Lesson Plans

Content Area: Geography, History, Research/Writing
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Diasporas: The Great Geographic Dislocations of History	Barbara Williams	Geography, History, Research/Writing	General Middle East, Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions), Ottoman Empire/Turkey	High School (9-12)	1.lesson plan - Geography - diasporas 2. Powerpoint for Teachers 3. Case study - Greek Turkish Population Exchange 4.Student example - The Irish Diaspora 5. Student exapmle - Hungarian Diaspora of 1956

Content Area: History
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Digital Detectives: Recreating Medieval Baghdad Using Primary Sources and Open Source 3D Printing Software	Joshua Dempsey	History	General Middle East, Iraq	Middle School (6-8)	1. Lesson Plan 2. Student Handouts
Egypt Research Essay: Egyptian History Meets the Modern World	Daniella Garran	History	Egypt	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson plan and handouts
Islamic Women	Chris O'Brien	History	General Middle East	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. Islamic Women.pdf 2. Islamic Women.pdf
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Lesson in Perspective	MaryLynne Fillmon	History	Israel/Palestine	High School (9-12)

Content Area: Literature, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Digital Humanities Poetry/Photo Assignment	Stephanie Curran	Literature, Culture and Gender	General Middle East	College/Adult	Digital Humanities Poetry/Photo Assignment
International Holiday Unit	Amanda Tanbal	Literature, Culture and Gender	Religions, General Middle East	Elementary (K-5)	Lesson Plan.pdf

Content Area: Geography, History, Research/Writing, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Disease and Public Health in the Ottoman Empire - DBQ	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History, Research/Writing, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	Ottoman Empire/Turkey	High School (9-12), College/Adult	Questions-writing prompts, discussion questions H&T 1. geography and health H&T 2. hospitals H&T 3. access to care H&T 4. treatments H&T 5. music therapy H&T 6. preventing smallpox D&R 1. trade routes D&R 2. government response D&R 3. cholera, pilgrimage D&R 4. quarantines D&R 5. cholera cartoons D&R 6. ethnic cleansing Circassians D&R 7. Red Crescent War 1. Balkan Wars cholera War 2. WWI overview War 3. Armenian genocide War 4. hospitals and supplies War 5. diary of Ihsan Turjman War 6. POW camps

Content Area: Foreign Language
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Diversity of Food in Spanish	Jessamyn Snider	Foreign Language	General Middle East	College/Adult	1a. Diversity of food in Spanish unit 1b. comida 2. mapa de comida 3. list of nahuatlismos 4. sort arabic nahuatl food 5. sort arabic nahuatl food image 6a. comida template english 6b. comida template 7. palabras extranjeras grouping 8. criteria para comida 9. rubric for food 10. palabras extranjeras 11. quick info mexico 12. quick info spain
Introduction to Moroccan Storytelling and Culture (for French classes)	Jessica Setzer	Foreign Language	Morocco	High School (9-12), College/Adult	lesson plan intro to Morocco powerpoint (in French) storytelling

Content Area: Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Diversity of Food in Spanish - Intro to Spanish	Jessamyn Snider	Culture and Gender	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions)	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1a. Diversity of food in Spanish unit 1b. Comida 2. mapa de comida 3. list of nahuatlismos 4. sort Arabic nahuatl food 5. Sort Arabic Nahuatl food image 6a. comida template english 6b. comida template Spanish 7. palabras extranjeras grouping 8. criteria para comida 9. rubric for food
How Women from the Middle East and Latin America Are Portrayed by the Mass Media		Culture and Gender	General Middle East	College/Adult	1. Instruction packet for students
Introduction to Islam	Roxanne Taylor and Jayme Taylor	Culture and Gender	Religions	Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)	Roxanne Taylor - lesson plan.pdf
Iran, Iraq - What's the Difference?	Lisa Adeli	Culture and Gender	General Middle East, Iran, Iraq	Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. overview of the lesson.pdf 2. country 1 slides.pdf 3. country 2 slides.pdf 4a. Powerpoint - main presentation.pdf 4b. Notes - main presentation.pdf
Islam	Dara Weller	Culture and Gender	Religions	High School (9-12)	Islam.pdf
Islam Fact and Fiction: Overcoming Stereotypes	Saviz Safizadeh	Culture and Gender	Religions	High School (9-12)	lesson - Islam-Fact and Fiction
Language-Cultural Change in Kazakhstan	Rebecca Orozco	Culture and Gender	Central Asia	College/Adult	Power Point part 1 Power Point Part 2

