Middle East

Other Geography Resources

• • Austin Middle School - Social Studies Resources

• Mr. Churchwards Middle East Resources

• Ducksters - Middle East

  • I Like To Learn - M.E. Quiz (3 pdfs)

• Lizard Point - Middle East

• Sporacle Label Map of M.E.

Christians in the Middle East (4 min)

Introductory YouTube Videos (SS7G6)

Articles

• SS7G6 Water Prezi

• Water Crisis in the Middle East: Story Map

• Middle East Water Problem (CNN Article)

• Middle East Faces Water Shortages (The Guardian)

• Water Scarcity: Destabilizing Middle East (ECFR)

• Water Scarcity: A Growing Problem

VIDEOS

• U.S. & Iran Fighting: Strait of Hormuz

• Turkey Floods City

• Water War in Middle East (3 min), Water Crisis in the Middle East (2 min), Quest for Water in the Middle East, Which Countries Fight Over Water

• Water as a Strategic Resource (2 min), Outsourced Drought - (3 min), Dead Sea

• THE WATER PROJECT

OIL AND OPEC

• How Much Oil is Left on Earth (3 min) - create Edpuzzle

• Who Controls the World's Oil - (3 min) - create Edpuzzle

• Can the Middle East Survive Without Oil (3 min)-

• How Cheap Oil Impacts Middle East (3 min news report) -

  • What is OPEC? by CNBC (3:51)

  • History of Oil (5:34 cartoon)

  • What's Next of Oil (CNBC) 3:32 min

  • What Drives Oil Prices (4:41)

ListenWise

Water Plays Crucial Role in Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Water is a Weapon in the Iraq War

Faces of President Trump's Ban or Middle East Culture (5 min)

FIBA Allows Hijab - Create 10 interview questions you (the reporter) would ask the female athlete

History of Ottoman Empire

• Ottoman Empire and War (12 slides)

• Ottoman Empire (21 slides - watch youtube video on slide 8)

• Rise of Ottoman Empire and Fall of Ottoman Empire

Middle East Problem (5 min)

How State of Israel Was Born (3 min)

Zionism (2 min)

Why Israel and Iran Hate Each Other (2 min)

Why Israel & Syria Hate Each Other (2 min)

Israel Palestine Conflict Cartoon (5 min history)

Israeli and Palestinian Conflict (4 min)

Why Israelis and Palestinians both Claim Jerusalem (5 min)

Israel Palestine Conflict (10 min)

Israel and Palestine Conflict (Vox Article)

ANTI-SEMITISM HANDOUT -

Anti-Semitism - 5 min clip stories

Holocaust Survivor Stories

Israeli Jews React to Trump

Gulf War Video Clips

• • Iran Iraq War (3 min)

  • Flames of Kuwait - Gulf War (6 min)

  • Persian Gulf War - Timeline Desert Storm (5 min)

  • The Persian Gulf War 1990-91 (5 min)

  • First Gulf War (4 min)

  • The Gulf War 1991 (3 min)

  • Why America Invaded Iraq (5 min Prager U)

• Persian Gulf War: Timeline (5 min)

• Footage Desert Storm Apache Strikes (3 min)

  • Why do People Become Islamic Extremist (Prager U)

• Saddam Hussein Biography (3:18 min)

• Saddam Hussein - Brittanica Facts

• Why America Invaded Iraq (5 min)

• 9/11 Video Timeline (5 min)

• Hijacked Planes Smash WTC (3 min)

• What Happened on 9/11? (Prager U)

• War in Afghanistan (3:35 min)

• Iraq Explained, ISIS Syria War (4:35 min)

• How Iraq Was Won and Lost (Prager U)

• Trump Orders Troops to Withdraw from Syria (2:15)

• Military Spouse's Letter to Kurds (CNN 3 min)

• Kurds and Conflict in Syria

• Taliban and Al Qaeda

  • Al Qaeda and ISIS - PBS Learning Media

  • What ISIS Wants (5 min Prager U)

• Osama Bin Laden - CNN Fast Facts

• Taliban and Osama Bin Laden

• Osama Bin Laden - Teachnology Worksheet

• Osama bin Laden Raid

• Osama bin Laden Killed and Viewed by Pres. Obama

• How the U.S. Tracked Down Osama bin Laden

  • Osama's Son Speaks (interview)

  • Hezbollah (Prager U)

• Should America Be the World's Police

The U.S. Interest in the Middle East – View this presentation online. Then complete slides 40-41 in your notebook.

After completing the graphic organizer on the Persian Gulf War, pick any 10 questions to answer from this SS7H2 Test Review.

Current Events

• ICE Air Deportation

• Saudi Arabia Women and Driving

• Women Fighting ISIS in Syria

• DACA News Story

• Muslims Get Real - Teen Vogue

Quizlets - Middle East

Middle East Geography Quizlets

• • SS7G5 M.E. by Coach Graham (23)

  • SS7G5 M.E. by Mrs Lee (15)

  • SS7G5 M.E. by Ms Christian (25)

  • M.E. Geo Culture Religion (63)

  • Middle East Map by Sporacle

  • Middle East by Maps.com (Education)

Purpose Games

• Middle East Geography

• M.E. Physical Features

• M.E. Matching