Media Construction of the Middle East

This kit covers stereotyping of Arab people, the Arab/Israeli conflict, the war in Iraq and militant Muslim movements. Students will learn core information and vocabulary about the historical and contemporary Middle East issues that challenge stereotypical, simplistic and uninformed thinking, and political and ethical issues involving the role of media in constructing knowledge, evaluating historical truths, and objectivity and subjectivity in journalism.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Author: Sox Sperry & Chris Sperry

Our buggy, Jamaica (1900)

This photo of a buggy, a rider and a man leading the horse was taken in Jamaica in 1900.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Automobile helped through sandy wash onto mesa, 7 miles northwest of Yuma, Calif. by A. L. Westgard

Photo taken 11/20/1911

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Historical Timeline - Transportation

This timeline shows the history of transportation in the United States.

Material Type: Reading

The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City (1904)

The Eighth Avenue trolley, New York City, sharing the street with horse-drawn produce wagon and an open automobile. Downtown, looking north (1904)

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Massed Traffic in Herald Square

Photo of traffic in Herald Square (New York City) taken in April 1973.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Covered wagon with jackrabbit mules encounters an automobile on the trail near Big Springs, Nebraska

This photo was taken in 1912 A. L. Westgard

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Aerial view of a complex of Long Island highways that provide access to New York City

Photo of a Aerial view of a complex of Long Island highways that provide access to New York City (1946)

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad

Poster circulated in Philadelphia in 1839 to discourage the coming of the railroad, 1839

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Population Density from the First Census, 1790

A map of the eastern United States in 1790 showing the western extent of the territories to the Mississippi, and the distribution of European–American population at the time. The map is keyed to show areas of population densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas with 90 or more inhabitants per square mile.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Automobile meets horse near Halliday, North Dakota, 1933

In this 1949 photo from the National Archives an automobile is shown with a man on horseback.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Drawing of a Raft 02/14/1818

On February 14, 1818, David Gordon received a patent for his raft design. When a patent is granted, it excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention. This drawing accompanied Gordon’s application.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Ad Access: Train Advertisements

The Ad*Access Project presents images and database information advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. This selection of ads is about trains.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

United States Population Density, 1900

A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1900" showing the increase in population and expansion of the railroad network since 1850. The map is color–coded to show population densities ranging from areas with fewer than 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas of 90 or more inhabitants per square mile. Cities with populations over 8,000 are shown with circles proportionate to their populations at the time. The map shows the westward progression of the mean centers of population from 1790 to 1900.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

The Earth & Moon

Photo of the Earth & Moon created from images from the the Galileo spacecraft.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Apollo 11 Image Gallery

NASA presents this gallery of images from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

The Moon in Google Earth

This video introduces users to Google Earth's exploration of the moon. There are instructions for how to use it and what you can find in it.

Material Type: Lecture, Primary Source

Sounds from Apollo 11

Hear sound recordings from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Material Type: Primary Source

Eleanor Roosevelt on the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Listen, watch, or read the text of the speech given by Eleanor Roosevelt on December 9, 1948 on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Material Type: Lecture, Primary Source, Reading

Taste and evolve: Ayako Suwa at TEDxTokyo

Ayako Suwa is intent on spreading a new concept of food that evades labels such as gourmet and nutritional. She believes that to eat is to live, but we must taste to truly evolve, and those tastes include happiness, regret, anger and more.

Material Type: Lecture