1001 Facts about Islam

600-1450

Read Chapter 5 in the gray book as well as selected pages from the black book (Stearns) Ch 6 to complete this assignment. This is a major grade (test grade for history). Be sure to do a thorough job as these are your notes for this information. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment; if you copy it will result in a zero.

Put your information together in a folder of some kind. Make sure everything is neat and orderly!

For any of the art/illustrations, stick figures will work, or you could even cut out parts of other pictures to help with your drawing. The only NO is you cannot simply print out/ cut out of a magazine a whole picture and use that. You need to be involved as well

Include this assignment sheet with your folder as it will serve as your rubric.

Cover and organization of notebook (10 points) ______

Title your booklet 1001 Facts about Islam. Put your name on the cover. Decorate the cover with a design that relates to the contents (putting glitter on the title is NOT enough).

Page 1 (15 points) COMIC STRIP ______

Read pages 124-125 in the black book and pgs. 139-142 in the gray book to do the following:

Make a comic strip (doesn’t have to be funny) depicting Muhammad’s life and career

1. When was he born?

2. What did he do before he became the prophet?

3.  How did he learn he was the prophet?

4.  Did he have lots of followers at first?

5.  What was the hijrah?

6.  Did he ever return to Mecca? Why?

Page 2 (5 points) FIVE PILLARS

List and create illustrations for the five pillars of Islam (gray book pg. 143)

Page 3-4 (10 points) JOURNAL ENTRIES (see gray book pg. 150 for overview info)

Women in Islam—Journal Entries (at least ½ typed page each)

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q  Write a first person journal entry about what it is like to be a woman in early Islamic society. What rights do they have? What rights don’t they have? How are they expected to dress? What is their role in society? (See black book pgs. 131-132 for information about “family and gender roles in the Umayyad Age”)

q  Write a first person journal entry about what it is like to be a woman in the Abbasid dynasty. What rights do they have? What rights don’t they have? How are they expected to dress? Role in society? (See brown box inset on pgs. 132-134 of the black book. Note how things begin to change for women.)

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Page 5-6 (20 points) LETTERS to POTENTIAL CONVERTS ______

§  Write a letter from the Umayyad caliph regarding Umayyad views on conversion to Islam.

Address your letter to a Jew or Christian who is a potential convert to Islam. What benefits would be available if the person converted? How interested were Muslims at the time in making converts? Would the person become a part of the Muslim community, or umma? (Gray book pgs. 146-147; Black book pg. 131)

§  Write a letter from the Abbasid caliph regarding Abbasid views on conversion to Islam.

Address your letter to a Jew or Christian who is a potential convert to Islam. What benefits would be available if the person converted? How interested were Muslims at the time in making converts? Would the person become a part of the Muslim community, or umma? (Black book pg. 136)

Page 7 (10 points) PERSIAN chart

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Create a Persian chart for the Abbasid caliphate. See gray book pages 147-151 and Black book pgs. 135-136 (you’ll find some interesting political stuff in the black book on those pages—read it!)

Page 8 (10 points) OBITUARIES

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§  Write an obituary for the Umayyad dynasty. Years of existence? Achievements? Be specific on cause of death (reasons for decline)—why did the empire fail? (see black book pg. 134 and gray book pg. 147 first full paragraph)

§  Write an obituary for the Abbasid dynasty. Years of existence? Achievements? Be specific on cause of death (reasons for decline)—why did the empire fail? (See gray book pg. 152 and black book 145 first paragraph)

Page 9 (10 points) ADVERTISEMENT

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Make an advertisement for one scientific, intellectual, or artistic advancement of the Muslims. What is the advancement? What are the advantages? Who created it? Make an illustration to go along with your ad.

Page 10 (10 points) MAP of the SPREAD of ISLAM

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Create a map and label the Muslim world during the following time periods:

·  Under Muhammad (black book pg. 119)

·  Under Umayyad Caliphs (black book pg. 119)

·  By 1500 (see dotted lines on black book pg. 158)

·  Include expansions routes (black book pg. 119 and pg. 158)

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Adapted from Temple Truax, Flower Mound High School