Resources for all lessons can be found below.
UNIT LAUNCH
LESSON 1.2
LESSON 2
- Pew Research Center Demographics
- Poetry Graphic Organizer Examples
- Slam Poem Transcripts
- History of Muslims in Chicago
- Guidelines for Developing Juicy Discussion Questions
- The Rules of Socratic Seminar
- Our Own Great Witnessing: An American Muslim's Reflection on 9/11
- Op-Ed Jigsaw (Typecast as a Terrorist)
- Linda Sarsour American Like Me
- Op-Ed Jigsaw (I Want 'Allahu Akbar' Back)
- Namira Islam An Anti-Muslim Narrative Has Shaped Policy for Decades.
- Op-Ed Jigsaw (From Aleppo To LA: Coming Of Age As A Muslim Girl In America)
- Black Muslims in the United States: An Introductory Activity
- Meet & Greet Extension: Muslims in the United States
- Jigsaw 1 My Name is Zainab and I am NOT a Terrorist
- Jigsaw 2 Muslim Ban
- Jigsaw 3 America: A Brief History of Parking Disputes
- Jigsaw 4 Islamophobia
- Supplement: A brief visual history of black Muslims in Chicago
LESSON 3.1
LESSON 3.2
- Vox Islamophobia as Racism (Advanced Reader)
- Vox, Islamophobia as Racism (Emerging Reader)
- Ferguson must force us to face anti-blackness - The Boston Globe (Advanced Reader)
- Ferguson must force us to face anti-blackness - The Boston Globe (Emerging Reader)
- Colonialism Explained (Advanced Reader)
- Colonialism Explained (Emerging Reader)
LESSON 4
LESSON 5.1
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination Religious Freedom (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination Racial Profiling (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination Immigration (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination CVE (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination Social Media (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
- ACLU Anti Muslim Discrimination Watchlists (Advanced Reader) (Emerging Reader)
LESSON 5.2
LESSON 6.1
UNIT ASSESSMENT
Literature Extension
Teaching Guides
For a more interdisciplinary approach to this unit, consider using novels that highlight Muslim protagonists. While these novels are not meant to be indicative of the experiences of all Muslims in America, they do provide a glimpse into the various ways that history, legislation, and culture shape the American-Muslim experience. Literature like this helps our students to build empathy and understanding for the experiences of Muslim students their age, while also highlighting their common struggles of what it means to grow up in today’s world. Each teaching guide contains: a connection to the unit, context for the novel, learning objectives for the book, themes, discussion/ essay questions and more.
The following are teaching guides for novels written by and about Muslims living in America.
The novels in this text set can be used in a variety of ways. Alongside the unit, these texts help to provide a deeper understanding of the variety of experiences of Muslims. They contextualize how anti-Muslim policies and legislation affect the everyday lives of Muslims. Teachers can use these novels simultaneously for thematic book clubs, or individually as novel studies. However you decide to use these texts, consider the following assessment opportunities.
Elementary Modification
When teaching this unit to elementary-aged students, consider using both fiction and nonfiction books to teach students about Islam and the experiences of Muslims in the United States. The following is a list of picture books to help start a conversation about Islam in your elementary classroom.
For a more interdisciplinary approach to this unit, consider using novels that highlight Muslim protagonists. While these novels are not meant to be indicative of the experiences of all Muslims in America, they do provide a glimpse into the various ways that history, legislation, and culture shape the American-Muslim experience. Literature like this helps our students to build empathy and understanding for the experiences of Muslim students their age, while also highlighting their common struggles of what it means to grow up in today’s world. Each teaching guide contains: a connection to the unit, context for the novel, learning objectives for the book, themes, discussion/ essay questions and more.
The following are teaching guides for novels written by and about Muslims living in America.
- Internment, by Samira Ahmed
- Ask Me No Questions, Marina Budhos
- Watched, Marina Budhos
- Amina's Voice, Hena Khan
The novels in this text set can be used in a variety of ways. Alongside the unit, these texts help to provide a deeper understanding of the variety of experiences of Muslims. They contextualize how anti-Muslim policies and legislation affect the everyday lives of Muslims. Teachers can use these novels simultaneously for thematic book clubs, or individually as novel studies. However you decide to use these texts, consider the following assessment opportunities.
- Have a class discussion (Use the discussion questions from the teaching guides or these other alternative strategies.)
- Create a One-Pager
- Write a book report (or more creative alternatives)
Elementary Modification
When teaching this unit to elementary-aged students, consider using both fiction and nonfiction books to teach students about Islam and the experiences of Muslims in the United States. The following is a list of picture books to help start a conversation about Islam in your elementary classroom.
CHALLENGE ISLAMOPHOBIA PROJECTMost teaching resources and teacher workshops about Islam and Muslims focus on increasing knowledge of religious texts, beliefs, and rituals rather than addressing the root causes of Islamophobia. This project addresses that gap by placing Islamophobia firmly within a U.S. context and shared cultural history.
The lessons are designed to avoid the need for a facilitator with specialized knowledge in Islamic studies. The lessons do not teach the details of Islamic faith and practice because Islam is not the root of Islamophobia. Our lessons invite learners to think differently by investigating Islamophobia as a form of racism born from empire. Challenge Islamophobia is a project of Teaching for Change. |
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