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This global affairs lesson plan engages students in Scott Anderson's "Fractured Lands," a gripping examination into the unraveling of the modern Middle East through the stories of six individuals.
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Lesson Plans
Assessing Our Understanding of the Fragmentation of Religious Authority in Select Middle Eastern Societies
Students learn about the fragmentation of religious authority in Middle Eastern countries. They then create polls to assess their peers’ understanding of Islamic terrorist recruitment strategies.
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Lesson Plans
Middle East Strategy Task Force Event Preparation
This lesson is to prepare students for an event featuring Secretary Madeleine Albright and Steven Hadley around the Atlantic Council's Middle East Strategy Task Force report.
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From smugglers in Agadez, to factory owners in Turkey, to the Italian and Nigerian mafias in Italy...
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Students learn about asylum seekers and the boundaries between refugees and migrants. They explore how current refugee and migration policies impact women and children.
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Project
Finding Home
Following the lives of four Syrian refugee mothers and their babies from the day these women gave...
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Lesson Plans
Arab Spring Mini Unit and Final Assessment
This unit plan, designed for high school freshmen, analyzes the Arab Spring in the context of the French and Haitian revolutions.
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These lesson plans present close reading, writing, discussion, and hands-on activities that explore "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart," Scott Anderson's New York Times Magazine story.
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Project
Traces of Exile
As 21st century refugees cross Europe with their smartphones, they've left behind a trail of digital...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Chicago High School Devotes Eight Weeks to "Fractured Lands"
A 9th grade teacher describes how exploring "Fractured Lands" provided her students with a much...
November 7, 2016
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/11-07-16/fractured_lands_timeline_6th_pd_1.jpg.webp?h=a5eb5da0&itok=DaVjFFjI "Ninth-graders at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago present a completed timeline that compares events in the Middle East to highly publicized news stories in the U.S. over the course of the nearly two decades explored in Scott Anderson's "Fractured Lands." Students in World Studies classes at Whitney Young spent eight weeks processing Anderson's story through discussion and close-reading. Image by Anne-Michele Boyle. Chicago, 2016.")