How will these resources help you?

Views about the Arab-Israeli conflict tend to be polarised. You may yourself be Muslim, Christian or Jewish, and have students who are practising Muslims, Christians or of Jewish faith in your class. Your class may also include refugees from the Middle East. The issues are sensitive, so you may want to acquire more knowledge to have the confidence to discuss them. Using these materials, which include different perspectives in a non-judgemental way, will encourage students to consider different viewpoints and think for themselves.  You could teach this topic at KS4 as a period study of at least 50 years.­ These resources provide an outline of the historical events of the conflict in the twentieth century to give you enough basic knowledge to teach the topic. There are details of Britain’s role in the origins of the conflict, Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints and guidance on how to manage discussion on this complex subject. The resources included contain free online materials, including lesson plans, PDFs, videos and primary sources.