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Direct linkGaluzska, Peter – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Colleges and universities across the country are seeing an overwhelming interest among students in learning about the Middle East and Arabic languages. The most popular courses, professors say, are Arabic language, Middle Eastern politics and the dynamics of the Israeli and Arab relationship. Also in demand are courses on comparative religions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Eastern Studies, National Security, Conflict
Shenfield, Stephen; Weiss, Thomas G. – 1998
Intended for teachers, this mini-unit was developed to respond to the immediate, ongoing crisis between the United States and Iraq. The unit should give students at the high school level a context for the news and help them to see the connections between the decisions being made and their significance to broader policy development. It is designed…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conflict, Current Events, Foreign Countries
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. Center for Foreign Policy Development. – 1991
This curriculum unit uses the U.S. policy options in the Middle East following the Persian Gulf War as the focal point for discussing present and future policy goals. The range of views presented about postwar policy in the Middle East reflects differences in underlying beliefs about the proper role of the United States in the world and about the…
Descriptors: Current Events, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Futures (of Society)
A New Middle East? A Report of FPRI's History Institute for Teachers. Footnotes. Volume 10, Number 1
Download full textKuehner, Trudy J. – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2005
Understanding the current conflicts and political changes in the Middle East us important for American educators if American students are to understand the dynamics of the region. To discuss these issues, FPRI held its 12th History Institute for Teachers on October 16-17, 2004. Forty teachers from 15 states attended the weekend program at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Peace
Peer reviewedSabato, George – Social Studies Review, 1991
Explains a method for teaching current events that helps students understand an event's setting, character, vocabulary, and plot. Provides a lesson that approaches the Persian Gulf crisis as a living novel. Uses news stories for information. Includes review questions, suggested activities, and a Middle Eastern parable. (CH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Current Events, Fiction
