Middle East & North Africa Geography Unit Bundle

More than 30 ready-to-teach resources and daily lesson plans for an engaging, student-centered unit on the Middle East and North Africa.

My Geography of the Middle East & North Africa Bundle includes everything you need for a student-centered unit on the MENA region, from the Nile River to the Persian Gulf!

Students compete to present the region's most impressive mega projects, investigate Kuwait's oil well fires from the Persian Gulf War, trace the Arab Spring on a timeline and map, and find out how Egypt is building a brand new Nile River delta in the desert. It's perfect for middle and high school geography classes.

This single zip file download includes 30+ resources, including:

Regional Lessons & Activities

  • Middle East PowerPoint, Video & Guided Notes
  • North Africa PowerPoint, Video & Guided Notes
  • Middle East Conflicts PowerPoint, Video & Guided Notes

Map Skills

  • Middle East Physical Geography Activity: Landforms & Bodies of Water
  • MENA Region Latitude & Longitude Worksheet

Projects, Case Studies & Activities

  • MEGA PROJECTS of the Middle East Project
  • Case Study: Kuwait's Oil Well Fires
  • New Nile River Delta Reading Activity
  • Middle East Environmental Programs Activity
  • Arab Spring Timeline & Map Activity
  • Daily Warm Ups & Bell Ringer Activities

Notebooks & Unit Materials

  • A complete set of interactive notebook foldables
  • A digital interactive notebook set for Google Drive
  • Unit Guide Packet: Map, Worksheets, & Activities

PLUS you get bonus activities you won't find anywhere else, including a current event activity, curated video links, a review game, online readings with audio, an editable unit test (with a Google Forms option), and more!

Perhaps best of all, you get simple lesson plans for every day of the unit. They include learning objectives, directions, and suggested supplemental activities, and they're all based on state standards!

Whether you prefer digital or print, this has everything you need with engaging printable resources and editable Google Docs and Slides.

Here are some reviews from teachers who have used this in their classrooms:

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"My students enjoyed the presentation and the guided notes! This was very easy to add into my lesson plan" - Jennifer T.

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"I will always promote these resources! They are amazing! My students are engaged during the activities and they are so easy to use!" - Candace S.

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"My students really enjoyed the megaprojects project, especially with creating awards for the other groups." - Katie H.

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"Students of History resources are by far my favorite resources to use in my Geography classroom. They are so well planned and utilize a variety of instruction methods to meet the needs of all students. I teach in an inclusive setting and the resources are so easy to adapt and differentiate to different ability levels. My students really enjoy the flipped classroom videos and the case studies that tie in with a large amount of their science curriculum." - Jennifer B.

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"This is a wonderful resource for a newer World Geography teacher. I was able to use it as a starting point for lesson planning. More geared towards middle school." - Stephanie H.