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Internationally-Themed Opportunities and Resources (with permission from Lisa Adeli)
I love Lisa's work and appreciate her permission to share her post here...
Internationally-Themed Opportunities and Resources for K-12 Teachers and Teacher-Educators – 4/6/2020
As always, brief descriptors are immediately below (organized by category). Scroll down further for extended descriptions of anything that interests you. An asterisk (*) designates a University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies activity; a plus (+) is an item new to the listserv.
Note: My colleagues and I are compiling a list of films that you can access online for use at different grade levels - or for your own lockdown enjoyment:)
Short Descriptors:
---Competitions, PD, and Short-Term Travel Opportunities for Educators:
(Note: Some of these programs are open to pre-service teachers too. If there is any question, contact the program person on the program website and ask!)
*1. Enter now to win $50 in free books for your classroom/school library. Monthly drawings.
*2. Online exchange program for US teachers and Middle East-North African K-12 teachers. Program: fall 2020-spring 2021. Deadline to apply: Apr. 30.
3. FUNDED Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching short term (fall 2021 semester) programs abroad. Columbia, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, or Vietnam. Application deadline: Apr. 27.
4. Foreign language teachers (in US): FREE online summer institute. June 22-July 2. Apply by: May 1.
+ 5. FREE virtual teachers' conference - daily from April 6 through May. (Register to attend any session OR apply to present.)
+ 6. Online Holocaust/genocide-education programs for teachers. Echoes & Reflections.
+ 7. FREE webinar for educators: "Global Views on Covid-19: Lessons from the 1918 Flu Pandemic in India and Indonesia." Tuesday, April 7.
+*8. Lesson plan competition - win cash and prizes for Middle East-related lessons. Deadline: Sept. 20.
---Resources for Educators:
*9. K-12 teachers: CMES lesson plans has a SEARCH ENGINE to help peruse almost 200 lessons. Also, find background sheets, film guides, Youtube lectures, book lists - for all grade levels. (Check out our Morocco lesson plans.)
*10. Virtual (online or video-recorded) speaker for your class on Middle East-related topic? No charge for teachers.
+ 11. Qatar Foundation International grants for high school teachers to provide them with online Middle East-related curriculum units from Choices. (These are the units you normally have to pay for.)
+ 12. Great online teaching ideas from the Arizona Council for History Education (webinars, virtual museum tours, etc.).
+ 13.FREE Covid-19 3-day teaching module for social studies teachers.
+ 14. "I Shall Not Be Silent" - film on a Jewish Holocaust survivor turned US civil rights activist. Screenings and teacher trainings for middle/high school teachers.
+ 15. Virtual International Cultural Festival for students and teachers. April 13 - sessions all day.
16. FREE teaching resources (lesson plans, primary sources, hands-on activities) on impact of technology throughout history.
17. K-12 teaching resources from Arizona State University (not us, but another AZ university) for K-12 students/teachers.
18. FREE Rosetta Stone language learning subscription for kids. (Lots of languages to choose from!)
19. Pulitzer Center for International Journalism holding a 2020 Fighting Words (Poetry in Response to Current Events) Poetry Contest for K-12 student. Deadline: May 15.
20. Teaching & learning resources from Mediawell (about media literacy).
21. Free magazine (online or print) with articles/photos about cultures of Islamic world.
22. Excellent K-12 teacher-created lessons on geography (with literature, history, and/or STEM overlap). And join their listserv for so many online and in-person opportunities!!
23. K-12 book awards for multi-cultural literature - good books to suggest to kids/parents.
a. Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) awards for picture books, youth literature, youth non-fiction.
b. K-12 book awards in other world areas, including Africa, East Asia, Asia, Latin America.
Detailed Information:
*1. Enter now to win $50 in free books for your classroom/school library! It takes only 10 minutes or so to get entered into the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies’ monthly drawing. All you have to do is: (1) go to: https://cmes.arizona.edu/book_drawing, (2) look at one lesson plan for your grade level/subject area on our website (link provided on the website), and (3) fill out your information so that, when you win, we can select the appropriate books and mail them to you. Do this today! You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain!!
