This handbook is an annotated bibliography of 828 instructional materials for teaching about the Near East. Existing materials are identified that can be used by precollegiate teachers of all subject areas. The handbook is arranged by grade levels--primary, intermediate, and secondary. Within each section, materials are divided by region of the Near East and listed alphabetically according to their instructional formats. The region divisions include Arab Middle East, non-Arab Middle East, North Africa and the Sudan, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and religion. Types of materials include multimedia, books, films, filmstrips and slides, maps and transparencies, and records and tapes. Instructor's bibliographies are listed separately. Entries contain title, date, description, price, and publisher. Some annotations provide an evaluation of the material's cross-cultural instructional value. A list of publishers and distributors is included for ordering materials. The handbook concludes with two model evaluation forms which may assist teachers in selecting materials on the basis of their cross-cultural value and for purposes of general assessments. (ND)