Unit Title	Author	Year
Seminar: History of the Modern Middle East
Afghanistan in Poetry, Literature, and Nonfiction Texts	Elisabeth Raab	2010
Keywords: Afghan Star, conflict, Dexter Filkins, modern Afghanistan, The Forever War, The Kite Runner
Seminar: The Soviet Century: Russia, Socialism, and the Modern World
The Pulse of the Land: Using the Arts to Teach About War	Keeler Park	2024
Keywords: Art, conflict, Creative Writing, Culture, emotion, History, Literary Analysis, military, Military History, poetry, primary source, secondary source, social studies, social-emotional learning, war, world history
Seminar: The Soviet World in Literature
Adversity in Literature: Narrative Writing and Collective Identity	Faye Kallison	2025
Keywords: Compare and contrast, conflict, Germany, group discussion, Judaism, narrative, persecution, reflection, Soviet Union