Zeitoun Lesson Plan

Zeitoun provides an incredibly wide variety of issues for students to engage with. They can learn about one of the most remarkably multicultural cities in the United States, New Orleans, and how the federal and local governments failed to prepare for and react to a natural disaster. By learning about Zeitoun and his family, students can learn about the growth of Islamaphobia and Anti-Arab racism in the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11th. They can examine the ways in which the U.S. criminal justice system disproportionately incarcerates people of color, often without sufficient evidence. They can also analyze creative writing and examine the ways in which symbols...