2.  Grab a new Frank from the stool if you haven’t already done so  Go over Africa Unit Test  Debrief Monday & Tuesday  Learning Targets:  I can describe how religious conflict can occur now.  I can explain how international economic activities are connected now.  Bellringer: What are the two biggest factors that are causing conflict in the Middle East? Why do you think these factors are causing so much conflict? WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012

3. WHAT IS RELIGION?

4.  How do factors such as natural resources affect life in the Middle East?  How does supply and demand impact oil prices? MONDAY DEBRIEF

5. HOW ARE GAS PRICES SET?

6. WHAT ROLE DOES RELIGION PLAY IN THE CREATION OF CULTURE?

7. RELIGION CULTURE SQUARES SQUARE 1: What is religion? Draw a picture of your answer. Give some examples of world religions. SQUARE 2: How does religion make a culture unique? Draw 3 pictures SQUARE 3: How does religion create conflict? Draw 2 pictures and explain them. SQUARE 4: Illustrate the concept of supply and demand.

8.  Check in with Frank  World Religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism  Reflection  Learning Target: I can describe how religious conflict can occur now.  S.S. 6.2.3.1 DOK 2  Bellringer: Examine the picture below. What are some similarities and what are some differences that you notice between the women? THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

9. Judaism Jew Hebrew Israelite Christianity Christian Islam Muslim FOLLOWERS

10. FOUNDERS

11. Judaism Middle East, Canaan, Palestine 1300 B.C.E. Christianity Middle East, Canaan, Palestine 30 C.E. Islam Middle East, Arabian Peninsula 622 C.E. ORIGINS- WHEN & WHERE

12. Judaism Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Torah Talmud Christianity Holy Bible (Old & New Testament) Islam Qur’an (Koran) Hadith SACRED TEXTS

13. TORAH, BIBLE, QUR’AN

14. PLACE OF WORSHIP

15. SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH, MOSQUE

16. One God Ethical Monotheism (belief in one God emphasis on proper conduct) Messiah to come Judgment day Judaism One God Ethical monotheism Messiah is Jesus Jesus is son of God and son of man Judgment Day Christianity One God Many prophets, same message Five Pillars of Islam Judgment Day Islam MAJOR BELIEFS

17. Eat kosher (ritually correct foods-no pork) Bar mitzvah Shema 3x day Celebrate Sabbath (Saturday) Judaism Serve God as man (missionary) Sacraments (Baptism/Eucharist all use) Sabbath (usually Sunday) Christianity Formal services (Friday noon) Follow Five Pillars Islam MAJOR RITUALS/ OBSERVANCES

18. Shahada (Creed No God but Allah, Mohammmed Prophet) Zakat (almsgiving to the poor) 2.5% Salat (prayer) 5 x day Siyam (fast) during Ramadan (month Gabriel approached Mohammed) Haj (pllgrimage) to Mecca FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

19.  After learning about your assigned religion, how do you think conflict could arise with other religions?  How does the expert group part of the activity help you understand how religion could create conflict? LEARNING CHECK # 1

20. Judaism IslamChristianity VENN DIAGRAM TIME!

21.  Think about all of the activities today. How and why do you think conflict can happen between these three religions? Do you think that there are any solutions to dealing with this conflict? Think about Jerusalem and it’s special significance to Jews and Christians and Muslims.  Judaism: Western Wall  Christianity: Cenacle  Islam: Dome of the Rock REFLECTION

22.  Conversation: Level 2  Help: Raise your hand if you need any help  Activity: Work with your group to research your assigned religion and complete your expert sheet. Then, make sure that everyone in your group knows the answers to the questions and feels comfortable teaching members of the class.  Movement: You may not go to the bathroom or your locker. You may get up to sharpen your pencil.  Participation: TALK only about your religion. LOOK only at the computer screen or your paper. WRITE only about your assigned religion. JIGSAW PART ONE (EXPERT GROUPS: LEARN) EXPECTATIONS