*2. We all need something to look forward to, sooooo here's an opportunity to participate during the 2020-2021 academic year in an online program that will bring together US and Middle Eastern K-12 teachers. 30 teachers will meet both asynchronously and synchronously through Zoom every other Sunday from September through November. Participants will also plan a classroom project of their choice (working with people from at least one other country), which they will implement in spring 2021. For A LOT more information and application materials, go to: https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/TCAB_program
3. The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching (DAT) short term semester) programs abroad are accepting applications for US K-12 educators to run projects for several months in Columbia, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, or Vietnam. This US government-sponsored program is, of course, fully funded. There are a variety of projects, mostly on STEM or English-language education. Check out all the details at: https://www.fulbrightteacherexchanges.org/programs/dast/ (and click on all the links). The application deadline is Apr. 27.
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
4. Middle school, high school, and community college foreign language teachers: Want to cultivate new skills and ideas for creating a more exciting and interactive classroom environment? Register today for the University of Florida's Language Teacher Summer Institute 2020. This year's institute is online, between June 22-July 2, M-F. The seminar is free, but space is limited so you have to apply (competitively). For a lot more information, and the application materials, go to: https://ces.ufl.edu/outreach/k-12/language-teacher-summer-institute/ . Application deadline: May 1.
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 5. Check out the Learning Revolution virtual teachers' conference! You can attend any sessions for free - and they are on all teaching topics - and/or apply to present. For a lot more information, go to: https://learningrevolution.com/
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 6. Echoes & Reflections has really good FREE Holocaust and genocide-related webinars for educators. For upcoming ones, see: https://echoesandreflections.org/prepare/?class=webinars&filter=webinar&request_month=4&request_year=2020&dir=dec&utm_source=hs_automation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85550121&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9DsdPB-61Vjh_vH3Q6cqRpn-B4Cn0MV2iizrmL2YBeee3Fus5d8pFU-IB7y2sCczCmfjcQAZXiD71ypY2U4Zp0Y_yZTg&_hsmi=85550121
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 7. Here's another free webinar for educators, this one from the University of Califronia-Berkeley: "Global Views on Covid-19: Lessons from the 1918 Flu Pandemic in India and Indonesia." It will take place on Tuesday, April 7, from 4:00-5:00 pm (I assume Western Time). Registration is free, but you need to register: https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/pded.html?event_ID=132607&date=2020-04-07&filter=Secondary%20Event%20Type&filtersel=
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+*8. Do you have a great K-12 lesson plan that you have developed related to the Middle East-North Africa? The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies would love to offer you the possibility of cash, books, and recognition for them! Check out our 2020 lesson plan competition at : https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lesson_plan_competition. The deadline isn't until Sept. 2020, but you can enter at any time.
*9. K-12 teachers: CMES has so many great, FREE online materials for teachers! Be sure to see our “Innovative Lessons on Morocco” page: https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/resources/lessonsonmorocco
--- Our lesson plan page has a SEARCH ENGINE, so that you can quickly search our almost 200 lesson plans by grade, subject, and/or content area. Go to: http://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lessons.
--- There are plenty of handouts and background sheets and powerpoints at: http://cmes.arizona.edu/node/771 . For example, there are some powerpoints on the Jewish High Holy Days, info on the Persian New Year, teachable ideas about the Ottoman Empire, and lots, lots more.
--- Check out the other resources such as suggested book lists for K-12 classrooms (by grade level), film guides (for films available at our Center or through Netflix), links to websites to counter Islamophobia, and AP World History resources: http://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/resources
--- We have a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/sbscmes/videos
--- Like our Facebook page (for K-12 and community college educators - including pre-service teachers): https://www.facebook.com/cmesoutreach
+*10. As we all struggle to work totally online, would you like a virtual speaker for your class on a Middle East-related topic? If so, just email me (Lisa Adeli - adeli@arizona.edu), and tell me exactly what topic you would like covered and when you need it by. I will get a graduate student-expert or someone from the area (depending on your topic). I can help organize Q&A sessions, asynchronously or synchronously, depending on your needs.
