Curriculum
Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story
Lesson based on "Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story", a beautiful children’s book by Malak Mattar.
Borders & Walls
Using a Borders and Walls Gallery Walk to spark curiosity and conversation.
Teaching Gaza (2023/2024)
The events that have unfolded in Gaza since October 7th, 2023 are part of the longer history of Palestine/Israel.
Youth Incarceration and Resistance in Palestine
Drawing connections, comparing, and contrasting peoples’, considering geographic and political contexts.
Power and Perspective in Palestine
Using book Determined to Stay as a way to look at what is happening currently in that part of the world
Palestine in English Class
For use in English class – critical thinking on the reading and writing of history and narratives.
“Why Isn’t Palestine on Our Map?”
An Introduction to the Middle East for young elementary school students.
Uprooted: How Exile, Community, & Trauma Shape Cultural Identity
This instructional unit invites students to conduct a comparative study of Palestinian and Native American experiences. Using literature and the visual arts, students will examine how Palestinians and the indigenous peoples of North America attempt to renegotiate their collective identity in the face of physical and political obstacles.
The Expression of Exile
This lesson uses Palestinian art and poetry to introduce students to the process of reading a visual text in isolation, with background information about the artist, and in response to another text.
Determined to Stay
These lessons are based on the young adult book Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village.
Teaching Palestine/Israel
Teaching Palestine/Israel from a multiple narratives approach.
Poetry and Identity
This Language Arts unit on identity examines how personal, cultural, and social factors shape who we are.