Tuesday 9/24/13• Objective: Students will analyze 3 primary

source documents that discuss how Islam spread

• Homework: • No Homework

• Do Now:

Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly? Review• Answer the following questions while reading:

1. When and where did Muhammad first receive words from Allah?

2. What was the religion of Mecca like before Muhammad started preaching?

3. Why did Muhammad leave Mecca for Medina?

4. How long did it take for Islam to reach Europe?

Primary Source• The new Common Core curriculum is going to

require you to analyze primary source documents?• What is a primary source document?

• Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.

Examples•Maps•Holy texts• Interviews•Art• Journals•…….•On future tests you will be asked to

analyze primary source documents and write an essay that answers a specific question…..like

Our question is….

WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY?

Empire of faith- part 2

Document A• Answer the following question in complete sentences in your

notebook1. What year is shown on this map2. Name three cities that are easy to reach by trade routes

from Mecca?3. Name four areas these trade routes went to that are outside

the boundaries of this map?4. After looking at the map and reading the quote, why was

Mecca a trade center for the Arabian Peninsula?5. How does this document explain why Islam might have

spread so quickly?

Empire of faith- part 2

• Word brainstorm

Primary Source D:Answer following questions:1. What was the Ghazu? What was the

Ummah?2. What was the purpose of the ghazu is

the years before Islam?3. How did Islam change the way ghazu

worked?4. Why were the Arabs able to conquer

much of Persia and parts of Byzantium?

Empire of faith

•Jihad-•Represents Muslims struggle with challenges with themselves and the world as they strive to please God

• East vs west

•Jihad-•Represents Muslims struggle with challenges with themselves and the world as they strive to please God•A holy War

• Word brainstorm

Wednesday 9/25/13 • Objective: Students will be able to analyze

the Qur’ans perspective on the use of Violence by participating in a Moral Dilemma• Homework:• No homework• Do Now:•What is Jihad?

•Jihad-•Represents Muslims struggle with challenges with themselves and the world as they strive to please God•A holy war

• “Whoever killed a human being, … shall be deemed as having killed all mankind; and …. Whoever saved a human life shall be deemed as having saved all mankind….” (5:32)

• Quick write :• What does the verse say about murder? What does the

verse say about saving a life?• Pair share your answer

“Permission to take up arms is hereby given to those who are attacked, because they have been wronged. God has power to grant them victory” (22:39)

• QUICK WRITE: According to the verse above, when are Muslims allowed to fight?

Moral Dilemma

• As we looked at yesterday one reason that Islam was able to spread so quickly was because of its Military Conquest.• Islam is a religion that promotes peace,

but also allows for violence in certain situations.• These two conflicting values have placed

Muslims in many Moral Dilemma’s throughout history……

Sentence starter

• If I was Saleem I would____________________________ ___________________________. The reason I would do this is _______________________________________. Another reason why is ________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

How we debate

• During a debate class rules of RESPECT apply• Allow each student to state their opinion• When responding to a student we say the following:• _____________(name) while I hear your opinion, I

disagree because ________________________________,__________ _________________________________________________

• Do not speak out of turn. • Listen to other students opinion• You never know what you may learn

What if…

• Saleem’s little brother was one of the 5 that was killed in the Mosque burning • Saleem finds out that little children

will be killed in the attack?

Our question is….

WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY?

How did Jihad help Islam spread so quickly

Friday 9/27/13• Objective: Students will examine two primary

source documents in order to answer analyze How Islam spread so Quickly

• Homework:• Bring in one examples of how your life is impacted

by cultural diffusion

• Do Now:• What is the Qur’ans perspective on violence?• What does the Qur’an say about the use of

violence

Our question is….

WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY?

Analyzing a map

•What is the first thing you want to locate on the a map?•Why do you want to locate the legend or key

first?•What does the striped section of the map

mean?•What does light gray section of the map mean•What does the dark grey section of the map

mean?

Primary Source C

1. By what year had each of the following come under Muslim control?• Mecca• Jerusalem• Cairo• Baghdad• Saragossa

2. What does this map tell you about Muhammad?3. What does this map tell you about Muhammads followers4. How does Document C explain how Islam spread so

quickly?

Our question is….

WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY?

Empire of faith- part 142:00

Essay Outline

•Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural elements such as: • food, art, music, sports, language, and ideas, from one culture to another

Cultural Diffusion

McDonalds around the world

Story of Libby: an example of cultural diffusion•As I read the story, you will be filling the wheel and spoke map to cite examples of cultural elements in America that come from other countries

Homework: • bring in one example of

how cultural diffusion impacts your life

• Write one paragraph explaining how it is an

example of cultural diffusion

How is cultural diffusion going to affect Islam?

Experiencing Cultural Diffusion: World on a String• Select student are going to receive an index card• The index card will contain the following information

1. Name of a country2. Export (an item a country sells to another country)3. Name of your trading partner

• You will stand by your desk.• I will hand a rope to the first country.• The country will call out their partner (on the index

card) than Mr. Bowman will walk the rope over to the partner.• Repeat the process

Lets get into the exercise

• Now lets see how changes in one country influences the other:• Breaking news: Drought in Afghanistan hurts

fruit crop. Exports drastically reduced.• Afghanistan please gently tug on the string to show that your

main export has taken a hit• Each person who felt tug please raise your hand; • now you gently tug on the string• Each person who felt that tug raise your hand; • now you gently tug on the string• Each person who felt that gently tug on the string

Lets see how this works

• Breaking news: There has been a massive Oil spill in Norway. Massive amounts of fish have been killed, drastically influencing the fishing industry in Norway• Norway please gently tug on the string to

show that your main export has taken a hit• Each person who felt tug please raise your hand; now you gently

tug on the string• Each person who felt that tug raise your hand; now you gently

tug on the string• Each person who felt that gently tug on the string

Debrief

•What did Mr. Bowman hope to teach to the class by doing this activity?•How does this activity relate to

Cultural Diffusion?