What s the Takeaway Message?

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What s the Takeaway Message? Get away from stereotypes: deprogram, dismediation Diversity of the region and of its peoples Specificity of issues/perspectives Complexity Empower active learning: Let students find and create content too Islamic fashion, commercialism in the Middle East, music and popular culture, youth culture, images that reinforce and counter stereotypes, media literacy and coverage in US, Middle Eastern and international media

Stereotypes of the Middle East

Best Practices Compare! Analogize to what kids already know After 9/11, Qurans flew off the shelves as people tried to figure out why it happened.could we understand the conflict in Northern Ireland by reading the New Testament? Martin Luther s 95 Theses? The veil changes the public female body by covering it How does American society influence women to change the public female body? Jerry Hall Get them to walk a mile

Are We Our Stereotypes?

Best Approaches Combatting Stereotypes Aladdin

Best Approaches Combatting Stereotypes through Political Cartoons

Islam is

Best Practices: Map It! Compare maps of the Middle East Compare proportion/population maps of Muslim world Google Earth Big Maps (spices activity)

What Is the Middle East?

What Is the Middle East?

What Is the Middle East?

What Is the Middle East?

What Is the Middle East?

Muslim World

Muslim Population by Country

The Spread of Islam

Cultural diversity of Islam

Map It Change scale (Google Earth) Change point of view Use multimedia in maps: images, music, video, food

Best Practices: Humanize Find real people/anecdotes: authentic doesn t mean representative Voices from the region Stories from your packet (make sure the voices are varied) Literature, film, internet, blogs Popular culture and music Humor (Muslims are funny?!?!?!)

Who Wears a Veil?

Counter stereotypes Hichkas and Salome, Iranian Underground Music

Counter stereotypes Girls in Iran and Turkey

Counter stereotypes Pushing the boundaries

Counterstereotypes New Aspirations

Counter Stereotypes Virtual Ambitions

New couture Counter Stereotypes

New Politics Counter Stereotypes

Counter Stereotypes Pop Culture Nancy Ajram Coke ad http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=35o3udls8 3Y Parody Coke ad http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=ggvxpjjql Wc&feature=related

Media Literacy Project LookSharp Media Constructions of the Middle East Center for Media Literacy Activities on teachmideast.org site

Comparative Themes/Approaches Environmental Issues Water use and conflicts GAP project, Tigris and Euphrates issues Jordan River Valley Desalination Climate Change Energy issues

Curricular Angles Cross curricular reinforcement is key Humanities: history, ELA, music, art Science (spices, history of science, hydraulics/mechanics/rube Goldberg) Math (Islamic geometric design, algebra) Economics (where oil prices come from) PE (debke and other folk dance) Service projects Technology (google earth, blogs, movie production) Projects in any curricular area in conjunction with classes in the Middle East

First Contact

First Contact: Classroom to Classroom Many organizations provide links between classrooms iearn.org Projects and topics across the curriculum Listing of other organizations and resources in library

Controversial Issues Fear to teach: Israel and Palestine Islam or Muslims in general Iraq (or other US entanglements) Women and gender in Islam

Controversial Issues Strategies Prep students, parents, administrators Review materials Multiple points of view!! passionate beliefs can be civilly discussed Clear communication about expectations Analysis of sources, biases, world views, arguments balance either within a source or among multiple sources STRESS diversity of opinion on both sides

A few more resources On Turkey: Steve Kinzer s Crescent and Star: Turkey between Two Worlds The beach reads: Novels by Barbara Nadel Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (Netflix) James Gelvin: The Modern Middle East: A History Esposito and Moghahed: Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (Gallup poll)

Sex in the Other City Sex in the souq http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7786564.stm The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie (2008, Chronicle Books) http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2009/01/06/book reviewthe secret life of syrian lingerie intimacy and design bymalu halasa and rana salam/

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