Content Area: Geography, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Dubai Mall, Sharia Law, and Social Norms	Thomas Kenning	Geography, Culture and Gender	Arabian Peninsula	High School (9-12)	1. Lesson Plan 2. Photos

Content Area: Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Elements of General Chemistry (with Middle East historical/cultural content)	Amir Meraban	Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	General Middle East	College/Adult
Ellipses and the UAE Space Program	Stephanie Morgan	Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	Arabian Peninsula	High School (9-12)
Housing at Home and in Morocco	Rose Potter	Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	Morocco	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson Plan

Content Area: Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Examining Modern Morocco Through Murals and Migration	Tara Ann Carter	Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender	Morocco	High School (9-12)	Lesson Plan Powerpoint Book Character chart for the book

Content Area: Current Events/Politics
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Examining the Influence of the U.S. Constitution on the Iraqi Constitution Ratified in 2005	Barbara Hall	Current Events/Politics	Iraq	Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)	Lesson Plan Attachment 1 Attachment 2 Attachment 3 Attachment 3 Key

Content Area: Literature
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Examples from Bosnia for English Classes	Athena Kalia	Literature	Balkans	High School (9-12)	1. Humor and satire 2. Danger of a Single Story 3. One Topic, Two Mediums 4. Point of View
Exploring Stereotypes through Literature and Poetry	Tim Flanagan	Literature	General Middle East	Middle School (6-8)	ExploringStereotypesthroughLiteratureandPoetry (1).pdf
Kite Project (Creative Response to Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner	Farhana Hoque	Literature	Afghanistan	High School (9-12)	TKR Kite Project_NEH.pdf

Content Area: Geography, History
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Explorations in Central Asia	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History	Central Asia	High School (9-12)	1a. lesson plan 1b. Assignment (teacher's explanation) 2a. powerpoint 2b. Questions 2c. map 3a. Project guidelines for students 3b. judging sheet-presentation 4a. Turkic cultures 4b. different groups 4c. Silk Road 4d. Soviet Union 4e. Post-Soviet Politics 4f. Music-Dance 4g. Fine Arts-Traditional Crafts 4h. Religions 4i. Adaptations to the Environment 4j. Nature 4k. Science-Technology 4l. Food 4m. Architecture 4n. Education
Geography of Great Empires: Holy Roman and Ottoman	Barbara Williams	Geography, History	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions), Ottoman Empire/Turkey	High School (9-12)	Geography of Great Empires.pdf
Globalization - Case Study Oman	Nicole Means	Geography, History	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	Lesson plan-Globalization Case Study Oman Poweroint-Multiculturalism in the Indian Ocean Photo analysis activity
Importance of Cyprus During the Crusades	Jeremy Church	Geography, History	Cyprus	High School (9-12)	Importance of Cyprus during the Crusades. grade 9 and 10 World History.Church.pdf
Indian Ocean Trade Webquest	Nikole Brasch	Geography, History	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	Indian Ocean Trade.pdf
Jews on the Move: Migration of Moroccan Jews	Teresa Seabolt	Geography, History	Morocco	High School (9-12)	lesson plan and materials link to powerpoint

Content Area: History, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Florentine and Ottoman Women of the 14th – 16th Centuries: A Comparative Curriculum Unit	Louise Forsyth	History, Culture and Gender	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions), Ottoman Empire/Turkey	High School (9-12), College/Adult	Florentine and Ottoman Women of the 14th-16th Centuries, A Comparative Curriculum
Independence and National Identity in Post-Soviet Central Asia	Monica Ketchum	History, Culture and Gender	Central Asia	College/Adult	Lesson Description and Assignment Sheet Powerpoint

Content Area: Geography, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Good Morning! A Jordanian Breakfast Webquest: Exploring Culture Through Breakfast Foods	Sandra Makielski	Geography, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Culture and Gender	Jordan	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson Plan: Jordan Student Handout-Jordan

