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Regional Maps – Lays the foundation for studying modern Israel. Students will learn about Israel’s position geographically and demographically in the wider region and in the world as well as basic geographic and topographic facts about the country. [Read More...]

Israel's Search For Peace – Emphasizes Israel’s willingness to compromise for peace from 1937 to 2000.
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Zionism – Introduces students to Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, which led to the founding of modern Israel in 1948. [Read More...]

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts – Lays out the main points of the peace process that started with the Oslo Accords in 1993 and continued through the Road Map and Israel’s unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005. Includes descriptions of some of the obstacles to realization of these plans.
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Ties That Bind – Encourages understanding of Zionism and the founding of present-day Israel by introducing Jews as a national/ethnic group that has preserved its identity since ancient times and has kept its homeland central to its beliefs. [Read More...]

Intifada – Outlines the histories of the key terrorist groups involved in the Intifada. [Read More...]

Maps of History – Uses a series of maps to illustrate the history of the modern Middle East and Israel. [Read More...]

Hezbollah War – Addresses the issues raised by the Hezbollah War, which took place in the summer of 2006.
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Early Settlement of the Land – Explains how early Zionists settled the land and the role played by the kibbutz. [ Read More...]

Israel’s Self-Defense – Stresses how a long history of terrorism has forced Israel to become the world’s leading expert in defensive measures. [Read More...]

Wars and Terrorism – Focuses on the wars and major terrorist events of Israel’s history. [Read More...]

Israel: Small Country, Big Ideas – Illustrates Israel’s technological and biomedical innovations and humanitarian endeavors.
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Arab and Jewish Refugees – Emphasizes how Arab refugees were not the result of Israel’s founding but of the war Arab nations launched against Israel hours after it was established. [Read More...]

Israel’s Government – Explains the similarities and differences between Israel’s parliamentary system and other world democracies. [Read More...]

Aftermath of the 1967 War – Presents the larger context of the war and the history behind the “occupation.” [Read More...]

Many Faces of Israel – Shows the human face of Israeli society – multiracial, multireligious and multicultural.
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Evolution of US-Israel Relations – Highlights the history of Israel’s relationship with the US, the US’ policies toward Israel and Arab regimes, and the mutually beneficial relationship between the two nations.
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