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What happens when one country takes another country’s citizen hostage? What can families do? What...
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Lesson Plans
Beyond the Headlines: Justice for Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and Global Protests Against State Violence
Students learn about the protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in police custody and connect the protests to global calls for justice in response to state violence.
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Project
An Elegy for a Happy Tribe
A true story of Bakhtiari tribal members' birth, life, and death.
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Lesson Plans
'Bring Them Home' Lesson Plan and Viewing Guide
Students will examine the challenges of negotiating for the release of a U.S. businessman detained in Iran by watching a short film about his family and their efforts to secure his freedom.
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Education Resource
Identity in the Time of COVID-19
This unit was created by Nikysha D. Gilliam, an English/English Language Development teacher at...
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When Iranian officials imprisoned a U.S. businessman on bogus espionage charges, his family was...
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Lesson Plans
Displacement in the Face of Climate Change
Students analyze how climate change affects migration around the world, make local connections to global climate migration stories, and summarize learning through one-pagers and persuasive letters.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Reese Erlich
Journalist Reese Erlich has covered Iran's unique governing system for 15 years. Although the...
