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9/23/2012

Environmental Peacemaking: Understanding the Politics of Water in  Palestine, Israel and Jordan

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By Greta Scharnweber, New York University

The Dead Sea is dying. One of the most unique natural sites on Earth, famous for its buoyancy and lofty salt and mineral contents, the Dead Sea is on most world travelers’ checklists. Yet many of the Dead Sea’s visitors are unaware that this amazing body of water is in dire environmental crisis. ​

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11/18/2011

Studying Egypt During the Egyptian Spring

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By Lorne Swarthout, Berkeley Carroll School, New York, NY

​What would it have been like to study Russian history in 1917 or Israeli history in 1948 or Cuban history in 1959? It would have been exciting! And confusing!

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11/18/2011

Analyzing Revolutionary Movements in the Classroom

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By Joan Brodsky Schur, Village Community School

Whatever the future holds for Tunisia, the Jasmine Revolution will go down in history as the first blossom of the Arab Spring – a series of revolutionary uprisings that spread from tiny Tunisia, to giant Egypt and far beyond. ​

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4/26/2011

Beyond Stereotypes of Muslims in America

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From Humor and Hollywood to Piety and Fashion

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By Greta Scharnweber, New York University

The following are a few fascinating online, print, and film resources that would help support extension activities in the classroom.

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4/26/2011

The Middle East through Foreign Eyes

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​By Alex Barna, The University of Chicago

Teaching about the Middle East, Arabs, Muslims, or Islam in a contemporary high school or college classroom presents certain pedagogical challenges. ​

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4/26/2011

Teaching about Religious Phobia in the US

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By Joan Brodsky Schur, Village Community School

The vilification of the “religious other” is nothing new in America and in fact has a long history.  This lesson is designed to shed perspective on the sources and nature of today’s anti-Islam rhetoric by looking back to a period of virulent anti-Catholicism in United States history. ​

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