+ 11. Qatar Foundation International is offering grants for public or charter school high school teachers to provide them with online Middle East-related curriculum units from Choices. (These are not the free "Teaching with the News" mini-units, but the full ones that you normally have to pay for.) There are ones on Iran, Syria, and a lot of others that you could choose from. To find out more about the grant, and to apply for it, go to: https://www.qfi.org/opportunities/curriculum-award-program/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 12. The Arizona Council for History Education is a great organization (so says someone on the Board!!!), and now they have even more to offer. They are putting on their website links to webinars, virtual museum tours, and other things to help teachers educate students in these challenging times. Check them out at: https://azhistorycouncil.org/online-learning-resources/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 13. Here is a great free Covid-19 3-day teaching module for social studies teachers. One day is a comparison with the Spanish Flu of 1917, another about the geographic diffusion of the current crisis, and a third day on globalization and economic impact. To access the full unit, go to: https://www.worldhistoryde.org/COVID-19/ and click on the links.
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 14. A friend told me about "I Shall Not Be Silent," a film about a Rabbi who escapes the Holocaust and later becomes active in the US civil rights movement. Unfortunately, the free online film screening ended before I could get out the e-bulletin. However, you might want to check out the website for teacher trainings and screenings for middle/high school teachers who want to use it in their classes. Also, maybe you can contact the film producers to find out more ways to access it. Check out the resources at: http://www.prinzdocumentary.org/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 15. What could be more fun and more educational in these trying times than North Carolina's Virtual International Cultural Festival for students and teachers. (They said people nationwide are invited to attend. There are 4 sessions, all on April 13, on different topics and world areas - and different age levels. For a lot more information, go to: https://navigators.unc.edu/event/spring-2020-virtual-cultural-festival/ . To register, go to:
https://unc.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6153d754c03c13f5a09dde06f&id=08ab2026f0
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
16. IEEE Reach (Raising Engineering Awareness through the Conduit of History) has all kinds of free online materials for you to use in teaching about the impact of technology throughout history. The site has inquiry units, primary sources, multimedia, and hands-on activities. Check them out at: https://reach.ieee.org/inquiry-units/
(CMES is telling you about these resources as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about these particular ones that has triggered this comment.)
17. Here are some great online teaching resources from Arizona State University for K-12 students/teachers. There are a lot of different web resources. Elementary teachers: Be sure to scroll down to the last item on the page for some things specifically for you. (Well, some of the others are good too.....) https://asuforyou.asu.edu/
(CMES is telling you about these resources as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about these particular ones that has triggered this comment.)
18. Rosetta Stone is offering FREE 3-month subscriptions for kids to learn foreign languages!! There are lots of languages to choose from: from Latin American Spanish to critical languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish (the four MENA languages we focus on at CMES). Check it out at: https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/. Plus, I like how you can sign up for more than one language if you have more than one kid!!
(CMES is telling you about these resources as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about these particular ones that has triggered this comment.)
19. Pulitzer Center for International Journalism is holding a 2020 Fighting Words (Poetry in Response to Current Events) Poetry Contest for K-12 student. It would be a great reading/writing/social studies assignment - and kids can win cash prizes! For a lot more information, go to: https://pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson/fighting-words-poetry-response-current-events-contest-and-workshop-24262?utm_source=email&utm_medium=educationnewsletter&utm_campaign=3182020. The deadline to enter is May 15.
(CMES is telling you about this competition as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
20. If you are working with your students on evaluating different kinds of media and information, check out the free materials from MediaWell. They have everything from information to courses and course modules. Just go to: https://mediawell.ssrc.org/teaching-and-learning/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
21. Aramco World is a lovely, colorful, free magazine with very non-political articles about the different cultures of Islamic world. It’s great to use with kids! There are articles on art, food, cities, great historical figures, and so many other things. You can access the magazine online - https://www.aramcoworld.com/Home - OR you can contact them to put you on the list to receive free hard copies. Also, if you like one particular article and wish you had a classroom set printed in full-color, if you email them, they will send you a classroom set of the article at no cost.
(CMES is telling you about these materials as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about these particular materials that has triggered this comment.)
