- TeachMideast: An educational initiative of the Middle East Policy Council has a great website for educators woith curriculum resources, a glossary of terms, country profiles, information on current events and more!
- Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators from the University of Chicago site with essays, links, and lesson plans on the geography, history, and culture of the Middle East. Image bank contains photos of artifacts and maps.
- 40 Maps that Explain the Middle East from Vox
- Common Misconceptions about Islam and the Middle East: This colorful PDF addresses FAQ’s and common misunderstandings about the Middle East.
- NC Civic Education Consortium Database of K-12 Resources: Lessons and Activities for K-12 teachers. Searchable by class and lesson topic (search with Middle East).
- Country Profiles from the Middle East Studies Center at Portland State University. Each country has its own page with teaching materials (lesson plans, teaching ideas, etc.) and more.
- Middle East Studies Center Resource Hub by the Middle East Studies Center at Portland University, with materials for educators organized by country and theme, and categorized into Background Information, Media & News, and Teaching Materials.
- Lesson Plans on Turkey from the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
- Lesson Plans from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona
- Useful Links from CMES, University of Arizona: This is a wonderful listing of internet resources that can be applied to teaching about the Middle East.
- Useful Links from the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University
- Curriculum Units from the University of Texas, Austin
- Office of Resources for International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley: Selection of global lessons and resources for the classroom
- Lesson Plans from Harvard University: Some are on teaching geography and government. Others are on teaching religion, history, and culture.
- The Modern Middle East Seminar: UNC World View website that showcases presentation materials on a variety of topics created by scholars, developed for the Modern Middle East Seminar, March 2015.
- Peace Corps World Wise Schools Lesson Plans: Search by region, country, subject, or grade level. Teaching about the Diversity of the Middle East: Ideas for religious diversity, geographic diversity, linguistic diversity and more can be used to teach about the Middle East in conjunction with current events, world history, or integrated throughout the school year to ensure student understanding of the region.
- Project on Middle East Political Science: Podcast Series with highly focused conversations on a Middle East topic, and studies and Briefs on a specific Middle East topic.
- Podcast series for teachers on the Middle East from Primary Source: “What Teachers Need to Know: Middle East.”
- Profiles of the countries in the Middle East **Assign students for individual research.
- Global Connections: The Middle East: Geography, history, and culture of the region through interactive timelines, themes, and questions.
MENA-region Slides presentations from the Duke-UNC Consortium for middle East Studies
Teachers are invited to make a copy of the following presentations into their own Google Drives to use in the classroom.