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Everything you need to teach the Middle East / by Sharon Coletti ; [edited by Nancy Coakley].

Author
Coletti, Sharon
Additional Titles
InspirEd Middle East unit and Middle East unit
Published
Atlanta, GA : InspirEd Educators, Inc., c2005.
Physical Description
358 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Additional Creators
Coakley, Nancy and InspirEd Educators

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Topics include the region, physical geography, the Rubʻ al-Khali desert, scarcity of water, desert farming, the Persian Gulf region, climate and weather (geography); creation stories, the Tigris-Euphrates river valley, the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Ottoman Empire, the Holocaust, immigration to Palestine, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Persian Gulf war, Western involvement in the Middle East (history); Islamic law and codes of behavior (the Sharia), the five pillars of Islam, the Hajj, the role of Muslim women and of women in Israel, the Israeli military, Palestinians and settlers in the West Bank, kibbutz life, Jewish religious practices, Arabic and Hebrew languages (culture); resources and products, diversification, oil, desalination of water, the Saudi economy (economics); Includes mini-units on the Dead Sea and on types of government, a peace process simulation activity, and a current events game.
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UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Patrick E. and Candace Malloy Education Library Fund; 20045.
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