No one region of the world produces as much headline news as the region we call the Middle East.
Your students must understand the history of the region to have a clue what's going on with current events. This book provides a brief overview of the Ancient and Middle Age History of the Middle East it goes on to provide a more thorough look at the recent history (1948 - present) of this volatile region of the world.
1. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Your students must understand the history of the region to have a clue what's going on with current events. This book provides a brief overview of the Ancient and Middle Age History of the Middle East it goes on to provide a more thorough look at the recent history (1948 - present) of this volatile region of the world.
Lesson #1 Timeline Timeline of the Ancient Civilizations
Lesson #2 Lecture Where civilization began
2. THE MIDDLE AGES
Lesson #1 Lecture The Islamic empire
Lesson #2 Videos The Crusades
Lesson #3 Group analysis Top Ten Reasons why the Crusades were a bad idea
3. THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
Lesson #1 Lecture The Age of Imperialism
Lesson #2 Videos The Ottoman Empire
Lesson #3 Profile T.E. Lawrence / “Lawrence of Arabia”
Lesson #4 Videos World War I in the Middle East
Lesson #5 Group analysis The British Mandate, 1917
Lesson #6 Group analysis The British Mandate, 1917
Lesson #7 Reading Why the Middle East is hostile to the West
Arab nationalism
Lesson #8 Chart Independence
Lesson #9 Lecture Independence
Lesson #10 Profile Ataturk
Lesson #11 Lecture World War II
Jewish nationalism
Lesson #12 Timeline Zionism
Lesson #13 Profile Theodor Herzl
Lesson #14 Group analysis Zionism
Lesson #15 Group analysis Zionism
Lesson #16 Group analysis Zionism
Lesson #17 Profile Arthur James Balfour
4. THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
The birth of Israel
Lesson #1 Timeline The birth of Israel
Lesson #2 Profile David Ben-Gurion
Lesson #3 Lecture The first Arab-Israeli War, 1948
Lesson #4 Videos The birth of Israel
Lesson #5 Chart The Law of Return
Lesson #6 Group analysis Top Ten Reasons why the birth of Israel was a great idea
Lesson #7 Group analysis Top Ten Reasons why the U.N. decision was unwise
Lesson #8 Game The ABCs of Israel
Lesson #9 Game Can you speak Hebrew?
The Arab-Israeli Wars
Lesson #10 Timeline The Arab-Israeli Wars
Lesson #11 Graphic organizer The causes of the Arab-Israeli conflict
The Suez Crisis, 1956
Lesson #12 Lecture The Suez Crisis
Lesson #13 Profile Nasser
Lesson #14 Videos Nasser
The Six-Day War, 1967
Lesson #15 Mapping The Six-Day War
Lesson #16 Profile Moshe Dayan
Lesson #17 Videos The Six-Day War
Lesson #18 Group analysis The Six-Day War
Lesson #19 Group analysis The Six-day War
The Yom Kippur War, 1973
Lesson #20 Lecture The Yom Kippur War
Lesson #21 Profile Golda Meir
Lesson #22 Feature film “Munich” - about the Munich Massacre
The Arab Oil Embargo, 1973-1974
Lesson #23 Lecture The Arab Oil Embargo
Lesson #24 Profile King Faisal
The Peace Treaty, 1979
Lesson #25 Quotations Famous quotations after the peace treaty was signed
Lesson #26 Profile Anwar Sadat
Lesson #27 Profile Menachem Begin
Lesson #28 Lecture The majority of countries still do not recognize Israel
Lesson #29 Lecture “Peace for Land”
Lesson #30 Political cartoons The Arab-Israeli conflict
Lesson #31 Game Famous leaders of Israel
Lesson #32 Evaluation Famous leaders of Israel
Lesson #33 Student projects The Israelis
Lesson #34 Game The ABCs of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Lesson #35 Game Can you speak Hebrew?
5. THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Lesson #1 Timeline The Palestinian conflict
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
Lesson #2 Lecture The PLO
Lesson #3 Maps & Photos Gaza and the West Bank
Lesson #4 Mapping Gaza and the West Bank
Lesson #5 Profile Yasser Arafat
Lesson #6 Lecture The Oslo Accords, 1993
Lesson #7 Political cartoons The PLO
Lesson #8 Videos The PLO
Lesson #9 Student projects The Palestinians
Lesson #10 Game The ABCs of the PLO
Israeli settlements on the West Bank
Lesson #11 Videos Jewish settlements on the West Bank
Lesson #12 Group analysis Jewish settlements on the West Bank
Lesson #13 Group analysis Jewish settlements on the West Bank
Lesson #14 Research Jewish settlements on the West Bank
Lesson #15 Lecture “Land for peace”
Lesson #16 Debate Jewish settlements on the West Bank
Hamas
Lesson #17 Timeline Hamas
Lesson #18 Lecture Hamas
Lesson #19 Political cartoons Hamas
Lesson #20 Lecture The Muslim Brotherhood
Hezbollah
Lesson #21 Timeline Hezbollah
Lesson #22 Lecture Hezbollah
Lesson #23 Political cartoons Hezbollah
Lesson #24 Profile President Ronald Reagan
Lesson #25 Game The ABCs of Hamas and Hezbollah
6. IRAN
Lesson #1 Lecture The history of Iran
Lesson #2 Profile The Shah of Iran
Lesson #3 Profile The Ayatollah Khomeini
Lesson #4 Profile President Jimmy Carter
Lesson #5 Political cartoons The Iranian Revolution, 1979
Lesson #6 Videos The Iranian Revolution, 1979
Lesson #7 Group analysis Top Ten Reasons why a theocracy is dreadful
Lesson #8 Game Famous leaders of Iran
Lesson #9 Evaluation Famous leaders of Iran
Lesson #10 Group analysis Authoritarianism
Lesson #11 Group analysis Totalitarianism
Lesson #12 Game The ABCs of the Iranian Revolution
Lesson #13 Game Can you speak Persian?
7. SAUDI ARABIA
Lesson #1 Lecture The significance of the Iranian Revolution, 1979
Lesson #2 Game Famous leaders of Saudi Arabia
Lesson #3 Evaluation Famous leaders of Saudi Arabia
Lesson #4 Political cartoons Saudi Arabia
Osama bin Laden
Lesson #5 Timeline Islamic fundamentalism
Lesson #6 Profile Osama bin Laden
Lesson #7 Group analysis Terrorism
Lesson #8 Game The ABCs of Saudi Arabia
Lesson #9 Game Can you speak Arabic?
8. IRAQ
Lesson #1 Timeline History of Iraq
Lesson #2 Profile Saddam Hussein
Lesson #3 Profile President Bush ‘41
Lesson #4 Videos The Gulf War, 1991
Lesson #5 Graphic organizer The Gulf War, 1991
Lesson #6 Profile President Bush ‘43
Lesson #7 Videos Daily life for young people in Baghdad
Lesson #8 Political cartoons Iraq
Lesson #9 Videos Saddam Hussein
Lesson #10 Game The ABCs of Saddam Hussein
Lesson #11 Game Can you speak Arabic?
9. SUMMARY
Lesson #1 Game Famous Arab leaders
Lesson #2 Evaluation Famous Arab leaders
Lesson #3 Game The relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East
Lesson #4 Game The relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East
Lesson #5 Maps & Charts U.S. military bases in the Middle East
10. THE TEST
The test consists of 690 questions.
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