Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
An unlikely spy emerges in France during WWII.
Grade Level: Junior high, high school, and college
Standards of Learning Tie-In:
- The contributions of women and minorities to the war effort.
- The role of media and communications in the war effort.
- Nazi occupation in Europe and its connection to the Holocaust.
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
It tells of the triumphs and shortcomings, achievements and ultimate failures of a centuries-long period when Muslims, Christians, and Jews inhabited the same far corner of Western Europe and built a society that lit the Dark Ages.
Grade Level: High school and college
Standards of Learning Tie-In:
- Explaining the preservation and transfer to Western Europe of Greek, Roman, and Arabic philosophy, medicine, and science.
- Assessing the influence of geography on Islamic economic, social, and political development, including the impact of conquest and trade.
The remarkable true story of an African prince, who endured the humiliation of slavery without ever losing his dignity or hope for freedom.
Grade Levels: junior high, high school, and college.
Standards of Learning Tie-In:
- Describing West African civilizations of the Middle Ages in terms of geography, society, economy, and religion.
- Knowledge of the status and impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by describing Africa and its increasing involvement in global trade.
- How the values and institutions of early American economic and political life including slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas.
