This is a teacher's guide with a lesson plan and a video. David Schanzer, associate professor of the practice at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy University and director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, discusses the impact of September 11 on foreign relations, domestic policies, and American Muslims.
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Through this lesson, students will gain a greater understanding of the various challenges that Syrian
refugees face. Students will read excerpts from interviews with Sanaa Domat, a Syrian woman originally from Homs. Students will learn about her experience in both her native country and in her new host country. By using oral histories in the classroom, distant events will become more real and relevant to students. Oral histories were collected by students in a Refugee Lives interactive learning course at Duke University, and are part of the Refugee Lives Oral History Project, http://sites.duke.edu/arabiccommunities/.

Through this lesson, students will gain a greater understanding of the various challenges that Iraqi
refugees face. Students will read excerpts from an interview with Sufyan A., an Iraqi man originally from Baghdad. Students will learn about his experience in both his native country and in his new host country. By using oral histories in the classroom, distant events will become more real and relevant to students. Oral histories were collected by students in a Refugee Lives interactive learning course at Duke University, and are part of the Refugee Lives Oral History Project, http://sites.duke.edu/arabiccommunities/.

This is a teacher's guide with a lesson plan and video. The modern histories of the United States and Iraq are closely intertwined. Louis Yako, Iraqi-American poet, writer, and PhD candidate at Duke University, explores the relationship between the two countries in the context of the Iraq Wars.
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This is a teacher's guide to a video and lesson plan. Dr. miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University, provides the historical context key to understanding why so many Syrians have fled their homes.

This is a teacher's guide that contains a lesson plan and video. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I in 1918 led to its final dissolution, shifting from empire to republic a few years later. In this 10-minute video, Professor Erdağ Göknar discusses contestations between colonialism, nationalism, and the Kemalist cultural revolution in Turkey.
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This is a teacher's guide with a lesson plan and video. There has been much discussion about tensions between the United States and Iran. Dr. Charles Kurzman gives an overview of the complex relationship between the two countries.
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This is a teacher's guide that includes a lesson plan and video. Women in the Middle East represent an extremely diverse group of individuals. In this video, Dr. Didem Havlioglu introduces stories of three different Middle Eastern women to highlight the diversity of women’s experiences in the region.
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