Tag: Lesson Plan

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

    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…

  • 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

    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/

  • Borders and Walls

    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…

  • Teaching Israel-Palestine Checklist

    This TXCHR checklist will help educators assess whether their instruction on Israel-Palestine represents perspectives of the two major peoples who reside in the area. The checklist contains the facts and viewpoints essential to understanding each group’s perspectives on the history and present situation in Israel-Palestine. By understanding these multiple viewpoints, educators can better guide students…