Middle East, Cultural Issues, and Inequalities Based Unit Overview/Detailed Sequence of 5 Consecutive Lessons Day/ Overall Goal

of Lesson the Lesson Standards (Content & WIDA) Integration of 4 language domains (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) Reading (Informative) Speaking (Informative and Discussions) Writing (Informative) Listening (Descriptive and Informative Information) Language (vocab., pragmatics, grammar) Resources Assessment

Day 1

The students will be introduced to the Middle Eastern region, countries, major religions, geography, and other facts that are important to the area. The students will have a basic understanding of the diversity and geography of the Middle East.

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Geography, religion, Christianity, Islam, Jewish, region, environment, language, foreign, population, and culture. Develop and practice oral presentation skills including giving speeches and debating.

(Hirsch, 2003) World Map Handout (countries, languages and religions) A computer on wheels

Participation in writing activities and discussions, including ability to accurately and appropriately articulate the Culture, religions, region, geography, and language in the Middle east.

Day 2

The students will be introduced to cultural issues and inequalities in the Middle East by reading two different narratives from young women in the region. The students will have a basic

Reading (Informative and Narrative) Speaking (Informative and Discussions) Writing (Informative) Listening (Descriptive and Informative

Students research of articles, research al-Sharif, M. process (2012). including their A handout direction of Locate on exploring discussion supported womens and information on employment presentation social issues opportunitie of and s. information inequalities in to the whole Language Arts, Literacy, Think-PairShare, Research, Current Events Lewis, K. (2013).

understanding of the struggles and trials these two women had to endure in order to gain the rights and freedom they desired.

Day 3

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Information)

a narrative article from firsthand experiences.

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class. Participation in discussions based on accurately relating material back to what students read in the articles provided.

Reading (Informative) Speaking (Informative and Discussions) Writing (Informative) Listening (Descriptive and Informative Information)

Labor, development, economy, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, enterprise, entrepreneur, invest, income, funding. Develop proficiency in collaborating on discussions of social studies; Develop proficiency in seeing ones

(AlOlaimy, 2013) (King, 2006)

(Presutti, 2011) Thrombosi s in the veins of petroleum activities; Current events in the Middle Eastern economies handout

Day 4

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own culture objectively.

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Reading (Informative and Narrative) Speaking (Informative and Discussions) Writing (Informative) Listening (Descriptive and Informative Information)

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Speaking (Discussions and Process) Writing (Informative: what you know) Listening (Descriptive and Process) Reading (Directions and research from online sources)

Religion, inequality, cultural issues, hijab, rights (freedom), advocate, tapestry, politics, campaign Use of presentation material to summarize a lesson based on notes, previous assignments, and handouts in order to recap the unit of the Middle East.

Pipes, D. (n.d.). Hijabs on Western Political Women. Middle Eastern Forum. YouTube Videos: demonstrati on on how to tie a Hijab or Kefiya and also Middle Eastern music and dance used at the stations.

Participation in brainstorming (writing) activities and discussions, including ability to recall previous information learned in the Middle East unit and appropriately articulating the Information in a review presentation/ discussion to the class. Are students actively listening and asking appropriate questions?