Category: TEKS High School World History

  • Letting Maps Tell the Story

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    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…

  • Using Maps to Analyze U.S. Middle East Policy

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    This TXCHR provides four maps from 1945 to 2020 maps to explore US foreign policy relative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This lesson plan invites students to explore U.S. involvement in the conflict through a map-based analysis. It compares historical and contemporary U.S. proposals, beginning with the 1947 UN Partition Plan and ending with the 2020…

  • 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…

  • Rachel Corey’s Letter from Gaza

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    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/

  • 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

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    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…

  • Borders and Walls

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    Engage your students with a lesson that brings the complex topics of identity, division, and resilience to life. This lesson plan uses interactive activities like a gallery walk of global borders, including the US-Mexico border, thought-provoking readings on Manifest Destiny and Zionism, and real stories from Palestinian youth to draw parallels between historical and modern-day…