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Beyond Islam: Understanding the Muslim WorldThe World Affairs Council Global Classroom was awarded a grant in 2004 by the United States Institute of Peace to develop a program called Beyond Islam: Understanding the Muslim World, which included a series of professional development trainings for teachers, a youth summit, and the development of three new curriculum units. The curriculum materials are available to download for free from the web, or you can request a CD of the materials by emailing wac@world-affairs.org. How to Download the CurriculumLinks to all of the Curriculum Units, Handouts, and PowerPoint presentations are below. When you select a file (click on a link), the document opens in a new window in your browser. You can save the file on your computer, if you like, for later reference. The Microsoft Word documents or Adobe Acrobat files are best for printing. The html (web) files are better for browsing with easy access to link to web pages on the Internet. Beyond Islam: Understanding the Muslim World CurriculumIntroduction and Table of Contents (Word) (PDF) Unit 1: Pakistan (Word) (PDF) (html) By Jamie Fletcher, Kamiakin Middle
School, Kirkland, WA Handouts:
Unit 2: The Muslim Experience in Modern-Day Europe (Word) (PDF) (html) Handouts:
Unit 3: Seeds of Change: Muslims in China's Reform Era (Word) (PDF) (html) Handouts:
BackgroundIn the winter of 2005, the World Affairs Council Global Classroom began a series of programs to help teachers prepare to go “beyond Islam” as we hear about it in the news (mostly equated with terrorism) to understand Muslim peoples and cultures around the world. The series, offered in conjunction with the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, explored Muslims in Central Asia, China, Malaysia, and Pakistan. From these programs a group of educators signed on to create new curriculum materials on several areas of the world that would continue this focus on understanding Muslim cultures beyond the main conflict spots in the world. This new series of curriculum from the World Affairs Council Global Classroom is the result of their work. The goal of Beyond Islam: Understanding the Muslim
World is to promote high school and community college education
on the Muslim world that informs youth about the cultures, educational
systems, economic systems, governments, and other aspects of life
that allow for a richer, more textured understanding of people living
in these regions and countries. It challenges stereotypes that link
Muslim with Arab or terrorist by exploring other world regions with
large Muslim populations. It extends existing resources for understanding
Islam and provides teachers and students with authentic experiences
and resources. AcknowledgementsThe Beyond Islam: Understanding the Muslim World curriculum project would not have been possible without the financial support of a grant from the United States Institute of Peace. The World Affairs Council expresses sincere gratitude to the Institute and to the educators who contributed their time and expertise developing these curriculum materials: Jamie Fletcher, William Linser, Yolanda Cieters, and Mary Cingcade. I am also very grateful to the reviewers of the curriculum, who helped ensure that it met high standards for accuracy and pedagogical relevance: Tese Neighbor, Keith Snodgrass, Shahida Khan, Farida Hakim, Phillip Shekleton, and Nancy Bacon. Finally, I appreciate the help of Rebecca Hodges, Alan Thornberg, and Nicole Koler in formatting, editing, and proofreading the curriculum, and I assume full responsibility for any errors or omissions. Michele Anciaux Aoki, Ph.D., Project
Coordinator
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