Lesson Plans

Content Area: History
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Muslim Holocaust Rescuers	Lisa Adeli	History	Holocaust, General Middle East, Balkans	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. Assignment Description (for teachers).pdf 3. Lecture notes.pdf 5. List of topics.pdf 6. Research questions and writing guide.pdf 7. bibliography of suggested readings.pdf
Migrations across Morocco: Community College Research/Writing Assignment	Lisa Adeli	History	Morocco	College/Adult	1. Assignment Description (for educators) 2a. Questions - Overview and Map Exercise 2b. map - Mediterranean world 2c. map - Africa Group A - Medieval Islamic Spain Group B - Expulsions From Spain to Morocco Group C - European Colonialism in Morocco Group D - World Wars and Independence Group E - Modern Migrations from and across Morocco
Mesopotamian Civilization	Marie Sarnacki	History	Iraq	High School (9-12)	Lesson Plan-Mesopotamia
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Lesson in Perspective	MaryLynne Fillmon	History	Israel/Palestine	High School (9-12)
Islamic Women	Chris O'Brien	History	General Middle East	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1. Islamic Women.pdf 2. Islamic Women.pdf

Content Area: Geography
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Murder in Muscat	Lisa Adeli	Geography	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	1A. Assignment Description (for teachers) 1B. Students' Directions 1C. Roles and Responsibilities 1D. Suspect Evaluation Sheet 1E. Arrest and Debrief Sheet 2A. Homework-overview 2B-1. homework-Person 1 2B-2. homework-person 2 2B-3. Homework-Person 3 2B-4. homework-Person 4 2B-5. homework-person 5 3A. Muscat-Overview 3B-1 #1. Muscat-Place-Person 1 3B-2#2. Muscat-place-person 2 3B-3#3. Muscat-place-person 3 3B-4#4. Muscat-place-place-person 4 3B-5#5. Muscat-place-person 5 3C-1#1. Muscat-witness-person 1 3C-2#2. Muscat-witness-person 2 3C-3#3. Muscat-witness-person 3 3C-4#4. Muscat-witness-person 4 3C-5#5. Muscat-witness-person 5 4A. Nizwa and vicinity-overview 4B-1#1. Nizwa-place-person 1 4B-2#2. Nizwa-place-person 2 4B-3#3. Nizwa-place-person 3 4B-4#4. Nizwa-place-person 4 4B-5#5. Nizwa-place-person 5 4C-1#1. Nizwa-witness-person 1 4C-2#2. Nizwa-witness-person 4C-3#3. Nizwa-Witness-person 3 4C-4#4. Nizwa-witness-person 4 4C-5#5. Nizwa-witness-person 5 5A. Zanzibar-overview 5B-1#1. Zanzibar-place-person 1 5B-2#2. Zanzibar-place-person 2 5B-3#3. Zanzibar-place-Person 3 5B-4#4. Zanzibar-place-person 4 5B- 5#5. Zanzibar-place-Person 5 5C-1#1. Zanzibar-witness-Person 1 5C-2#2. Zanzibar-witness-Person 2 5C-3#3. Zanzibar-witness-Person 3 5C-4#4. Zanzibar-witness-person 4 5C-5#5. Zanzibar-witness-Person 5 6A. Salalah-overview 6B-1#1. Salalah-place-Person 1 6B-1#1. Salalah-place-Person 1 6B-3#3. Salalah-place-Person 3 6B-4#4. Salalah-place-Person 4 6B-5#5. Salalah-place-Person 5 6C-1#1. Salalah-witness-Person 1 6C-2#2. Salalah-witness-person 2 6C-3#3. Salalah-witness-person 3 6C-4#4. Salalah-witness-Person 4 6C-5#5. Salalah-witness-Person 5
Morocco: Understanding through the Elements	Kimberlee Johnsen	Geography	Morocco	High School (9-12)	Morocco - Understanding through the Elements (Geography).pdf
Modern Oman	Kara McMillan	Geography	General Middle East	High School (9-12)	Lesson Plan.pdf
Measuring the Travels of Two Adventurers: Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta	Cheryl Wiens	Geography	General Middle East	Middle School (6-8)	Wiens.Measuring the Travels.2006.PDF Wiens.Measuring the Travels.Front Matter.PDF

Content Area: Culture and Gender, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Mosque Design	Jessica Silverman	Culture and Gender, Art and Music	Religions, Ottoman Empire/Turkey	Middle School (6-8)	mosque design lesson.pdf

