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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: World Civilization Since 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-four college video lectures provides an overview of the interactions among seven major cultural traditions (Judeo-Christian, Graeco-Roman, Indian, Chinese, African, Islamic, American Indian), from c.e. 1500.
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Website
University College London

University College London: Digital Egypt: Burial Customs

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive website offers discussion and pictures of burial customs in Egypt from Pre-Dynastic times through Islamic Egypt. Hyperlinks to much more information within the site.
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Unit Plan
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Knights in Central Park

For Students 3rd - 8th
Are you aware of the artistry involved in creating armor and weaponry? The Metropolitan takes a comprehensive look at the arms and armor of warriors, soldiers, and knights from four different time periods in four different parts of the...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Mauritania Army Coup Condemned 8/04/05

For Students 9th - 10th
In the Islamic Country of Mauritania, there was a coup that overthrew the U.S. backed leader. This coup has been condemned by many, and the international community hopes that the President of Mauritania is reinstated. The BBC goes into...
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Website
Other

Holy Ramadan: Ramadan

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the traditions and beliefs surrounding the Islamic holiday of Ramadan.
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Handout
Other

Saudi Aramco World: The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated article considers the travels of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century Islamic adventurer, who, like Marco Polo, wrote a famous narrative of his journeys, which stretched from Tangier to China.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: West Africa and the Role of Slavery

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492" takes a look at the major West African empires and discusses the roles of Islam and Europe in the slave trade.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: United Arab Emirates

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on United Arab Emirates.
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Week of June 18th 2016: u.s., Russia Working to Coordinate Bombing in Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. and Russia are working on a controversial plan for greater military cooperation in Syria, where both powers are bombing the Islamic State but have starkly different views of the country's future.The Washington Post on Thursday...
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Bahrain

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers a thorough resource featuring Bahrain.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Egypt.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Iran

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Iran.
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Graphic
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Israel.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Kuwait

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Kuwait.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Libya

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Libya.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Morocco

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Morocco.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Syria.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Tunisia

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Tunisia.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC presents this thorough resource of Turkey.
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Handout
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Yemen

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Yemen.
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Graphic
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Afghanistan

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers a thorough resource featuring Afghanistan.
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Graphic
Middle East Policy Council

Mepc: Teach Mideast: Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Iraq.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Thousand and One Nights

For Students 9th - 10th
This video introduces the world of high Islamic culture, lowbrow comedy, and encounters with the spirit world, all through the stories of the brave Shahrazad, who saves her own life, her husband's sanity, the kingdom, and all of her...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Cities of the Three Books

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit explores the three monotheistic faiths in the Holy Land (Christian, Jewish, Islamic) and the settlements of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jaffa, and Gaza.

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