Author: Bahia Amawi

  • Letting Maps Tell the Story

    This 29 minute TXCHR video starts with maps of the 13th century BCE, includes maps of the Ottoman Empire that ruled the region for 400 years, then WW I maps related to negotiations between the British and Arabs. Then the video shows maps of population and land ownership through the early 1940s. Maps of partition…

  • The Nakba

    This video explains the story of the Nakba with a testimonial. It lays out the history and facts of the last 100 years in Israel-Palestine. This is a useful video to present as an introduction for students or for educators to quickly get an understanding of the background to the current situation and to understand…

  • Conflict in Israel-Palestine: Understanding History to Understand Today

    This TXCHR World History TEKS-focused, ready-to-go full lesson plan with student-facing documents includes primary sources, charts and graphs, maps, and opportunities for developing historical thinking skills to provide students with a comprehensive history of Israel-Palestine from the end of the 19th century, providing students with the background they need to gain an understanding of the…

  • Deconstructing Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians

    Learn to identify, explain, and campaign against Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians in this 90-minute Amnesty course, with certification included. This is a very good resource for an educator who feels like they lack the knowledgethey need to convey the conflict through apartheid. Teachers could ask their administrations about possible professional development hours for this…

  • Rachel Corey’s Letter from Gaza

    Letters from a 23 year-old peace activists, Rachel Corrie, to her family who was killed in 2003 while trying to prevent the Israeli army from destroying homes in the Gaza Strip. Followed by questions for classroom discussion.https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/rachel-corries-letters-and-questions/

  • Sitti’s (my grandmother’s) Bird: A Gaza Story-An Introduction to Gaza for Children

    An interactive lesson that is an age appropriate (includes slides and video of the book) introduction to events in Gaza written by American teachers.https://teachpalestine.org/sittis-bird-a-gaza-story-an-introduction-to-gaza-for-children/

  • Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel

    Teaching activity that covers the history of Palestine/Israel tracking the root causes of the current violence. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-the-seeds-of-violence-in-palestine-israel/https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-the-seeds-of-violence-in-palestine-israel/

  • Historical Israeli and Palestinian Testimonials

    Short video of ex-Israeli soldiers and Palestinian’s testimonials about the 1948 Nakba

  • Wrestling with Zionism

    A short video by Jewish Voice for Peace explaining Zionism through testimonials.

  • Israeli Palestinian Conflict Explained

    A quick animated introduction to Israel/Palestine conflict by Jewish Voice for Peace examining Israel-Palestine from historic, geographic, and human rights perspectives. The video looks at current issues and decidedly takes a stand for human rights while not shying away from the perceived complexities in achieving equality for all in the region. It offers an interesting…