Content Area: Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Mosaics of Cyprus	Greg Burch	Art and Music	Cyprus	High School (9-12)	Mosaics of Cyprus Lesson.pdf
Middle Eastern Ceramics: Historical and Contemporary Connections (Ceramics II)	Christy Wittmer	Art and Music	General Middle East	College/Adult
Kazakh Music	Cara Schreffler	Art and Music	Central Asia	High School (9-12)	Kazakh Music Lesson Plan Kazakh Music Score
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

Content Area: Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Morocco Lesson Plan	Clover Bolton	Culture and Gender	Morocco	Elementary (K-5)
Linguistic Influences on Spanish	Jessamyn Snider	Culture and Gender	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions)	High School (9-12), College/Adult	1a. unit plan influences on Spanish - English 1b. unit plan influences on Spanish - Spanish 2a. Arabic influences on Spanish - English 2a.Arabic influences on Spanish - Spanish 3b. Nahuatl influences on Spanish - English.pdf 3a. Nahuatl influences on Spanish - Spanish 4. sort arabic nahuatl.pdf 5. conclusions
Lesson on Islam	Pren Woods	Culture and Gender	Religions	Middle School (6-8)	lesson islam.pdf
Language-Cultural Change in Kazakhstan	Rebecca Orozco	Culture and Gender	Central Asia	College/Adult	Power Point part 1 Power Point Part 2
Islam Fact and Fiction: Overcoming Stereotypes	Saviz Safizadeh	Culture and Gender	Religions	High School (9-12)	lesson - Islam-Fact and Fiction
Islam	Dara Weller	Culture and Gender	Religions	High School (9-12)	Islam.pdf

Content Area: Literature
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Morocco and Muslim-Jewish Relations	Ben Coppolo	Literature	Morocco	High School (9-12)	Unit Plan_ Morocco and Muslim-Jewish Relations
Middle Eastern Poetry-Rap: Years by Omar Offendum	Tim Flanagan	Literature	General Middle East	Middle School (6-8)	lesson plan
Maslow's Hierarcy of Human Needs and Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley	Omar Hakim	Literature	Egypt	College/Adult	1. About the Lesson.pdf 2. PowerPoint.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: Current Events/Politics
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Modern Oman	Kara McMillan	Current Events/Politics	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	Oman Lesson Plan .pdf
Middle East Related Lesson Plan: Learning From Current Event Articles	Hortensia Cota	Current Events/Politics	General Middle East	Middle School (6-8)	Hortensia Cota_Middle East Related Lesson Plan
Middle East Debates	Chris Sperry	Current Events/Politics	General Middle East	College/Adult	Lesson Plan 2. Intro To Parents.pdf 3. Video Clip.pdf 4. Roles.pdf 5. Lesson Plan Details.pdf 6. News Quiz Model.pdf 7. News Quiz Guidelines.pdf 8. Delicious.pdf 9. Literature Choices.pdf 10. Outline Model.pdf 11. Outline Model Human Rights.pdf 12. Point Of View Writing.pdf 13. Research Update.pdf 14. Debate Protocal.pdf 15. Speech Prep.pdf 16. Moderator Script.pdf 17. Invite To Parents.pdf 18. Press Release For TV.pdf 19. SelfEvaluation.pdf 20. Student Comments.pdf

Content Area: Geography, History, Research/Writing
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Migrations Across Morocco: Community College Writing/Research Assignment	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History, Research/Writing	Morocco	College/Adult	Lesson Plan: for teachers 2a. Questions - Overview and Map Exercise 2b. map - Mediterranean world 2c. map - Africa Group A-Medieval Islamic Spain Group B- Expulsions from Spain to Morocco Group C - European Colonialism in Morocco Group D - World Wars and Independence Group E - Modern Migrations from and Across Morocco

Content Area: Geography, History
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Migrations across Morocco - HS	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History	Morocco	High School (9-12)	Assignment Description (for teachers) 2a. Questions - Overview and Map Exercise 2b. map - Mediterranean world 2c. map - Africa 3-A1. Muslim take-over of Spain 3-A2. Spain and the Muslim World 3-A3. Islamic Spain and Western Europe 3-B1. Expulsion of Muslims from Spain 3-B1. Expulsion of Jews from Spain 3-B3. Barbary Coast Pirates 3-C1. Portuguese in Morocco 3-C2. Spanish in Morocco 3-C3. French in Morocco 3-D1. Moroccan Soldiers in WWI 3-D2. Axis and Allied Troops in Morocco 3-D3. Moroccan Independence 3-E1. Jews leave for Israel 3-E2. Moroccans Leave for Europe 3-E3. Sub-Saharan Africans Crossing Morocco 4. Group Discussion Guidelines
Life in the Borderlands: Morocco and Spain Inquiry	Mariah Pol	Geography, History	Morocco	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson plan
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: Geography, Research/Writing
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Migrating Morocco	David Burton	Geography, Research/Writing	Morocco	Middle School (6-8)

