Maps+&+Demographics

Introduction
Where is the Middle East (Slide Show)

Maps
@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Middle-east_Geography.htm

Geography of the Middle East
 * University of Chicago**

Water Scarcity In The Middle East Your Middle East (April 2013) [|The Middle East Lost a Dead Sea-Size Amount of Water in 7 Years]National Geographic (Feb 2013)
 * Water**

Oil
@Oil

//Hot, Flat & Crowded//
 * Thomas Friedman**

PBS- Global Connections- The Middle East **Religious Militancy** **Roles of Women** **Stereotypes** **Natural Resources** **Nation-States** || |||| **Politics** **Religion** **Culture** **Economics** **Science** **Geography** ||
 * PBS**
 * **U.S. Foreign Policy**

Kurds
Kurdish Struggle Blurs Syria’s Battle Lines NYTimes Aug, 2013

**Demographics**
Ancient & Modern Cross-Roads: @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/geography/ 7 Billion-
 * National Geographic**

Teaching The Middle East The Question of Identity (Ethnicity, Language, Religion, Gender)
 * University of Chicago**

Info Graphs- @http://visual.ly/?view=explore
 * Info-Graphs**

Vaccine Preventable Outbreaks (Interactive)
 * The Council on Foreign Relations**

1. Have students spend time examining data available at this website. Have students determine what you learn about the Middle East compared to the rest of the world. As a class what are the most telling statistics that they have uncovered that is RELEVANT to our course. Share on Chart paper.
 * Show World**

@http://show.mappingworlds.com//world/?lang=EN

1. Have students view a graph from "Open Graph Menu" and determine what you learn about the Middle East compared to the rest of the world. What is the trend. How is this good or bad for the region? Why? 2. Have students watch a Gapminder video and determine what you learn about the Middle East compared to the rest of the world. What is the trend. How is this good or bad for the region? Why? 3. Have students construct their own Gapminder graph. (will need permission to download program) 4. Have students take the learning into their own hands. Spend time researching Gapminder website and Hans Rosling's Ted Talks and constructing a research project (small). Gapminder Wealth & Health of Nations Stats That Reshape Your World View (19:53) Gapminder Videos 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes The River of Myths (2:51) Human Rights & Democracy (9:52) Religions & Babies (13:30) Open Gapminder World and "Open Graph Menu" Is Child Mortality Falling? Does Geography Matter? Arab Women Marry Later in Life High Age at Marriage- a long Tradition 200 Years That Changed the World Hans Rosling's TEDTalks
 * Gapminder**