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• Nation at War from the New York Times includes an interactive map showing U.S. strategy during the war.
• Conflict With Iraq: Key Maps -- BBC's excellent collection of maps illustrating political and military objectives. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/iraq_key_maps/html/default.stm
• CIA map of modern Iraq http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html
• Infoplease atlas map
• List of CIA maps on Iraq http://www.iraqresearch.com/html/maps.html
• Perry-Casteneda Library Collection: historical and modern maps (see especially section organized by themes for creating classroom exercises)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html
• Area comparison map from CIA (area of Iraq superimposed on U.S.)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/iraq_area.jpg
• Iraqi oil fields

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iraq_oilfields_1992.jpg 
• Interactive map of Iraq from Norwegian encyclopedia site lexicorient.com (links to useful photos and articles)

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/atlas/iraq.htm
• See National Geographic October 2002 Edition and WorldSat.ca 
• Also, National Geographic's on-line map of energy resources in Iraq

• A Brief Chronolgoy of the History of Iraq, Compiled by Gloria Neumeier for October 24th, 2002,  forum at College of Marin.
• San Francisco Chronicle time line (1932 Independence - 2002) from special report on Iraq 

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/24/MN8089.DTL 
• CIA (1900 to 2000)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/iraq_timeline.jpg 
• British Empire http://www.btinternet.com/~britishempire/empire/maproom/iraq.htm
• Iraq Energy Chronology: 1980-2002assembled by the U.S. Dept. of Energyhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/iraqchron.html 
• BBC timeline for U.N. weapons inspections http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2167933.stm 

• Iraqipages.com has a  collection of historic photos. http://iraqipages.com/pictures.html

• U. S. State Department updates on Iraq. http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/
• Library of Congress Country Study

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html 
• American Friends Service Committee Iraq Resource Guide   (AFSC is a Quaker organization supporting pacifism and humanitarian service) http://www.afsc.org/IRAQ/guide/Default.shtm  See also their Iraqi News Page
• Washington Post:

Primer on Iraq and the War on Terrorism
The Faces of Iraq: A special 1999 on-line report by the Washington Post includes map, photos, and very brief (avg three paragraph) summaries of Iraqi history, religious groups, and economics. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/faces/faces.htm
Daily wire reports on Iraq from Associated Press and Reutershttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/gulf/iraq/ap/
• San Francisco Chronicle Special Section: U.S. vs Iraq (Sept 24. 2002) http://sfgate.com 
• News reports and editorials from Iraq (Univ of Texas Austin Middle East Information Center list)

http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/Countries_and_Regions/Iraq/News_and_Media/
• Iraq News Agency http://www.uruklink.net/iraqnews/eindex.htm
• Iraq Daily http://www.uruklink.net/iraqdaily/
• British Empire is a site written by British teacher Stephen Luscombe. It includes a good essay on the history of Iraqi-British relations from 1763-1958, map, photos, timeline -- all student friendly.

http://www.btinternet.com/~britishempire/empire/maproom/iraq.htm 
• United States Institute of Peace: Iraq Web Links

http://www.usip.org/library/regions/iraq.html
Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations and the Republic of Iraq (1998)
• Columbia University Middle East Studies'  list of Internet resources on Iraq. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Iraq.html
• BBC: 2002 Conflict with Iraq -- includes background, maps and current reports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2002/conflict_with_iraq/default.stm
• BBC reporter Luisa Baldini goes back to basics to look at just what United Resolutions are in force:BBC News World Edition (Nov. 1, 2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/2384905.stm

• New York Times Learning Network has a on-line collection of lessons and resources about the war based on current articles in their "Nation at War" section.
• See "Fostering Friendships" in Bibliography
• Working lesson ideas from working group meetings.
• The Odyssey Trek program sends educators abroad and records their experiences on the web for students. They have a "peace team" in Iraq and offer an on-line library of images and reports stressing successful peace initiatives going on around the world. "Enter the trek as we explore the history of Iraq and its relations with the U.S. Read reports from Shane and Doug, two American citizens that are part of the Iraq Peace Team in the Middle East, to be with the 'enemy' and put a face behind the statistics and the numbers. The Peace Trek will keep you updated, as much as we possibly can, on the situation Doug and Shane are facing". http://www.peacetrek.org/trek.html

• Jere L. Bacharach. A Middle East Studies Handbook. University of Washington Press, 1984. 
• Jack Briggs, ed. Fostering Friendships: A Study Guide to Iraq for Elementary and Middle School Teachers. American Frineds Service Committee, Philadelphia, 2000. Details and ordering information on line at http://www.afsc.org/iraq/guide/foster.shtm
• William L. Cleveland. A History of the Modern Middle East. Second Edition. Westview Press: Perseus Books Group, (2000)
• Bernard Lewis.  A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years. Simon & Schuster, 1995.
• Phebe Marr. The Modern History of Iraq. Westview Press (January 2003) 
• Robert P. Pearson and Leon E. Clark. Through Middle Eastern Eyes. NY: CITE Books, 2002. (4th ed rev)  ISBN: 0-938960-48-2 (Also separate Teacher's Manual.)
• Geoff Simons. Iraq: From Sumer to Saddam. St. Martins Press (1994)
• Charles Tripp. A History of Iraq. Camtbridge Univ Pr (Trd); ISBN: 052152900X; 2nd edition (May 2002) 

• See Iraqi editiorials in Arab press (above).
• President Bush's State of the Union speech (1/29/02)
• The Daily Standard: Understanding Islam, by David Brooks, 1/21/02
• Excerpts from statements made before the U.N. Security Council debate  on October 16, 2002. Representatives from: The Secretariat (Kofi Annan), Kuwait, South Africa, Egypt, Australia, Denmark, Iran

wThursday October 24, 2002
w7:30 PM- 9:30 PM

Presenters: 
Spencer Michels, PBS Correspondent 
Dr. Allan Solomonow, American Friends Service Committee 
Prof. Jerry Sanders, International and Areas Studies, U.C. Berkeley