Other Resources, Readings, and Links
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has a wealth of resources, readings, and links
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"100 Questions and Answers about Arab Americans: A Journalist's Guide"
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The Arab American Institute
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AWAIR Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services at:
http://www.telegraphave.com/gui/awairproductinfo.html
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Looking At Ourselves and Others. This Peace Corps teacher guide contains lesson plans, activities and readings to introduce students to the concept of culture at:
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/looking/index.html
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K - 12 Educational Resources from the Middle East Network Information Center at: http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/k.html
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In response to the terrorist tragedy and subsequent attacks against Arab-Americans, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) has developed a free, 25-page curriculum for middle and high school students focused on issues of justice and mislaid blame. You may access it at:
http://www.edc.org/spotlight/schools/beyondblame.htm
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A number of people referred to the article in the New York Times on September 19, 2001 by Richard Rothstein entitled "Teach More than Where To Put H In Afghanistan". Here is an excerpt referring to resources (see link at the bottom for the full article):
The New York Times Company's digital division has collected selected articles from last week for teacher and student use at:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/terrorism
The Web site includes geopolitical analyses as well as discussions about balancing civil liberties and security.
The Middle East Institute's Web site, http://www.mideasti.org, organized by former Foreign Service officers, publishes a range of viewpoints; some will reinforce and others challenge student preconceptions. A site more sympathetic to Arab analyses is http://www.merip.org, run by the Middle East Research and Information Project, which was founded 30 years ago by returned Peace Corps volunteers. Some materials may be appropriate only for students with more advanced interpretive skills.
In order to read the following article,
you first register with the New
York Times (free of charge)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/national/19LESS.html?ex=1001901876&ei=1&en=f7a54ab450e82fef
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THE STATE OF THE WORLD FORUM. To view reflections on the September 11th event from members of the Forum Network, visit: http://www.worldforum.org .
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* Seeds of Peace, an organization bringing together Jewish and Palestinian youth: http://www.seedsofpeace.org
* Search for Common Ground in the Middle East, a network of professionals in the region "who share the same vision of a more peaceful and secure Middle East."
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Those looking for resources on Islam should check out "Islam Project" a unit focusing specifically on the seventh grade unit of state-mandated social science curriculum introducing the development and spread of Islam. Horace Mann seventh grade teachers, Nick Bartel and Marg Costello, devoted their impressive energy and extensive teaching experience to developing this Islam unit and have created a web page documenting their experiences with the project, including a very useful list of links for student research on the Middle East and lots of student-created pages. You can find their page at
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/islam/start.html .
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The
Afghan's Women's Mission
http://afghanwomensmission.org/index.shtml
Refugees from Afghanistan, has a photo gallery
of refugee camp scenes, including blanket distribution
project, with text and updated information.
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Arab Film Distribution
Promotes and distributes the cinemas of the
Arab World in North America.
http://www.arabfilm.com
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Counterpunch Online Magazine: "CounterPunch
is the bi-weekly muchraking newsletter edited
by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
Twice a month we bring our readers the stories
that the corporate press never prints."
http://www.counterpunch.org
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http://www.workablepeace.org/now.html
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Drawing Together: Kids against Terrorism
In recognition of how profoundly the events of September 11, 2001 have affected kids throughout the world, Artsonia - the world's largest student art museum on the Internet - is creating a special art collection on the theme "Drawing Together: Kids against Terrorism." This collection features artwork from K-12 students from all over the world expressing their anguish, horror, fear, sadness, and most of all, their hope for a peaceful future. The collection is dedicated to the victims of the tragedy.
Artsonia invites K-12 teachers everywhere to help grow the collection and participate in this project. Visit http://www.artsonia.com
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In mid-September the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project <http://www.choices.edu> at Brown University posted several resources to its web site designed to help teachers (primarily high school) raise the issues surrounding the Sept 11 attacks in a constructive context and promote open dialogue about future policy direction. Those materials were framed for use during the time when as a nation we were considering how to respond to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
With the start of the military campaign in Afghanistan and the escalation of terrorist scares in this country, the questions have changed. We have posted new material to address the current situation. The URL is http://www.choices.edu/Sept11/top.html
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Coalition of Essential Schools.
http://www.essentialschools.org/
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Seattle Times Special Web section, Understanding
the Conflict, with background to current events
around 9/11
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/crisis/
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The Islam Page
www.islamworld.net
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The Rising Star (formerly NW Islamic
Journal)
www.nwij.org
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FEMA for Kids, the part of the FEMA web site devoted to children, offers advice on how parents can discuss terrorism to their children. The site also includes general guidelines about dealing with disasters' impact on children and an opportunity for schools to submit artwork children have done in an effort to share their feelings. The address for the site is: www.fema.gov/kids
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"SEPTEMBER 11 AND ITS AFTERMATH: CONTEXT, QUESTIONS, RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTICE"
Compiled by the Independent Media Center
http://www.belgium.indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#4927
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
When Tragedy Impacts Education ... In response to the terrorist attacks, ASCD has compiled resources on dealing with the impact of tragedy on our schools and children.
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Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) http://www.esrnational.org/
Suggested Lessons for Teachers Following the Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon can be found along with other materials at:
http://www.esrnational.org/wtclessons2001.htm