Course Content
Welcome to “A Crash Course on Media and Palestine”
This module facilitates participants in setting learning goals and joining the ice-breaker activity.
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Histories of Palestine
This module introduces participants to histories of Palestine through the lens of media history.
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Refugees & Returning
This module introduces participants to the world's oldest and largest refugee population.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will watch a TV documentary and interview a Palestinian journalist about their media work.
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International Law & the UN
This module introduces participants to international law, UN history, and the differences between the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will interview a Palestinian-Lebanese scholar about their research on the UN.
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Israeli Apartheid
This module introduces participants to the framework of Israeli apartheid and how to apply this framework in analyzing visual media.
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Open Classroom with …
In this module, participants will interview an expert on Israeli apartheid and Palestinian human rights.
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Decolonizing Palestine
This module introduces participants to the concept of rainbow-washing by Israel in the media and counter narratives that resist rainbow-washing of the occupation in Palestine.
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Anti-Palestinian Media Bias
This module introduces participants to the concept of anti-Palestinian bias and how scholars study media bias through content analysis.
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Case Study: Framing Palestinians in News
In this module, participants will use activity deliverables from the previous module to join in a research exchange with students from LAU.
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Final Module for “A Crash Course on Media and Palestine”
This final module facilitates participants in the self-assessment of their learning about media and Palestine.
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Private: A Crash Course on Media and Palestine [beta version for CIL Fellowship]
About Lesson

Welcome to A Crash Course on Media and Palestine! The following survey will provide the instructor an pre-assessment of participants’ interests and knowledge about media and Palestine.

https://forms.gle/eKjsV35AhkFnF9BD7

Participants have the option to complete any or all activities. There are virtual exchange components facilitated using a Flip group, Open Classrooms, Padlet boards, and a research exchange.

Participants are assessed by the Instructor based on their labor completing activities assigned as part of the course and through self-assessment of participants’ experiences learning about media and Palestine. At the end of the course, participants may qualify for a certificate acknowledging work completed learning with “A Crash Course in Media and Palestine.”