22. One of the most excellent, best organized lesson plan site for K-12 teacher-created lessons on geography is from the Geographic Alliance in my home state:) Go to their main webpage - https://geoalliance.asu.edu/ - and click on the links to the right for GeoLiteracy, Geo STEM, and GEOHistory lessons, organized by grade level. You'll find a lot of great, very practical materials to use in your classroom. Also, if you go to their webpage, sign up to be a member. It's free, and you get so much good information. I tell you about a lot of it, but there are other things that are US-only, so I don't....
(CMES is telling you about these materials as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about these particular materials that has triggered this comment.)
23. Here are some awards (and the organizations that organize them) for multi-cultural and internationally-themed children’s/teen literature in a variety of world areas. Note that the Middle East winners were recently announced.
(CMES is telling you about these materials as a courtesy and does not endorse them. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about these particular materials that has triggered this comment.)
23a. The Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), an organization of K-12 educators interested in the Middle East, has just announced its 2019 award-winners!! Awards are given for in 3 categories – picture books, youth literature, and youth non-fiction - for recently-released books about the Middle East that are well-written, appeal to kids at the intended grade level, and give an accurate, nuanced portrayal of life in the Middle East (or of Middle Eastern-Americans). This year’s winners include an early-elementary book “A Drop in the Sea,” an older elementary book on Mulla Nasruddin folktales, a middle school novel “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” (about a socially awkward American boy’s trip to Iran), a non-fiction graphic novel about Syrian refugees, and several more. For a list and description of the new winners, go to: http://www.meoc.us/ and click on the “Announcing the Winners….” link to the right. For all the winners (previous years too), see:http://www.meoc.us/book-awards/complete-list-of-middle-east-book-award-winners-2000-2017. And consider joining MEOC. It’s free for classroom teachers; $10 if you want to be a voting member and/or participate on a book awards sub-committee.
23b. There are K-12 book awards in other world areas:
- The Americas Awards (for books about Latin America or Latinos in the U.S.) from CLASP (Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs): http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward
- CABA (Children’s Africana Book Awards) for books about Africa or African-Americans: http://africaaccessreview.org/childrens-africana-book-awards/
- SABA (South Asia Book Awards) for books about South Asia: http://southasiabookaward.org/
- Freeman Book Awards (honoring East and Southeast Asian titles): http://nctasia.org/freeman-book-awards/
Take care, and stay healthy!
Lisa Adeli, Director of Educational Outreach
University of Arizona
(permission to share granted 04/07/20)
Internationally-Themed Opportunities and Resources for K-12 Teachers and Teacher-Educators – 4/6/2020
As always, brief descriptors are immediately below (organized by category). Scroll down further for extended descriptions of anything that interests you. An asterisk (*) designates a University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies activity; a plus (+) is an item new to the listserv.
Note: My colleagues and I are compiling a list of films that you can access online for use at different grade levels - or for your own lockdown enjoyment:)
Short Descriptors:
---Competitions, PD, and Short-Term Travel Opportunities for Educators:
(Note: Some of these programs are open to pre-service teachers too. If there is any question, contact the program person on the program website and ask!)
*1. Enter now to win $50 in free books for your classroom/school library. Monthly drawings.
*2. Online exchange program for US teachers and Middle East-North African K-12 teachers. Program: fall 2020-spring 2021. Deadline to apply: Apr. 30.
3. FUNDED Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching short term (fall 2021 semester) programs abroad. Columbia, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, or Vietnam. Application deadline: Apr. 27.
4. Foreign language teachers (in US): FREE online summer institute. June 22-July 2. Apply by: May 1.
+ 5. FREE virtual teachers' conference - daily from April 6 through May. (Register to attend any session OR apply to present.)
+ 6. Online Holocaust/genocide-education programs for teachers. Echoes & Reflections.
+ 7. FREE webinar for educators: "Global Views on Covid-19: Lessons from the 1918 Flu Pandemic in India and Indonesia." Tuesday, April 7.
+*8. Lesson plan competition - win cash and prizes for Middle East-related lessons. Deadline: Sept. 20.
---Resources for Educators:
*9. K-12 teachers: CMES lesson plans has a SEARCH ENGINE to help peruse almost 200 lessons. Also, find background sheets, film guides, Youtube lectures, book lists - for all grade levels. (Check out our Morocco lesson plans.)
