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M.E. social science
Has pictures and histoical information about persia, babylon, assyria, sumer, hitties-very useful
http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/weekofprayer/youth_study_resources.pdf
Explores the middle east from a peace making perspective, has a background video and books for children including "what will you see inside a Mosque" & "What will you see inside a synagogue"