by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plans, Literature, Middle East, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, Subject
Teacher-produced lessons about life, government, and Jewish-Muslim coexistence in Morocco. These lessons were developed as part of a 2017 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Morocco. Lessons from Morocco
by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Europe, For Teachers, Grades 9-12, International, Lesson Plans, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Russia, Social Studies, Subject
Teacher-created lessons about Eastern Europe and Russia. World History textbooks and courses often focus on Western European events and perspectives in historical narratives about Europe. This hinders student understanding of major historical processes: the end of the...
by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Middle East, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, South Asia, Subject
Follow Ibn Battuta’s extensive travels! This site features descriptions, maps, quoted excerpts from his account, images of featured locations, and suggested student activities. The Travels of Ibn Battuta
by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Literature, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, South Asia, Subject
Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth, developed in Hero With A Thousand Faces, describes the common heroic narrative in which a heroic protagonist sets out, has transformative adventures, and returns home. It is a useful formula for comparing literary traditions across...
by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Arts, Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades k-5, Images, Lesson Plans, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, South Asia, Subject
This three-week unit invites students to understand and make connections with cultures in rural North India via traditions of ritual painting that have been practiced since ancient times. The unit includes background information for teachers, activities, an image...
by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Arts, Asia, East Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, Subject
Shinto – “the way of the kami” – is deeply rooted in pre-historic Japanese religious and agricultural practices. The term kami can refer to Japanese mythological deities, but also can mean divinity manifested in natural objects, places,...
