MEPC - TeachMideast - Educational Resources on the Middle East and Islam

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Teacher Institutes

MEPC provides free, highly acclaimed, non-partisan workshops on the Middle East and Islam across the U.S. Our education director Barbara Petzen will come to your school, organization or conference with innovative strategies for teaching these complex topics. We tailor workshops to your specific needs!

Arab Culture & Civilization

Explore this exemplary library of articles and resources on Arab societies and culture. This site was originally created by the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE).

Teacher Institutes

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Register for a workshop by telling us what date you'd like us to do a professional development workshop and the content you'd like us to bring in. We'll contact you to confirm everything and to further customize your workshop for your teachers' needs.

Host a workshop

Barbara Petzen, the Middle East Policy Councils Education Director, can come to your school, school system, or organization to give a free full-day professional development workshop on the topics of your choice! Give us the following information, and we will contact you to discuss details of when we can come and what topics we will cover!

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Topics I would like the workshop to cover
	Stereotypes and Realities of the Middle East


	Geography of the Middle East
	Diversity of the Middle East and Muslim societies What is the Middle East anyway? Middle Eastern geography and peoples through food studies Teaching the Middle East through Big Maps

	Historical Content
	Rise of Islam Great cities of Islam

	Religion and Culture


	Contemporary Issues


Don't see a topic in which you are interested? We are flexible! Let us know what else you would like us to cover:

After we receive your request, we will contact you to organize timing and content of the workshop. Please make sure your information is accurate. Further questions or concerns:

When we travel to an area, we like to be able to give multiple workshops. Could you suggest other schools, systems or organizations in your area with whom we might partner to host other events while we are in town [for example, independent schools, public libraries, local colleges, Rotary or other service clubs, World Affairs Councils, etc.]? Please add contact people if you have the information available.