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.

This Language Arts unit on identity examines how personal, cultural, and social factors shape who we are.

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.

For use in English class – critical thinking on the reading and writing of history and narratives.

Teaching Palestine/Israel from a multiple narratives approach.

These lessons are based on the young adult book Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village.