Content Area: Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Great Silk Road: A Group Exploration Through Research and Craft	Virginia Pfau Thompson	Art and Music	Central Asia	College/Adult	Silk Road Ceramics Class Project
Islamic Influences in the Renaissance	Rudy Navarro	Art and Music	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions)	College/Adult	1. Unit Plan 2. Outline - lecture 1 3. Outline - lecture 2 4. Outline - lecture 3 5. Bibliography
Kazakh Music	Cara Schreffler	Art and Music	Central Asia	High School (9-12)	Kazakh Music Lesson Plan Kazakh Music Score

Content Area: Research/Writing, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Hanging Odes and Arabic Calligraphy: Investigating the Personal	Trevor Wallace	Research/Writing, Culture and Gender	General Middle East	Elementary (K-5), Middle School (6-8)	1. Reverance for Words Lesson Plan_twallace.pdf 3. Reverence for Words Handout_twallace.pdf 4. A Reverance for Words Rubric_twallace.pdf

Content Area: History, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
House of Wisdom and Folio Creation	Daniela Jimenez Gabb	History, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Art and Music	General Middle East	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson Plan Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3

Content Area: Geography, History, Literature
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
How History Shaped Literature and Literature Changed History: Serbs and the 1389 Battle of Kosovo	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History, Literature	Balkans	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. Title Page 2. Lesson Plan 3. Assignment sheet - students 4. Who Are We 5. Heroes of Serbia 6. Questions and answers 7. Background - Sarajevo 1914 8. Background - Kosovo 1990s 9. List of scenarios 10. Suggested websites 11. Task sheet

Content Area: Geography, Literature
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
In Search of Aphrodite’s Rock	Heather Kiser	Geography, Literature	Cyprus	High School (9-12)	Lesson Procedures Story Pictures Answers for Hala Sultan Tekke Answers for Hala Sultan Tekke Answers for St. Hilarion Answers for the Story of Salamis Answers for the Story of Pygmalion and Galatea Answers for the Story of Pyramus and Thisbe Answers for the Story of Pyramus and Thisbe Answers for the Story of St Catherine Answers for the Story of St. Nicholas Cyprus Map Key Cyprus Map

Content Area: Geography, History, Economics
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Indian Ocean Trade Simulation	Rob Hallock, Chris O’Brien	Geography, History, Economics	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	1. Indian Ocean Trade Simulation Lesson Plan Revised 2. Powerpoint Directions for Simulation.pdf (1.12 MB) 3. Additional Slide for Powerpoint Directions

Content Area: Geography, Culture and Gender, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Indigo in the Modern Arab World	Victoria Vicente	Geography, Culture and Gender, Art and Music	Oman/Indian Ocean	Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)	Indigo Lesson V.Vicente.pdf

Content Area: History, Research/Writing, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Iranian Women DBQ	Lisa Adeli	History, Research/Writing, Culture and Gender	Iran	High School (9-12)	1. Assignment Description (for teachers) 2. Overview of Modern Iran 3a-1. Newspaper articles 3a-2. Tobacco Boycott 3a-3. Constitutional Revolution 3b-1. Unveiling 3b-2. Women's Dress 3b-3. Education 3b-4. Advances 3c-1. Restrictions 3c-2. Photos 3c-3. Advances 4. Questions-Writing Prompts, discussion questions

Content Area: History, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Iznik Tile Design	Michelle Molnar	History, Art and Music	Ottoman Empire/Turkey	High School (9-12)	titlepageIznik Tile Design.pdf Iznik Tile Lesson Plan.pdf History - Art History Turkey.pdf Iznik design photos.pdf Iznik photos.pdf

Content Area: Current Events/Politics, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Economics
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Jordan - Sustainable Development Goals	Dina DiSantis	Current Events/Politics, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math, Economics	Jordan	High School (9-12)	Lesson plan

Content Area: Literature, Culture and Gender, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Kanga As Communication	Katharine Mitchell	Literature, Culture and Gender, Art and Music	Oman/Indian Ocean	Middle School (6-8)	Mitchell - KangaAsCommunication.pdf

Content Area: Literature, Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Kite Runner, Culture, and U.N. Goals	Emily Robinson	Literature, Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender	Afghanistan	High School (9-12)	lesson plan

Content Area: Geography, History, Current Events/Politics
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Kurds: A People without a Country	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History, Current Events/Politics	General Middle East	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. Assignment Description (for teachers).pdf 2. The Kurds.pdf 3a. Presentation notes.pdf 3b. Presentation on Kurds.pdf 4. Topics for Research.pdf 5. Research Guide.pdf 6. Pros and Cons sheet.pdf

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