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K-12 Outreach
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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) has a multifaceted program of K-12 outreach activities including lectures, teacher development workshops, summer programming for K-12 teachers and high school students, a resource center from which educators may borrow books and films, an online index of Middle East-related lesson plans, a Speakers Bureau, and educational travel opportunities. Primary objectives are to enhance knowledge of the region and its peoples, combat misinformation and stereotypes about the Middle East, provide teachers with resources and materials for classroom use, and help teachers relate knowledge of the Middle East to the lives of their students.
Educator Opportunities
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CMES lesson plans are developed by master teachers and by CMES Outreach staff with the intent of giving area teachers a easy access point to Middle Eastern content classroom material. All lesson plans are available for free download.
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The University of Arizona (UA) Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) will conduct a Fulbright-Hays Curriculum Development Teach Morocco program. This program will take thirteen full-time K-12 educators and pre-service educators to southern Morocco. The program will be led by two UA personnel, both of whom are experts on Morocco and fluent in the Moroccan dialect of Arabic.
For more information on Teach Morocco 2010 and an application when it becomes available, please contact Outreach Coordinator, Lisa Adeli.
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Each year, the Center organizes several short teacher development workshops for K-12 educators. Arizona teachers participate in sessions led by UA CMES affiliated faculty and other professionals. Topics are interdisciplinary and in the past have focused on a variety of subjects including Islamic mathematics and science, Islamic Spain and the Americas, the legacy of Saddam Hussein, contemporary Iranian culture, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the importance of water and oil to the region. |
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New in 2008 was a summer institute providing an overview of the Middle East . From June 1st to June 6th, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies offered 14 elementary and secondary teachers and 12 high school students the opportunity to participate in parallel programs of an intensive summer institute to learn more about the Middle East .
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 Through a generous computer grant from Gateway, the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies will be creating 10 short documentaries (10-20 minutes each) for K-12 teachers to use in their classrooms. We are looking for 20 students - 10 researchers and 10 filmmakers - who would be interested in creating a documentary on some aspect of Middle Eastern history, culture, geography, art, or environment. The researchers and filmmakers chosen to participate will be matched together and will cooperate to create and produce a documentary, which will be distributed to teachers for use in their classrooms.
Click here for more details and application materials.
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The Outreach Center is matching its available resources to the Arizona State Standards. This resource highlights how the use of our lending library can help you teach according to state mandates in your classrooms. |
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Our culture kits included artifacts, books and cultural materials relevant to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. They are available for check out on a short term basis. |
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A compendium of outside internet resources designed to give teachers a guide to teaching about the Middle East. |
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CMES is proposing a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Teach Ottoman Empire program to take twelve full-time K-12 educators to western Turkey and the Balkans for a short-term seminar and curriculum-building study tour. |
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Would your class or community group like to have a guest speaker address issues related to the Middle East? |
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