Interactives

Teaching the Middle East – A Resource for Educators
This resource was written by many of the best scholars in the field of Middle Eastern studies and created in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and three University of Chicago units: The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the eCUIP Digital Library Project.

Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History was developed in collaboration with a team of Chicago Public School teachers. They selected key artifacts from the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum’s Mesopotamian collection to create a Learning Collection for this project. These artifacts shed light on many aspects of the everyday lives of the people who lived long ago in the area now called Iraq.

Free Downloadable Activities

Explore our themed activity books, full of creative projects, scavenger hunts, and fun games for at home or in the classroom.

 

 

 


Collections & Resources

Ancient Near East Timeline
Download a quick to use timeline of West Asia and North Africa to use with students.

The Online Collection Search
Nearly 1,000,000 records are available for searching and sorting from the Research Archives catalog, Museum Collection database, and Photographic Archives collection. Over 50,000 multimedia images are available associated with these records.

Virtual Tour
Check out the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum’s 360° interactive virtual tour!

 


Questions? Email isac-education@uchicago.edu