*10. Virtual (online or video-recorded) speaker for your class on Middle East-related topic? No charge for teachers.
+ 11. Qatar Foundation International grants for high school teachers to provide them with online Middle East-related curriculum units from Choices. (These are the units you normally have to pay for.)
+ 12. Great online teaching ideas from the Arizona Council for History Education (webinars, virtual museum tours, etc.).
+ 13.FREE Covid-19 3-day teaching module for social studies teachers.
+ 14. "I Shall Not Be Silent" - film on a Jewish Holocaust survivor turned US civil rights activist. Screenings and teacher trainings for middle/high school teachers.
+ 15. Virtual International Cultural Festival for students and teachers. April 13 - sessions all day.
16. FREE teaching resources (lesson plans, primary sources, hands-on activities) on impact of technology throughout history.
17. K-12 teaching resources from Arizona State University (not us, but another AZ university) for K-12 students/teachers.
18. FREE Rosetta Stone language learning subscription for kids. (Lots of languages to choose from!)
19. Pulitzer Center for International Journalism holding a 2020 Fighting Words (Poetry in Response to Current Events) Poetry Contest for K-12 student. Deadline: May 15.
20. Teaching & learning resources from Mediawell (about media literacy).
21. Free magazine (online or print) with articles/photos about cultures of Islamic world.
22. Excellent K-12 teacher-created lessons on geography (with literature, history, and/or STEM overlap). And join their listserv for so many online and in-person opportunities!!
23. K-12 book awards for multi-cultural literature - good books to suggest to kids/parents.
a. Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) awards for picture books, youth literature, youth non-fiction.
b. K-12 book awards in other world areas, including Africa, East Asia, Asia, Latin America.
Detailed Information:
*1. Enter now to win $50 in free books for your classroom/school library! It takes only 10 minutes or so to get entered into the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies’ monthly drawing. All you have to do is: (1) go to: https://cmes.arizona.edu/book_drawing, (2) look at one lesson plan for your grade level/subject area on our website (link provided on the website), and (3) fill out your information so that, when you win, we can select the appropriate books and mail them to you. Do this today! You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain!!
*2. We all need something to look forward to, sooooo here's an opportunity to participate during the 2020-2021 academic year in an online program that will bring together US and Middle Eastern K-12 teachers. 30 teachers will meet both asynchronously and synchronously through Zoom every other Sunday from September through November. Participants will also plan a classroom project of their choice (working with people from at least one other country), which they will implement in spring 2021. For A LOT more information and application materials, go to: https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/TCAB_program
3. The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching (DAT) short term semester) programs abroad are accepting applications for US K-12 educators to run projects for several months in Columbia, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, or Vietnam. This US government-sponsored program is, of course, fully funded. There are a variety of projects, mostly on STEM or English-language education. Check out all the details at: https://www.fulbrightteacherexchanges.org/programs/dast/ (and click on all the links). The application deadline is Apr. 27.
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
4. Middle school, high school, and community college foreign language teachers: Want to cultivate new skills and ideas for creating a more exciting and interactive classroom environment? Register today for the University of Florida's Language Teacher Summer Institute 2020. This year's institute is online, between June 22-July 2, M-F. The seminar is free, but space is limited so you have to apply (competitively). For a lot more information, and the application materials, go to: https://ces.ufl.edu/outreach/k-12/language-teacher-summer-institute/ . Application deadline: May 1.
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 5. Check out the Learning Revolution virtual teachers' conference! You can attend any sessions for free - and they are on all teaching topics - and/or apply to present. For a lot more information, go to: https://learningrevolution.com/
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse the program. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 6. Echoes & Reflections has really good FREE Holocaust and genocide-related webinars for educators. For upcoming ones, see: https://echoesandreflections.org/prepare/?class=webinars&filter=webinar&request_month=4&request_year=2020&dir=dec&utm_source=hs_automation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85550121&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9DsdPB-61Vjh_vH3Q6cqRpn-B4Cn0MV2iizrmL2YBeee3Fus5d8pFU-IB7y2sCczCmfjcQAZXiD71ypY2U4Zp0Y_yZTg&_hsmi=85550121
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 7. Here's another free webinar for educators, this one from the University of Califronia-Berkeley: "Global Views on Covid-19: Lessons from the 1918 Flu Pandemic in India and Indonesia." It will take place on Tuesday, April 7, from 4:00-5:00 pm (I assume Western Time). Registration is free, but you need to register: https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/pded.html?event_ID=132607&date=2020-04-07&filter=Secondary%20Event%20Type&filtersel=
(CMES is telling you about this opportunity as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA programs; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+*8. Do you have a great K-12 lesson plan that you have developed related to the Middle East-North Africa? The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies would love to offer you the possibility of cash, books, and recognition for them! Check out our 2020 lesson plan competition at : https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lesson_plan_competition. The deadline isn't until Sept. 2020, but you can enter at any time.
