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Curated OER

Anavian Gallery (New York): Islamic Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of examples of Islamic art in all media in the holdings of the Anavian Gallery, New York-based art dealers/appraisers. Browse, learn, and enjoy.
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Curated OER

Anavian Gallery (New York): Islamic Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of examples of Islamic art in all media in the holdings of the Anavian Gallery, New York-based art dealers/appraisers. Browse, learn, and enjoy.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Anavian Gallery (New York): Islamic Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of examples of Islamic art in all media in the holdings of the Anavian Gallery, New York-based art dealers/appraisers. Browse, learn, and enjoy.
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: India 1999

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information about some cases of religious, ethnic, and political conflict that have taken place in India. It includes a section about Islamic militants as well as caste violence.
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Handout
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Islamophobia

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay considers hostility to Muslims and Islam from an historical perspective.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Malcolm X

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, concise biography on the life of Malcolm X from Wikipedia that provides information on his involvement with the Nation of Islam, his leaving the organization, his pilgrimage to Mecca, and his assassination.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Muammar Gaddafi

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi discusses his rise to power, his regime of Islamic socialism and support of pan-Arabism and the PLO, his relations with other countries, the Libyan Civil War, his capture and execution, and...
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Article
United Nations

Unesco: Mgmt & Mismanagement of Diversity: Arab Nationalist Vision & Ethnicity

For Students 9th - 10th
A contrast of Arab nationalism with Islamic nationalism and a discussion of the secular aspects of the Arab nationalism. See Part B (page 7) of this PDF document.
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Other

Islaam.com: Zakaat

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Zakaat with an explanation of how it fits into the Islamic religion. Contains quotes from the Koran about the importance of Zakaat.
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Article
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Bombings Renew Fear of War in Algeria

For Students 9th - 10th
From the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer an April 2007 news story examining recent events in Algeria generating concerns of a renewed civil war in Algeria between the government and Islamic extremists. Also provides links to related topics.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Avicenna

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about Islamic scholar and theologan Avicenna, whose book al-Qanun comprised of the entire medical knowledge available from ancient and Muslim sources.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Thabit Ibn Qurra

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Thabit ibn Qurra, a mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.
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Article
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance?

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews offers a fascinating look at the advances made by Arabic/Islamic mathematicians from about 780 AD to 1450 AD, only more recently being appreciated for their beauty and originality. Includes embedded links to...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Mass Arrest of Egyptian Brothers

For Students 9th - 10th
A June 2007 news story describing the arrest of dozens of people belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, an outlawed Islamic group.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Black Power movement, including Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers.
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Other

Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Lost Forever

For Students 9th - 10th
A slideshow accompanied by a description of archaeological discoveries from the ancient Assyrian cities of Nineveh and Nimrud in Iraq, both of which were severely damaged by the Islamic State in March 2015. The slideshow includes images...
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Black Past

Black Past: Farrakhan, Louis Abdul

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry gives a brief biography of the controversial black leader, Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam. You can click on a link to a website for more information.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

For Students 7th - 9th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 7-9) to pair with the autobiography "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi. "Persepolis" is an autobiographical graphic novel depicting Marjane Satrapi's experience during the Islamic revolution of 1979....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Maps Tell Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Maps are subjective, and like any form of art and design they have stories to tell and reveal a lot about the times in which they were produced. Maps involve selections of information, human editing, and a visual language legible to the...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Tuareg

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tuareg, a seminomadic, Islamic people who speak a Berber language, Tamacheq, live in the contemporary nation-states of Niger, Mali, Algeria, and Libya. They are believed to be descendants of the North African Berbers and to have...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Druze

For Students 9th - 10th
The Druze are a closed, tightly knit, Arab minority who live in southern Syria, in the mountains of central Lebanon, and in Israel, including the Golan Heights. There are also small communities in Jordan, the United States, Canada, and...
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Handout
Islami City

Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
The first section offers an extensive look at the history of The Umayyad Dynasty, its first ruler and the concern with secular matters.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Palestine

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Palestine.
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Article
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Islamic History Sourcebook: The Story of the Suez Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University gives an account of the planning of the Suez Canal from the perspective of a historian living during that era.

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