The following lessons were all created for high schoolers on a 90 min block schedule, but can easily be modified for junior high students or multiple day 45 min lessons. If you have any further questions as to how to implement them, please feel free to contact Lindsey Belzyt.
Teaching Perspectives with Song of Solomon
This lesson uses a non-Middle Eastern text to make connections to contemporary perceptions of groups that are considered terrorists.
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Teaching the Arab Spring with Art and Text Types with Midaq Alley
This lesson uses the Arab Spring and the art that emerged from it as a lens to understand Egyptian literature and how the purpose of a work informs the text type used.
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Scavenger Hunt Prompt
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Scavenger Hunt Prompt
Teaching Characterization and Conflict with White Teeth
This lesson focuses on teaching character perspective and how to identify conflict, along with group discussion skills.
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Character Prompts
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Character Prompts