Warm Up: Get out your Islam packet; how many questions do you have

left to do?

Tuesday/Wednesday, 10/29 & 10/30

Meet in the Library on Thursday!!

Turned in your essay? Turn in your reflection

sheet if you have not. Didn’t turn in your essay?

Turn in the reflection sheet* Turn in the reflection essay* Turn in the Ancient Civ essay. Complete an essay reflection sheet after I have

graded your essay.

* I won’t grade your essay until you do both of these!

Ancient Civ Essay

I will be able to create an outline to guide my

writing of an essay on why Islam spread so quickly.

Objective:

Bucketing

Thesis Development

Things NOT to do in an introductory paragraph: Apologize.

Avoid phrases like the following: In my [humble] opinion . . .

I'm not sure about this, but . . . Announce your intentions. Do not flatly announce what

you are about to do in an essay. In this paper I will . . .

The purpose of this essay is to . . .

Use a dictionary or encyclopedia definition.

Introductory Paragraph

Working Title : Why did Islam Spread So Quickly?

Grabber: In the year 610 C.E. a man

went to a cave to pray. heard the word of God Was visited by the archangel

Background: Muhammad

heard the word of God began to recite the words in public

and began a religion called Islam that changed the world. spread the message of one god, Allah.

Outline Guide: Paragraph #1

Paragraph #1 (Introduction)

Continued Stating the Question:

How was Islam able to spread so quickly? , in 120 years, able to spread so fast?

Thesis and Road Map There were four

Main reasons Main factors

that caused Islam to spread so rapidly: quickly:

trade, the message, military conquest, and political order.

Baby Thesis for bucket #1:

A/An major key important

reason for the swift spread were the trade routes. Evidence: (Doc A)

Mecca was already at the center of many trade routes. was a center of trade in the region.

Argument: Ideas

spread through human contact. are exchanged when people meet.

Trade led to discussion and the exchange of information. Was not just about exchanging goods; it was also about exchanging

learning.

Paragraph #2

Baby Thesis for bucket #2

A/Another second reason reason

for the quick rapid

spread of Islam was the appeal attraction

of the message.

Paragraph #3

Evidence:

The Qur’an emphasized stressed

(list three things that it emphasized or stressed).

Argument: (explain why these ideas were important)

Paragraph #3 (continued)

Baby Thesis for bucket #3

A/Another reason third reason

for the ___*______ spread of Islam was military conquest.

Evidence: pick at least two!) (expansion of land controlled by Muslims,

Muslims cannot attack other Muslims; ghazu raids against other peoples allowed; military victories)

Paragraph #4

* rapid; fast; quick

Argument:

Military victories across the Middle East, Africa, and Spain the Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Spain

led to territorial expansion and exposure to Islamic

thought. the expansion of territory and introduction to

Muslim ideas.

Paragraph #4 (continued)

Baby thesis for bucket #4

Finally/Lastly/Last of all, Islam spread ___*______ due to because of as a result of

the political order it brought. it created

Evidence: (duties of the Caliph; clear obligations – Doc E; People of the Hims preferring Muslims – Doc F)

Paragraph #5

* rapidly; quickly; swiftly

Argument:

(Qur’an guides daily life; rules for living; little political order in the region before Islam; helped to stabilize the region; helped spread the religion).

Paragraph #5 (continued)

The world changed transformed

because/as a result of Muhammad’s

visit to that cave visit by an archangel

near Mecca over 1500 years ago.

That moment gave birth created

to Islam, which would soon establish itself as a major world religion.

Islam’s ____*___ spread was due to (list reasons). (write a final sentence about how the world would be different without Islam;

keep it positive and concentrate on the message of Islam)

Conclusion

* rapid; fast; quick