A Digital Media Literacy Curriculum
Project Look Sharp has updated its popular curriculum kit, Media Construction of the Middle East. The free online kit teaches about the history of the Middle East and current issues through critical thinking about media constructions. New documents have been added that update a number of lessons in the kit. The lesson about the history of the US War in Iraq now includes diverse newspaper front pages about the final withdrawal of US combat troops. The lesson on the history of Iran was updated to include an analysis of Time magazine covers about the 2009 Green Revolution and the controversy over Iran’s nuclear program. The update also includes student readings and assessments on the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict, background to the US wars in Iraq, and a history of US relations with Iran.