Content Area: Current Events/Politics, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Middle Eastern Money	Lisa Adeli	Current Events/Politics, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	General Middle East	Elementary (K-5)	Assignment Description (for teachers) 2. Currency conversion sheet.pdf 3a. Math Worksheet.pdf 3b. Answer Key - math worksheet.pdf 5a. Currency - presentation.pdf 5b. Notes to slides.pdf Afghanistan.pdf Egypt.pdf Iran.pdf Iraq.pdf Israel.pdf Jordan.pdf Morocco.pdf Saudi Arabia.pdf Syria.pdf Turkey.pdf
Middle Eastern Money	Lisa Adeli	Current Events/Politics, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	General Middle East	Elementary (K-5)	Assignment Description (for teachers) 2. Currency conversion sheet.pdf 3a. Math Worksheet.pdf 3b. Answer Key - math worksheet.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.pdf 5b. Notes to slides.pdf

Content Area: Literature, Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Middle East Literature course - syllabus	Aaron Laduke	Literature, Current Events/Politics, Culture and Gender	General Middle East	College/Adult	Middle East Literature Syllabus Middle East Literature Resources
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, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Middle East and North Africa	Debra Ballweg	Geography, History, Culture and Gender	Religions, General Middle East	High School (9-12)	Title page and description 2. Map activity.pdf 3. Moslem Federation - Newspaper Article.pdf 4. Middle East Blog assignment sheet.pdf 5. Religion VoiceThread (2012).pdf
Medieval Spain: Meeting Place of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Culture	Lisa Adeli	Geography, History, Culture and Gender	Comparative or Connective (Middle East to Other Regions)	Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)	1. Assignment Description (for teachers).pdf 2a. Powerpoint, Part 1.pdf 2b. Powerpoint, Part 2.pdf 2c. Notes to powerpoint.pdf 3a. people or inventions to research.pdf 3b. master list of research topics.pdf 4. Preparing Your Information Card.pdf 5. chart.pdf
Mapping the Spread of Ideas and Culture of Morocco	Deanna Jones	Geography, History, Culture and Gender	Morocco	Middle School (6-8)	Lesson plan

Content Area: History, Culture and Gender, Art and Music
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Mesopotamian Museum Project	Daniella Garran	History, Culture and Gender, Art and Music	Iraq	Middle School (6-8)	lesson plan.pdf

Content Area: History, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Medieval Muslim Scientists - 1-day activity	Lisa Adeli	History, Science (including Environment and Disease) and Math	General Middle East	High School (9-12)	Assignment Description Role Sheets Chart

Content Area: Literature, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Little Black Fish: A Persian Story	Lisa Adeli	Literature, Culture and Gender	Iran	Middle School (6-8)	a. Assignment Description for Teachers b. Pre-reading Assignment c. Introducing the Reading d. powerpoint e. The Little Black Fish-Story f. Reading Comprehension Questions g1. Assignment-Option 1 (Booklet) g2. Assignment- Option 2 (Performance) g3. Assignment-Option 3 (Creative Writing)

Content Area: Geography, History, Culture and Gender, Foreign Language
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Linguistic and Cultural Internactions on the Swahili Coast	Nikole Brasch and Nicole Means	Geography, History, Culture and Gender, Foreign Language	Oman/Indian Ocean	High School (9-12)	Lesson.pdf

Content Area: Geography, Culture and Gender
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Life and Death in Different Religions	Dawn Shum	Geography, Culture and Gender	Religions	High School (9-12)

Content Area: Literature, Research/Writing
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Librarian of Basra	Shari Lossou-Lossavi	Literature, Research/Writing	Iraq	Elementary (K-5)	Lesson Plan

Content Area: Foreign Language
Title	Author	Content Area	Subject / Country	Grade Level	Lesson Plan
Learning Arabic with Media	Manal Tafish	Foreign Language	General Middle East	Elementary (K-5), Middle School (6-8)	Learning Arabic with Media

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

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: 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: 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

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