Tag: Visual
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How Israel Was Created
A 15 minute video about the history of the creation of Israel starting in the late 19th century. The video covers the First Jewish Congress and the vision of a Jewish state. It also includes the British Mandate period and the UN partition plan timeframe.
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The Israel-Palestine Conflict: a Brief, Simple History
A summary of the history of Israel/Palestine starting in the late 19th century. The video covers the British Mandate period and then growing violence between Jewish militias and ultimately Israel, and the Palestinians. This includes the occupation and the resulting intifadas.
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A historical timeline of Israel’s brutality towards Palestinians
This 10 minute video covers the violence against Palestinians and not the violence against Israelis and therefore would be useful to show with another video as context. Where it is especially strong is in going through the long and sustained history of violence against Palestinians that is mostly overlooked by the US media and teaching…
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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…
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Conquer and Divide: Interactive Project
Explore Israel’s fragmentation of Palestinian space since 1967 through an interactive timeline showing policies dividing the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This is for background information and historical context – there is no formal lesson. This is an effective lesson in a TAG classroom and could be used for a project for a specialized course.…