Teaching About Afghanistan Through Primary Sources Brought to you by: Welcome! The webinar will begin shortly. Please ensure that your audio is turned on. A Primary Source staff member is on standby to answer any questions.
Welcome! Introduction to Primary Source http://www.primarysource.org   Participating in this Webinar Ask us questions content or tech-related Make comments about Homeland Afghanistan, teaching ideas, etc. Interact with the group answer questions, suggest resources, etc.
Webinar Rationale & Goals Webinar Rationale  In the news = On students’ minds Long, complex history, diverse people, rich culture Teachers need content knowledge, resources, and classroom ideas. Webinar Goals Introduce and Explore  Homeland Afghanistan http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/   Provide ideas for classroom activities using Homeland Afghanistan’s great videos & resources.
Schedule Homeland Afghanistan  Overview & Navigation Watch video on Khyber Pass Highlight 4 Primary Sources & ideas for using Wrap Up: Questions & Exploration
Copy and paste the link below to watch the Hindu Kush video: http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/timeline/25/BCE/600
 
Wow this is going to be tough! Look how high up the fortress is. These mountains are impossible! Look…ANOTHER foreign army trying to make its way through the Khyber Pass. I wonder whose side they are on and what they want. They must find this land difficult to cross. But I’m sure they’ll make it..people have been crossing the mountains at this pass for centuries!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corners Zoom Gallery Walk Tableau
Refugee Origin WorldMapper (2003) http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=14
Thank You! Questions? Primary Source World Lesson Plans on Afghanistan http://www.primarysource.org/primarysourceworld Facebook: primarysourceorg Twitter: @primarysrc  Thank you to the Asia Society! Facebook: asiasociety  Twitter: @AsiaSociety Thanks to each of you!
Sources In Order of Appearance Rattray, James. "Fortress of Alimusjid, and the Khybur Pass." 1847. Lithograph. British Library. Accessed August 11, 2010.  http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000562u00013000.html . By Robert Kropf at de.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khyber-Pass.jpg   Photo by James Mollison. “Khyber Pass Pakistan.” Aug. 2004. [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KhyberPassPakistan.jpg#filehistory By Sadalmelik (Image:Afghanistan Topography.png) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindu-Kush-Range.png   “ Map of the Empire of Alexander the Great.” [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Empire_of_Alexander_the_Great_(1893).jpg By self, based on WP locator maps Category:Locator maps [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seleucid-empire-323BCE.png “ United States Quarter, Obverse, 2004.” [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_quarter,_obverse,_2004.jpg   “ USQuarter1a.” [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USQuarter1a.jpg "Silver Tetradrachm of Agathocles." Digital image. The British Museum. Accessed August 20, 2010. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_tetradrachm_of_agathocl.aspx. © Trustees of the British Museum
Sources, cont. "Save Me From My Friends!" In Afghanistan Old Photos.  www.afghanistan-photos.com . ISAF. "100109-F-3231D-132." Digital image. Isafmedia's Flickr Photostream.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/4275299735/ . Creative Commons license:  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en “ Refugee Origin.” Worldmapper.  http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=14

Teaching About Afghanistan with Primary Sources

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    Teaching About AfghanistanThrough Primary Sources Brought to you by: Welcome! The webinar will begin shortly. Please ensure that your audio is turned on. A Primary Source staff member is on standby to answer any questions.
  • 2.
    Welcome! Introduction toPrimary Source http://www.primarysource.org Participating in this Webinar Ask us questions content or tech-related Make comments about Homeland Afghanistan, teaching ideas, etc. Interact with the group answer questions, suggest resources, etc.
  • 3.
    Webinar Rationale &Goals Webinar Rationale In the news = On students’ minds Long, complex history, diverse people, rich culture Teachers need content knowledge, resources, and classroom ideas. Webinar Goals Introduce and Explore Homeland Afghanistan http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/ Provide ideas for classroom activities using Homeland Afghanistan’s great videos & resources.
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    Schedule Homeland Afghanistan Overview & Navigation Watch video on Khyber Pass Highlight 4 Primary Sources & ideas for using Wrap Up: Questions & Exploration
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    Copy and pastethe link below to watch the Hindu Kush video: http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/timeline/25/BCE/600
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    Wow this isgoing to be tough! Look how high up the fortress is. These mountains are impossible! Look…ANOTHER foreign army trying to make its way through the Khyber Pass. I wonder whose side they are on and what they want. They must find this land difficult to cross. But I’m sure they’ll make it..people have been crossing the mountains at this pass for centuries!
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    Refugee Origin WorldMapper(2003) http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=14
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    Thank You! Questions?Primary Source World Lesson Plans on Afghanistan http://www.primarysource.org/primarysourceworld Facebook: primarysourceorg Twitter: @primarysrc Thank you to the Asia Society! Facebook: asiasociety Twitter: @AsiaSociety Thanks to each of you!
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    Sources In Orderof Appearance Rattray, James. "Fortress of Alimusjid, and the Khybur Pass." 1847. Lithograph. British Library. Accessed August 11, 2010. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000562u00013000.html . By Robert Kropf at de.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khyber-Pass.jpg Photo by James Mollison. “Khyber Pass Pakistan.” Aug. 2004. [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KhyberPassPakistan.jpg#filehistory By Sadalmelik (Image:Afghanistan Topography.png) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindu-Kush-Range.png “ Map of the Empire of Alexander the Great.” [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Empire_of_Alexander_the_Great_(1893).jpg By self, based on WP locator maps Category:Locator maps [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seleucid-empire-323BCE.png “ United States Quarter, Obverse, 2004.” [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_quarter,_obverse,_2004.jpg “ USQuarter1a.” [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USQuarter1a.jpg "Silver Tetradrachm of Agathocles." Digital image. The British Museum. Accessed August 20, 2010. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_tetradrachm_of_agathocl.aspx. © Trustees of the British Museum
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    Sources, cont. "SaveMe From My Friends!" In Afghanistan Old Photos. www.afghanistan-photos.com . ISAF. "100109-F-3231D-132." Digital image. Isafmedia's Flickr Photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/4275299735/ . Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en “ Refugee Origin.” Worldmapper. http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=14