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What’s the Takeaway Message?

Get away from stereotypes: deprogram, dismediation

Diversity of the region and of its peoples

Specificity of issues/perspectives

Complexity

Empower active learning: Let students find and create content too—Islamic fashion, commercialism in the Middle East, music and popular culture, youth culture, images that reinforce and counter stereotypes, media literacy and coverage in US, Middle Eastern and international media

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Stereotypes of the Middle East

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Best PracticesCompare! Analogize to what kids already know

After 9/11, Qurans flew off the shelves as people tried to figure out why it happened….could we understand the conflict in Northern Ireland by reading the New Testament? Martin Luther’s 95 Theses?The “veil”—changes the public female body by covering it

How does American society influence women 

to change the public female body? Jerry Hall 

Get them to “walk a mile”

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Are We Our Stereotypes?

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Best ApproachesCombatting Stereotypes

Aladdin

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Best ApproachesCombatting Stereotypes through Political Cartoons

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Islam is…

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Best Practices: Map It!Compare maps of the Middle East

Compare proportion/population maps of “Muslim world”

Google Earth

Big Maps (spices activity)

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What Is the Middle East?

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What Is the Middle East?

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What Is the Middle East?

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What Is the Middle East?

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What Is the Middle East?

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“Muslim World”

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Muslim Population by Country

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The Spread of Islam

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Cultural diversity of Islam

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Map ItChange scale (Google Earth)

Change point of view

Use multimedia in maps: images, music, video, food

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Best Practices: Humanize

Find real people/anecdotes: “authentic” doesn’t mean “representative”

Voices from the region‐‐Stories from your packet (make sure the voices are varied)

Literature, film, internet, blogs

Popular culture and music

Humor   (Muslims are funny?!?!?!)

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Who Wears a Veil?

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Counter‐stereotypesHichkas and Salome, Iranian Underground Music

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Counter‐stereotypesGirls in Iran and Turkey

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Counter‐stereotypesPushing the boundaries

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Counter‐stereotypes

New Aspirations

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Counter‐StereotypesVirtual Ambitions

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Counter‐StereotypesNew couture

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Counter‐StereotypesNew Politics

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Media LiteracyProject LookSharp

Media Constructions of the Middle East

Center for Media Literacy

Activities on teachmideast.org site

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Comparative Themes/Approaches

Environmental IssuesWater use and conflicts

GAP project, Tigris and Euphrates issues

Jordan River Valley

Desalination

Climate ChangeEnergy issues

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Curricular AnglesCross curricular reinforcement is key

Humanities: history, ELA, music, artScience (spices, history of science, hydraulics/mechanics/Rube Goldberg)Math (Islamic geometric design, algebra)Economics (where oil prices come from)PE (debke and other folk dance)Service projectsTechnology (google earth, blogs, movie production)

Projects in any curricular area in conjunction with classes in the Middle East

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First Contact

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First Contact: Classroom to Classroom

Many organizations provide links between classrooms

iEARN.orgProjects and topics across the curriculum

Listing of other organizations and resources in library

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Controversial IssuesFear to teach:

Israel and PalestineIslam or Muslims in generalIraq (or other US entanglements)Women and gender in Islam

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Controversial IssuesStrategies

Prep students, parents, administrators

Review materials

Multiple points of view!!

passionate beliefs can be civilly discussed

Clear communication about expectations

Analysis of sources, biases, world views, arguments

balance either within a source or among multiple sources

STRESS diversity of opinion on both sides 

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A few more resourcesOn Turkey:

Steve Kinzer’s Crescent and Star: Turkey between Two WorldsThe beach reads: Novels by Barbara NadelCrossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (Netflix)

James Gelvin: The Modern Middle East: A History

Esposito and Moghahed: Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (Gallup poll)

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Sex in the Other CitySex in the souq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7786564.stm

The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie‘ (2008, Chronicle Books)http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2009/01/06/book‐review‐the‐secret‐life‐of‐syrian‐lingerie‐intimacy‐and‐design‐by‐malu‐halasa‐and‐rana‐salam/