Islam and Politics in the 20th Century

Web Resources

http://www.saudiaramco.com/cgi-bin/bvsm/pubs/pubDetail.jsp?SA.channelID=-1073750303
In the January-February 2002 issue of Saudi Aramco World there was a 6 page fold-out about Islam. It is also available on line. If it is not available from this page under archive go to http://www.saudiaramco.com then look under News/Media, Publications, Magazines, Saudi Aramco World, Archives, then click on the January-February 2002 issue. The article is titled Islam: an Introduction and may be downloaded and saved as a PDF file.

http://www.cie.org
The Center for Islamic Education has an several extensive PDF files that either may be used by the teacher or students for a better understanding of the Islamic faith

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/educators/index.html
PBS site dealing with the Middle east and Islam It includes lesson plans, activities, background and a timeline of the History of the Middle East in the 20th Century.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/
Website that accompanies PBS Frontline’s "Muslims". This has a Teacher’s Guide with ideas for activities

http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
PBS site to accompany "Islam Empire of Faith". Includes lesson plans at http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/eduk12plan.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/hajj/
CNN Special Report on the Hajj

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/01/01/html/ft_20020101.5.html
National Geographic Internet special "The World of Islam"

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook contains translation of Islamic primary sources and articles about Islam
http://www.multied.com/Mideast/Index.html
History Central has an historical timeline with a description of the Middle East in the 20th Century

http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/worldreach/assets/docs/israeli-palestinian_conflict/index.html
Set of lessons dealing with the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the 20th Century from the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan which also has an extensive list of websites and another lesson plan about the Crusades http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/worldreach/

http://eawc.evansville.edu/ispage.htm
An introduction to Ancient Islam from "Exploring World Cultures" on the University of Evansville site. It includes a chronology, pictures and essays. Good background information about Ancient Islam for teachers or students.

http://www.belmont.edu/history/World/islam.html
A list of links including maps and primary sources about Islam, broken into useful categories.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/default.stm
BBC Special Report on the conflict in the Middle East. Has a good timeline and historical information

http://www.globaled.org/muslimmideast/ Spotlight on the Muslim Middle East: Issues of Identity is made up of a series of activities from the American Forum for Global Education

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/
Investigating Al Qaeda. Scroll down page for articles about Islam and the Taliban

The Middle Eastern Studies Department at the University of Texas also has an excellent list of links about the Middle East and Central Asia at http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/Education/K12_Resources/

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
The Islamic Studies Center at the University of Georgia contains numerous links.

http://www.msuglobalaccess.net/rsrc/map/
Michigan State University global access site provides information about each country and region of the world with links for each

http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/moments/
National Council of Social Studies list of references and lesson plans for teaching about Iraq and 9/11

http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/ Well organized site from the History department of the SUNY-Albany, with many good links about the Middle East and Islam

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/afghanistan/teachers.htm
Teachers guide to Scholastic Magazine report on Afghanistan. The student articles including a map, article and quiz about Afghanistan are located at http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/afghanistan/index.htm There is another Scholastic article about Afghanistan located at http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/central_asia/timeline.htm

http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/HTML/AfghanistanLinks.htm University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana well categorized site containing links dealing with Afghanistan

http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/mmerryfield/global_resources/modules/SLEECountriesCentralAsia.htm
Ohio State’s list of resources and lessons dealing about Central Asia and Afghanistan

http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/mmerryfield/global_resources/modules/MEHistory3.htm
Middle East History from the Ottoman Empire to the present including links and lists of print and filim resources from Ohio State’s extensive list of resources at
http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/mmerryfield/global_resources/default.htm

http://www.globaled.org/nyworld/materials/ottoman/index.html
Articles for teaching about the history of the Ottoman Empire

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/maps.html
Links to a variety of maps dealing with Islam

http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
The United Nations Cartographic section of its website which allows the teacher to select from a variety of maps

http://southasia.uchicago.edu/lesson.htm
Group of Islam for various age levels written by teachers at a workshop about Islam at the University of Chicago

http://www.proteacher.com/090066.shtml
Pro Teachers collection of links developed by teachers about Asia

http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
Lengthy list of sites developed by a social studies teacher. Islam is included under several categories.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mruland/MWH/Resources/unit1.htm
A list of links created by a World History teacher for her classes. Although they are listed under "Ancient Islam", many of the links also include information valuable to the study of Modern Islam. There is also a Webquest about World Religions which she wrote located at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mruland/MWH/WebQuests/wreligion.html

http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/World.html
Another site of links and activities created by a junior high World History teachers. It is also useful for high school teachers.

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~sblue/NAfricaSWAsiaOutline.html
Lecture outline for a World Geography class at UCLA. May serve as a useful list of important aspects to consider when teaching about the Middle East

Central Asia

http://www.unhcr.ch/witness4/III_Stans/html/toc/toc_set.html
Outstanding photo documentary website about Central Asia

http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/cas/pages/afghan.html
University of Texas’ Asian Studies Center with extensive list of links about Afghanistan

http://asia.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/afghanistan/
Rebuilding Afghanistan site from CNN

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/
Understanding the conflict in Afghanistan from National Geographic. The site has maps and lesson plans.

http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/caweb.html
Indian University list of links about Central Asia

http://www.icarp.org/cenasia.html
Interactive Central Asia Research Project has an extensive list of categorized links dealing with Central Asia

http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-13497_13503_13507-38454--,00.html State of Michigan website dealing with current issues facing Central and South Asia. Although written for 7th grade, they may be used throughout middle and high school.

http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Central_Asia/LP_central_4.htm
Using Central Asia as a means to define the term "region" using maps

http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Lesson_Plans/index.htm
6 lesson plans on Central Asia. Other lessons are available at http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/instructional_resources/lesson_plans/less_plan.htm

http://sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/HI/c-asia.html A list of links by listed by country from Columbia University

http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/silkroad.htm Excellent article about the history of the silk roads

http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/FEATURES/AmericasCrisis/BG2/CentralAsia.htm
Background and lesson plans about Central Asia from the Asia Society

http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/kellogg/rodgers/cis/cenasia1.htm
Teacher created quiz written for 8th grade students about Central Asia

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/kyrgyzstan/index.html
Peace Corps lesson plans about Kryghyzstan