*9. K-12 teachers: CMES has so many great, FREE online materials for teachers! Be sure to see our “Innovative Lessons on Morocco” page: https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/resources/lessonsonmorocco
--- Our lesson plan page has a SEARCH ENGINE, so that you can quickly search our almost 200 lesson plans by grade, subject, and/or content area. Go to: http://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/lessons.
--- There are plenty of handouts and background sheets and powerpoints at: http://cmes.arizona.edu/node/771 . For example, there are some powerpoints on the Jewish High Holy Days, info on the Persian New Year, teachable ideas about the Ottoman Empire, and lots, lots more.
--- Check out the other resources such as suggested book lists for K-12 classrooms (by grade level), film guides (for films available at our Center or through Netflix), links to websites to counter Islamophobia, and AP World History resources: http://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/resources
--- We have a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/sbscmes/videos
--- Like our Facebook page (for K-12 and community college educators - including pre-service teachers): https://www.facebook.com/cmesoutreach
+*10. As we all struggle to work totally online, would you like a virtual speaker for your class on a Middle East-related topic? If so, just email me (Lisa Adeli - adeli@arizona.edu), and tell me exactly what topic you would like covered and when you need it by. I will get a graduate student-expert or someone from the area (depending on your topic). I can help organize Q&A sessions, asynchronously or synchronously, depending on your needs.
+ 11. Qatar Foundation International is offering grants for public or charter school high school teachers to provide them with online Middle East-related curriculum units from Choices. (These are not the free "Teaching with the News" mini-units, but the full ones that you normally have to pay for.) There are ones on Iran, Syria, and a lot of others that you could choose from. To find out more about the grant, and to apply for it, go to: https://www.qfi.org/opportunities/curriculum-award-program/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 12. The Arizona Council for History Education is a great organization (so says someone on the Board!!!), and now they have even more to offer. They are putting on their website links to webinars, virtual museum tours, and other things to help teachers educate students in these challenging times. Check them out at: https://azhistorycouncil.org/online-learning-resources/
(CMES is telling you about this resource as a courtesy and does not endorse it. We are now required to provide a disclaimer for non-UA resources; there is nothing about this particular one that has triggered this comment.)
+ 13. Here is a great free Covid-19 3-day teaching module for social studies teachers. One day is a comparison with the Spanish Flu of 1917, another about the geographic diffusion of the current crisis, and a third day on globalization and economic impact. To access the full unit, go to: https://www.worldhistoryde.org/COVID-19/ and click on the links.
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+ 14. A friend told me about "I Shall Not Be Silent," a film about a Rabbi who escapes the Holocaust and later becomes active in the US civil rights movement. Unfortunately, the free online film screening ended before I could get out the e-bulletin. However, you might want to check out the website for teacher trainings and screenings for middle/high school teachers who want to use it in their classes. Also, maybe you can contact the film producers to find out more ways to access it. Check out the resources at: http://www.prinzdocumentary.org/
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+ 15. What could be more fun and more educational in these trying times than North Carolina's Virtual International Cultural Festival for students and teachers. (They said people nationwide are invited to attend. There are 4 sessions, all on April 13, on different topics and world areas - and different age levels. For a lot more information, go to: https://navigators.unc.edu/event/spring-2020-virtual-cultural-festival/ . To register, go to:
https://unc.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6153d754c03c13f5a09dde06f&id=08ab2026f0
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16. IEEE Reach (Raising Engineering Awareness through the Conduit of History) has all kinds of free online materials for you to use in teaching about the impact of technology throughout history. The site has inquiry units, primary sources, multimedia, and hands-on activities. Check them out at: https://reach.ieee.org/inquiry-units/
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17. Here are some great online teaching resources from Arizona State University for K-12 students/teachers. There are a lot of different web resources. Elementary teachers: Be sure to scroll down to the last item on the page for some things specifically for you. (Well, some of the others are good too.....) https://asuforyou.asu.edu/
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18. Rosetta Stone is offering FREE 3-month subscriptions for kids to learn foreign languages!! There are lots of languages to choose from: from Latin American Spanish to critical languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish (the four MENA languages we focus on at CMES). Check it out at: https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/. Plus, I like how you can sign up for more than one language if you have more than one kid!!
