New Curriculum: Celebrating Nowruz

Our newest resource for educators expands on the theme of using celebrfeatures the New Year traditions of the Persian cultural world and discovering culture through celebrations. Click here for more information on the Celebrating Nowruz Kit, and to download the curriculum text.

Are You Listening? Voices From the Middle East

This very popular anthology, produced by The Outreach Center, consists of short stories and excerpts from memoirs and novels written by indigenous authors and translated and adapted for the U.S. classroom. Please click here for more information.

Middle East Resources

The Outreach Center produces occasional curriculum guides for teaching about various topics on the Middle East and Islam. These guides are available as PDF downloads and can be used in conjunction with materials from our library (books, films, CDs, realia). Please click here for more information.

Online Resources & Links

The Outreach Center is compiling a list of online resources for educators. Click here to access information on Islam and the Middle East, Middle Eastern media, global education, professional development and outreach institutions in the area, and other Title VI National Resource Centers.

Persian Miniature Interactive Activity

Click here to access an interactive visual tour through two sixteenth-century Persian paintings that beautifully illustrate urban and rural life in a Muslim context. This engaging activity features high resolution images of the paintings with roll over text boxes to guide teachers and students through the rich details.