These lesson plans can help guide and inspire classroom teaching and learning. Activities range from analyzing political cartoons to creating maps, modeling a peace summit, and exploring interpretations of the Quran. Each lesson provides links to necessary resources.

U.S. Foreign Policy

• How 9/11 Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy
• Coup to Revolution: U.S. Foreign Policy in Iran
• Changing Circumstances, Changing U.S. Foreign Policy

Religious Militancy

• Terrorism: What's in a Word?
• Terrorist, Freedom Fighter, or Something in Between

Roles of Women

• Who Wears a Veil?
• Muslim Women Through Time
• How Many Wives?

Stereotypes

• Stereotypes: More Than Meets the Eye
• Dissecting the Media
• "Reading" Political Cartoons

Natural Resources

• Middle East: Land, Resources, and Economics
• Got Water?
• Oil Crisis: What Would You Do?

Nation-States

• Mapping the Middle East
• A Meeting of World Leaders
• Israeli-Palestinian Peace Summit