23.  Conversation: Level 2  Help: Raise your hand  Activity: Teach your group mates about your assigned religion. Do not let your group mates copy from you paper. Tell them what they need to know about your religion.  Movement: You may not go to the bathroom. You may get up to sharpen your pencil without permission.  Participation: TALK only about the three religions. ASK questions only about the three religions. LOOK only at your paper. WRITE about the other religions. JIGSAW PART 2 (TEACH) EXPECTATIONS

24.  Think about your teaching moment. How and why do you think conflict arises between these three religions? LEARNING CHECK # 2

25.  Ramadan Brain Pop  Debunking the Myths of Islam  Mini Project  Learning Target: I can explain how religions conflict can occur now. SS.6.2.3.1 DOK 2  Bellringer:  1 st & 2 nd : Take out your Venn Diagram and find 2 similarities and 2 differences between all 3 of the religions that we studied yesterday (Christianity, Judaism, Islam)  5 th & 6 th : What are 2 similarities and 2 differences between the 3 religions FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012

26. MYTHS OF ISLAM

27. Write down 6 questions you have about the following image. One for who, what, when, where, why, and how. QUESTIONING

28. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ISLAM? Take 1 minute to record your background knowledge.

29. ISLAM: Myths and Reality

30. TERMINOLOGY: The religion is called ISLAM. The people are MUSLIMS. 30

31. MYTH #1: MOST MUSLIMS ARE ARABS WHO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 3

32. TRY TO GUESS- HOW MANY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE MUSLIMS? 3

33. Reality: Of more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, only about 1/5 live in the Middle East. 4

35. TRY TO GUESS: Estimate how many Muslims live in the United States. 5

36. ANSWER: The U.S. has about 5 million Muslims. 6

38. MYTH #2: MUSLIMS HAVE A STRANGE RELIGION AND WORSHIP A GOD CALLED ALLAH. 8

39. Reality: Muslims are monotheistic and worship one God same as Christians and Jews. 9

40. NOTE: ‘ Allah’ is the Arabic word for ‘God.’ 10

41. MYTH #3: All Muslims actively promote “jihad” or holy war against other religions. 11

42. REALITY : Only a very small percentage of Muslim extremists believe this. 12

43. MYTH #4: Most Muslim women wear veils over their faces and are treated very badly. 13

44. REALITY :  Muslim women have many different styles of dress. (Very few cultures require women to cover their faces.)  The treatment of women varies from country to country and family to family.  Some Muslim countries, like Pakistan, have had female prime ministers. The U.S. has never had a female president. 14

45. PAKISTANI DRESS (LEFT); SAUDI ARABIAN (RIGHT) Shariah TV website 15

46. IRANIAN WOMAN Green Cine.com 16

47. SOMALI (LEFT); WEST AFRICAN (RIGHT) Shariah TV website 17

48. MALAYSIAN (LEFT); INDIAN/ BANGLADESHI (RIGHT) Shariah TV website 18

49. AFGHANI WOMEN WEARING BURQAS International Medical Corps photo19

50. MUSLIM GIRLS IN TEXAS PROTESTING DISCRIMINATION FOR WEARING HEAD SCARVES http://www.cairdfw.org20

51. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Should women in a Western country be allowed to wear a headscarf if they choose? 21

52. MAIN BELIEFS OF ISLAM 5 Pillars of Islam 22

53. FAITH: Belief in one God (Allah) and that Muhammad is His prophet. The holy book is referred to as the Koran. 23

54. THE QURAN http://www.minhajsisters.com/home/articles/index.minhaj?id=8 45

55. PRAYER: 5 times a day – facing Mecca http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/galleries/salah/images/5.jpg24

56. ALMS Giving money to the poor is REQUIRED, not optional 25

57. FASTING During the month of Ramadan, Muslims cannot eat or drink anything during the daylight hours. 26

58. PILGRIMAGE Once in their lives – If they can afford it, Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca 27

59. IN MECCA DURING THE PILGRIMAGE www.thefaithclub.com28

60. VOCABULARY: MOSQUE: a Muslim place of worship 29

61. MOSQUE IN MEDINA, SAUDI ARABIA http://islamicbooks.info/H-21-Madh'habs30

62. MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE, CAIRO, EGYPT http://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/egypt.htm31

