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| The demand for high-quality information and resources to enable educators to teach about the Middle East continues to grow. The Council has long answered that demand through teacher workshops and resources with a national reputation for excellence. By our calculations, teachers who have participated in a Council-sponsored workshop use what they learned to reach over one million students each year! |
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| With a new education director, Barbara Petzen, the Council is now revamping its educational programming and producing a new, online multimedia resource called TeachMideast.org. This new website will bring together balanced and informative background essays on a wide variety of topics and innovative lesson plans and teaching strategies for the classroom. Our new format will allow us to keep our instructional materials fresh and to respond to current issues in the region. |
Workshop participants discuss a group project. |
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| This free resource will also allow educators to search for the materials they need by grade level, country, historical period and topic and to download them as needed. We will also be able to offer higher-quality audio, video and image resources for today's classroom. One of the most exciting aspects of the new site is the incorporation of Google Earth technology throughout, bridging the gap between content knowledge and geographic literacy in a format that is extremely appealing to middle and high school students. |
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| Comments from teachers on new workshop program: |
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| "I’m impressed not only by the breadth and depth of knowledge of the presenter, but by the very engaging way the topics were presented." |
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| "I can not think of another workshop where I learned so much in 6.5 hours. Barbara and staff were extremely knowledgeable and I was forced to think!" |
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| "Wonderfully engaging!" |
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| "This was a FANTASTIC workshop! I come away knowing I’m going to be a much better AP world history teacher because of this…You addressed several strategies that would PERFECT for Advanced Placement skills." |
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| "Great workshop—new knowledge, will expand my repertoire." |
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| "I learned so much today in this relaxed and invigorating workshop. I could have listened to Ms. Petzen for several more hours." |
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| "Outstanding! I learned so much and am taking away so many great materials for immediate use." |
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| "Most impressed—fun and insightful." |
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| "A unique workshop because it was a single presenter, and it was an excellent technique because of the presenter." |
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