Search Filters
Critical Thinking about Terminology Related to Islam and Muslims
Critical Thinking on Terminology about Islam and Muslims Critical Thinking about Terminology Related to Islam and Muslims: This lesson helps students critically evaluate some of the phrases and concepts used to describe Islam and Muslims. Students learn about the distinctions between using terms such as "Islamic" and "Muslim" to describe different behaviors or cultural products, and gain awareness of journalistic categories such as "Muslim world." For use with: Video documentary FRONTLINE: MUSLIMS or as standalone lesson.
Constructing the Universe Activity Books, by Michael S. Schneider
Constructing the Universe Activity Books— Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral interactive resource shows the relationship between Islamic geometric design principles and the famous stained glass rose windows, as well as demonstrating the role of geometry in nature. One of several Constructing the Universe Activity Books (See also the one on Fibonacci, a major mathematician who helped transfer Islamic mathematical principles and numerals to the West. Target grade levels: middle school and High School
Conover, Sarah and Freda Crane, (eds.). Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents. Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington University Press, 2004.
A collection of stories from authentic Islamic literary and religious sources such as Hadith and Qur'an, which illuminates Islamic morals, ethics and values in an accessible way. Winner of the 2004 Aesop Prize, Ayat Jamilah/Beautiful Signs: a Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents is the second book in Eastern Washington University Press' This Little Light of Mine series. A young adult/adult crossover anthology, it draws from not only the core of Islamic spirituality and ethics, the Qur'an, and the traditions (hadiths), but also from the mystical verse, folk tales, and exemplary figures of the Islamic narrative. Unlike any other collection of Islamic stories, Beautiful Signs gathers traditional stories from the farthest reaches of the Muslim world, which stretches from Morocco in the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China in the north to Tanzania in the south. This unique anthology, with its rich and thorough explanatory notes, will be invaluable to anyone wishing to understand, or to teach, geography, world history, or world religions. It will also be treasured by Muslim families and by all parents committed to broadening the lives and values of their children and themselves.
Comparative Document Study–Human Rights and Religious Tolerance in Islam and in the French and American Enlightenment Traditions lesson plan
Comparative Doc Study-Human Rights in Islam & Enlightenment Tradition Comparative Document Study--Human Rights and Religious Tolerance in Islam and in the French and American Enlightenment Traditions. Students read excerpts from three primary sources--quotes from Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the Qur'an and Hadith. Students then determine similarities and dissimilarities between American, French and Islamic provisions for human rights and religious tolerance. For use with: Video documentary FRONTLINE: MUSLIMS or as standalone lesson on the topic.
Collin College Professor Named 2015 U.S. Professor of the Year
Dr. El-Ashmawy is an extraordinary professor who works tirelessly to empower students. With more than 1.5 million professors in the United States, she is literally one-in-a-million and a perfect representative of the quality faculty at Collin College.
Cities of Light: Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain is a story about the rise and fall of one of the world's great civilizations. Additional information and lesson plans are found on the website www.islamicspain.tv. The film takes viewers back into an important periods of world history. The documentary brings to life the 700 year long history of European Islamic civilization of Muslim Spain. It tells of the triumphs and shortcomings, achievements and ultimate failures of a centuries-long period when Muslims, Christians, and Jews inhabited the same far corner of Western Europe and built a society that lit the Dark Ages. The film shows how it was possible for Muslims, Christians, and Jews to co-exist and thrive together-and yet how fragile that union can be when religious extremism begins to rise.
Charles Kurzman, “Islamic Statements Against Terrorism” (primary sources)
A series of statements by prominent Muslim jurists from across the middle school East against acts of terror in specifics and in general. A response to the question "Why don't Muslims condemn terrorism."
Chapel Hill Incident: Slain North Carolina couple and sister remembered as generous, loving
Who were Deah, Yusr and Razan; the three young Muslims murdered in Chapel Hill? A testimony by their friends and families about their character, faith and community involvement.
CCAS Teaching Units
Categories of teaching resources published by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Teaching Units include: Islam and Politics; The Incense Routes: Frankincense and Myrrh: As Good As Gold by Joan Brodsky Schur (2013); Geography of the Arabian Peninsula by Joan Brodsky Schur (2013); The Illustrator's Notebook: Parts 1-3 by Mohieddin Ellabbad (2009) and numerous others
CCAS Background Modules
Background Modules: An Introduction to Islam by Susan Douglass (2010); Tapestry of Travel by Karima Alavi (2009); Who Are the Arabs? by Steve Tamari (1999); The Arabic Language by Sabah Ghazzawi (1986); The Contributions of Arab Civilization to Mathematics and Science by Julie Peteet (1985)
Calliope: Exploring World History and Dig into History (new title) classroom magazine
Upper elementary and middle school school history magazine called Calliope: Exploring World History, with issues on “Islam,” “Ibn Battuta,” “Al-Ma’mun,” “The World of the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent,” “The Crusades,” “The Qur’an,” and “Arabic Lights” on Arab cultural influences, and “A World of Faiths” (on all the major world religions). Other titles are also of interest. Calliope is now called "Dig Into History" on archaeology
CAIR, We Have More in Common than We Think
This Video is part of the above lesson plan of Controversy Over the NYC Muslim Community Center & the 9/11 Experience, but it can be used as a stand-alone resource
CAIR, 9/11 Happened to All of Us, Medical Responder
This video is part of the above lesson plan of Controversy Over the NYC Muslim Community Center & the 9/11 Experience, but it can be used as a stand-alone resource
CAIR, 9/11 Happened to All of Us, Firefighter
This video is part of the above lesson plan of Controversy Over the NYC Muslim Community Center & the 9/11 Experience, but it can be used as a stand-alone resource
Bridging Cultures Bookshelf–Muslim Journeys
The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf/Muslim Journeys is a companion website for a collection of more than 25 books and films given to public libraries, provided through a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The books were selected by a team of scholars and librarians to help public audiences in the United States become more familiar with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims around the world, including those within the U.S. The Muslim Journeys Bridging Cultures Bookshelf has been awarded to more than 800 libraries across the country in December 2012, for use in presenting public programs since 2013. Advisers to the project include distinguished scholars knowledgeable about Muslim history, religion and culture, librarians, and other cultural programming experts. The website expands upon the bookshelf selections with extensive resources available for reading, understanding, discussing, and going beyond the selected books. Target grade levels: High School and Adult Education The site is hosted at the Abusulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University