World History
If you want one central location to know about the recent changes in the Middle East, go here and you will see a map, current time, a paragraph on events in the last 24 hours and links to recent articles. A great place to send your students or you if you need an easy update.
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- Wwi Mandates In The Middle East
How did the modern Middle East develop? What was the mandate system established by the Versailles Treaty? These are some of the questions that NPR tackled in this 2004 broadcast, which was part of a series called The Middle East and the West....
- East India Company: Qatar Digital Archives
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- Imperial History Of The Middle East
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- Teaching The Middle East
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World History
Continual Update on the Middle East
- How I Keep My Students Informed About Schedule Changes When School Is Closed
We've missed lots of school because of the blizzard, which means that I've had to make changes to my schedule. How do I inform my students of these changes? It's easy if you use these tools. My official class schedule is on Google...
- Wwi Mandates In The Middle East
How did the modern Middle East develop? What was the mandate system established by the Versailles Treaty? These are some of the questions that NPR tackled in this 2004 broadcast, which was part of a series called The Middle East and the West....
- East India Company: Qatar Digital Archives
Studying exploration? Here's a great summary of the East India Company. Want to learn about slavery in Arabia in the 19th century? Here are documents that outline the slavery that the British encountered. And its different from the slavery the...
- Imperial History Of The Middle East
I saw this on Vox, which has a great series of maps about the Middle East--40 maps that Made the Middle East. Thanks to Emily Haug for tweeting the link....
- Teaching The Middle East
Given recent events in Tunisia, Yemen, and Egypt, the Middle East has yet again taken center stage in world news. Most of us use these headlines as entres into historical narratives, specifically regional or national narratives, and this teaching site...