Lesson Plan Competition
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CMES holds an annual lesson plan competition for Arizona teachers. CMES recognizes K-12 teachers who demonstrate creativity and high academic standards through their development of unique lesson plans related to the Middle East . Lesson plans include Academic K-12 Standards set by the Arizona Department of Education and are assessed by a committee consisting of a University of Arizona College of Education faculty member, an Arizona teacher, and CMES' Outreach Coordinator.
2009 Competition Award Winners!
The University of Arizona's Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to
announce its annual lesson plan competition award winners.
Teachers were invited to submit one or more Middle East-related lesson plans they
created. Winning lesson plans are posted below.
Awards
The CMES 2009 Outstanding Lesson Plan Awards consisted
of a certificate and $200 cash prize for the winning teacher and a collection
of resources for use in the teacher's school. Honorable mentions received
a cash prize of $100, and a selection of resources for use in the teacher's
school.
The 2009 Lesson Plan Competition winners are:
First Place
Name: Abbey McNair
Institutional Affiliation: Burke High School
CMES: Teach Ottoman Empire 
Grades: 10-11
An extended, comprehensive lesson on the Ottoman Empire, this includes a several powerpoint photo presentations, a “coffee house” lesson where students play the role of different Ottoman officials meeting to discuss how to “save” the empire, and lots more.
Second Place
Name:
Brenda Bonine
Institutional Affiliation: Tucson Accelerated High School
Ottoman Geography Lessons: “What’s in a Name?,” “Eye of the Beholder,” and “People and Places” 
Grades: 9-12
The first part directs students to analyze the reason for name changes in Turkey and the Balkans. The second uses pictures to get students to evaluate a place using the principals of geography. The third gets students to look at ethnic groups.
Name: Jennifer Turner
Institutional Affiliation: Carl Hayden High School
"The Ottoman Empire"
Grades: 9-12
In this lesson, students learn about the Ottoman Empire, conduct research, and then give a “news broadcast” in which they describe events/personalities.
Honorable Mention
Name: Louise Forsyth
Institutional Affiliation: Poly Prep Country Day School
"Florentine and Ottoman Women of the 14th – 16th Centuries: A Comparative Curriculum Unit”
Grades: 6-8
This lesson uses short primary documents to challenge students’ assumptions about the status of women in the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Florence.
Name:
Laura Provencher
Institutional Affiliation: Graduate Student at the University of Arizona Department of Near Eastern Studies
“Night of the Moon”
Grades: K-5
This is a multi-disciplinary lesson based on the book “Night of the Moon,” which involves reading, social studies (learning about the Muslim celebration of Ramadan), science (phases of the moon), and Language Arts (homophones, homonyms).
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