1. Syria and the Arab
Spring
Alex Burgos
10th Grade Modern History
Spring 2014

2. Rationale for Teaching
Integration
• The Arab Spring, and
Syria’S involvement in
the region wide conflict
in particular, have
been revolutions of the
modern age. Therefore I
believe it is impossible
to teach a lesson that
is so dense with
ideologies and
struggles of the
modern age without the
use of modern
technology.

3. Internet Content
• All of the information I have
acquired for this presentation is
from reliable sources.
• Images and graphics will bring you
to the site they came from and the
notes section of each slide will
provide additional info on the site.

4. Blog
• Aljazeera America is the nations
leading source for the most up to
date information on the middle east.
The site contains a blog devoted
entirely to the conflict in syria.

5. Podcast
Click on the bbc to hear the
podcast!
This podcast is from the bbc worldwide website and
provides insight into some of the un security councils major
discussion on the issue of humanitarian access into the
nation
teacherS can uSe thiS podcaSt to facilitate a “model un”
type debate in which students take on roles as members of
the security council and propose sanctions and policies
that would benefit the nation.

6. Instructional Videos
• watch “Syria:
Whats behind
the conflict?”
here!

7. Internet resources
The Guardian
This Site contains an interactive timeline of the
Arab spring as a whole. It details every uprising,
governmental overthrow, outbreak of violence, and
regime change in every country involved in the political
protest.
Bbc news- Syrian timeline
This timeline from the bbc provides students with an
“at a glance” reSource containing all of the major eventS
in Syrian history . It details the rise of Bashar al-assad
along wit h the formation of the government created by is
father.
Pbs- history of us involvement in the middle east
This source outlines some of the most influential
instances of us foreign relations with middle eastern
nations. Teachers can use this site as a means to spark
debate as to weather or not the us is making the same
mistakes with Syria that it has in the past.

8. Inspiration

9. Teaching Materials
• This map quiz
is a great
way to
familiarize
students with
the region
before you
dive into the
more complex
issues.

10. Teaching materials
Marygrove Prezi
The Marygrove University mat program
created a link with lesson plans for teachers
in which they provided a prezi on the Syrian
conflict.
New york times quiz
The new york times has created a quiz
that can be given to students after they have
been given an overview of the conflict.

11. Teaching materials
Click the link below in the notes section to
view the worksheet!
The choices program worksheet
in coordination with Brown University the
choices program has created a worksheet that
helpS teacher “teach with the newS”.

12. Subject-specific internetbased resource
Dr. Marty Levine, a Professor of
Secondary Education has created
this website which is a collection of
lesson plans and activities that
teachers can use to more
effectively teach social studies

13. Subject-specific internetbased resource
• i would uSe the “brain bowl” game
located under the current events
tab to do weekly quizzes with my
students. I like this feature
because students can play against
their parents.

14. Uses of the internet:
the new york times
The new york times is a great resource for up
to date information on everything newsworthy.
Since the conflict is still an ongoing issue I
would want my students to be very invested in
this website and I would probably have them
checking it every night for the latest
information on syria.

15. Uses of the internet:
Aljazeera America
This site is one that is completely
dedicated to delivering the most
unbiased news from the middle east.
I would use this to contrast different
sources of media and news with my
students. Focusing on the differences in
the way stories are portrayed.

16. Uses of the internet:
Modern history sourcebook
Fordham university has gathered an
expansive collection of all there is to
know about modern world history.
In this online database I could find
essentially all that I need to teach a
lesson on the middle east.

17. Web 2.0
The world food
programme is a
major humanitarian
in the middle east
and Syria.
They are constantly
on twitter posting
updates to their
many outreach
programs.

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