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[/vc_wp_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]Many are aimed at grades 6-12, but can be adapted for university contexts.- American Historical Association (AHA) Sample Assignments: includes plagiarism, historical methods, and some ancient world assignments
- Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)’s Introduction to Archaeology: resources for teaching archaeology, including glossaries, bibliographies, careers in archaeology, and K-12 lesson plans from the AIA and other institutions .
- Art of the Ancient Near East: A Resource for Educators (ed. K. Benzel, S. Graff, Y. Rakic, and E. Watts; 2010) available for free at MetPublications
- ASOR Archive of The Ancient Near East Today e-newsletters: Articles from 2013 through the present from reliable sources as well as hundreds of links to news stories from across the Near East relating to history, archaeology, and culture.
- British Museum Classroom Resources: includes lesson materials organized by culture, target student age, artifact type, and topic
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Lesson Plans: includes thematic and period-based materials for teaching with their ancient, medieval, and modern collections
- New York University ISAW Expanding the Ancient World Project: professional development workshops, lesson plans, and online resources for K-12 educators
- Oriental Institute (OI) Educator Resources: lesson plans, interactive ideas, downloadable timelines, and a virtual tour of the museum
Much of the content for these online resources came from H.Dixon, “What’s Already Out There? Online Resources for Teaching Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Cognate Fields,” Creative Pedagogies for Teaching the Ancient Near East and Egypt session (M. Ameri and H. Dixon, chairs), 2019 ASOR Annual Meeting, San Diego.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]