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19. Pulitzer Center for International Journalism is holding a 2020 Fighting Words (Poetry in Response to Current Events) Poetry Contest for K-12 student. It would be a great reading/writing/social studies assignment - and kids can win cash prizes! For a lot more information, go to: https://pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson/fighting-words-poetry-response-current-events-contest-and-workshop-24262?utm_source=email&utm_medium=educationnewsletter&utm_campaign=3182020. The deadline to enter is May 15.
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20. If you are working with your students on evaluating different kinds of media and information, check out the free materials from MediaWell. They have everything from information to courses and course modules. Just go to: https://mediawell.ssrc.org/teaching-and-learning/
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21. Aramco World is a lovely, colorful, free magazine with very non-political articles about the different cultures of Islamic world. It’s great to use with kids! There are articles on art, food, cities, great historical figures, and so many other things. You can access the magazine online - https://www.aramcoworld.com/Home - OR you can contact them to put you on the list to receive free hard copies. Also, if you like one particular article and wish you had a classroom set printed in full-color, if you email them, they will send you a classroom set of the article at no cost.
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22. One of the most excellent, best organized lesson plan site for K-12 teacher-created lessons on geography is from the Geographic Alliance in my home state:) Go to their main webpage - https://geoalliance.asu.edu/ - and click on the links to the right for GeoLiteracy, Geo STEM, and GEOHistory lessons, organized by grade level. You'll find a lot of great, very practical materials to use in your classroom. Also, if you go to their webpage, sign up to be a member. It's free, and you get so much good information. I tell you about a lot of it, but there are other things that are US-only, so I don't....
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23. Here are some awards (and the organizations that organize them) for multi-cultural and internationally-themed children’s/teen literature in a variety of world areas. Note that the Middle East winners were recently announced.
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23a. The Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), an organization of K-12 educators interested in the Middle East, has just announced its 2019 award-winners!! Awards are given for in 3 categories – picture books, youth literature, and youth non-fiction - for recently-released books about the Middle East that are well-written, appeal to kids at the intended grade level, and give an accurate, nuanced portrayal of life in the Middle East (or of Middle Eastern-Americans). This year’s winners include an early-elementary book “A Drop in the Sea,” an older elementary book on Mulla Nasruddin folktales, a middle school novel “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” (about a socially awkward American boy’s trip to Iran), a non-fiction graphic novel about Syrian refugees, and several more. For a list and description of the new winners, go to: http://www.meoc.us/ and click on the “Announcing the Winners….” link to the right. For all the winners (previous years too), see:http://www.meoc.us/book-awards/complete-list-of-middle-east-book-award-winners-2000-2017. And consider joining MEOC. It’s free for classroom teachers; $10 if you want to be a voting member and/or participate on a book awards sub-committee.
23b. There are K-12 book awards in other world areas:
- The Americas Awards (for books about Latin America or Latinos in the U.S.) from CLASP (Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs): http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward
- CABA (Children’s Africana Book Awards) for books about Africa or African-Americans: http://africaaccessreview.org/childrens-africana-book-awards/
- SABA (South Asia Book Awards) for books about South Asia: http://southasiabookaward.org/
- Freeman Book Awards (honoring East and Southeast Asian titles): http://nctasia.org/freeman-book-awards/
Take care, and stay healthy!
Lisa Adeli, Director of Educational Outreach
University of Arizona
(permission to share granted 04/07/20)
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