Egyptian Religion_0.pdf
Thin Ice Encompassed by Increasing Fire: Conflict and Struggle for Human Rights in the Middle East By Catrina Pelton Thin Ice Surrounded by Increasing Fire Lesson.pdf
Ratios and Proportions in Turkey By Marsha Mallinger-Ruben Ratios and Proportions in Turkey_0.pdf
Palestinian and Israeli Literature By Michelle Ramadan Palestinian and Israeli Literature_1.pdf
Muslim Holocaust Rescuers By Lisa Adeli 1. Assignment Description %28for teachers%29_13.pdf , 3. Lecture notes_0.pdf , 5. List of topics_0.pdf , 6. Research questions and writing guide_0.pdf , 7. bibliography of suggested readings_0.pdf