We Went Looking for Home
Learners begin to understand the idea of home is hard to contain. Learners brainstorm all the feelings, sensations, images, and memories that come up when they think of home.
Unit:Geographies of HomeIncludes
We Went Looking for Home but We Found… (Al-Bustan camp multimedia book)
Home is a Foreign Place
Learners take inspiration from Zarina Hashimi’s Home is a Foreign Place and create block print symbols of home.
Unit:Geographies of HomeIncludes
Zarina Hashimi slides, MoMA audio: Zarina Hashimi’s Home is a Foreign Place (English)
Memories for Sale
Learners read ذكرى للبيع by سارة عبدالله to explore the narrator’s emotional world as she tries to process difficult memories. Learners then engage in a social-emotional role play exercise to explore the concept of forgiveness.
Collection:Arabic Language Arts Mentor Text LessonsIncludes
Scenario cards
Jerusalem's Hidden Gate
Learners read بوابة القدس الخفية by ابتسام بركات and practice memory activism, remembering our histories in order to safeguard places, peoples, and cultures threatened by erasure. After learning about the past, learners will better understand what is happening at the present through exploring what people and organizations are working to fight against occupation.
Collection:Arabic Language Arts Mentor Text LessonsIncludes
Palestinian Archive photographs, Palestine organizations, Observation tool, Let’s document our family history and share it | لنتشارك التاريخ العائلي ونوثقه