63. INSIDE THE MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE http://www.ask-aladdin.com32

64. http://www.ask-aladdin.com DOME OF THE MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE 33

65. BLUE MOSQUE, ISTANBUL TURKEY http://cs.ua.edu/~greg/personal.html 34

66. INTERIOR OF THE BLUE MOSQUE http://www.britannica.com35

67. DOME OF A MOSQUE, ESFAHAN, IRAN http://www.perceptivetravel.com/issues/1106/maclean.html 36

68. INTERIOR OF A MOSQUE IN IRAN http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/photo621.html37

69. MOSQUE IN DJENNE, MALI (WEST AFRICA) http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/17028.html38

70. NORTH AFRICAN MOSQUE http://www.galenfrysinger.com/ tunis.htm 39

71. INDONESIAN MOSQUE http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Brunei/index.html40

72. ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN http://www.islamservices.org41

73. MUSLIM MOSQUE AND TOMBSTONE IN SARAJEVO, BOSNIA Yugoslavia: Republics and Provinces42

74. MOSQUE IN TEMPE, ARIZONA http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/society/muslimlife/mosques.htm43

75. CONCLUSIONS:  Islam is an important religion, which shares many beliefs and practices with Christianity and Judaism.  Muslims live in many different countries. Islam is especially widespread in Africa, Asia, and southeastern Europe (the Balkans).  Islam has had a great impact on world art and culture. 50

76.  3 Things you learned about Islam today  2 Things you found interesting  1 Question that you still have about Islam  Draw a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting your religion to Islam REFLECTION

77.  Some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Allah is an "Arab god," a "moon god," or some sort of idol. Allah is the proper name of the One True God, in the Arabic language. 1.MUSLIMS WORSHIP A MOON-GOD

78.  In the Qur'an, stories about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (called 'Isa in Arabic) are abundant. Muslims believe that Jesus was a fully human prophet and not in any way divine himself. 2. MUSLIMS DON’T BELIEVE IN JESUS

79.  While Islam is often associated with Arabs, they make up only 15% of the world's Muslim population. The country with the largest population of Muslims is Indonesia. Muslims make up 1/5 of the world's population, with large numbers found in Asia (69%), Africa (27%), Europe (3%) and other parts of the world. 3. MOST MUSLIMS ARE ARABS

80.  Most of the ill-treatment that women receive in the Muslim world is based on local culture and traditions, without any basis in the faith of Islam. In fact, practices such as forced marriage, spousal abuse, and restricted movement directly contradict Islamic law governing family behavior and personal freedom. 4. ISLAM OPPRESSES WOMEN

81.  Terrorism cannot be justified under any valid interpretation of the Islamic faith. The entire Qur'an, taken as a complete text, gives a message of hope, faith, and peace to a faith community of one billion people. The overwhelming message is that peace is to be found through faith in God, and justice among fellow human beings. Muslim leaders and scholars do speak out against terrorism in all its forms, and offer explanations of misinterpreted or twisted teachings. 5. MUSLIMS ARE VIOLENT, TERRORIST EXTREMISTS

82.  Throughout the Qur'an, Muslims are reminded that they are not the only ones who worship God. Jews and Christians are called "People of the Book," meaning people who have received previous revelations from the One Almighty God that we all worship. The Qur'an also commands Muslims to protect from harm not only mosques, but also monasteries, synagogues, and churches -- because "God is worshipped therein." 6. ISLAM IS INTOLERANT OF OTHER FAITHS

83.  The word Jihad stems from an Arabic word which means "to strive." Other related words include "effort," "labor," and "fatigue." Essentially Jihad is an effort to practice religion in the face of oppression and persecution. The effort may come in fighting the evil in your own heart, or in standing up to a dictator. Military effort is included as an option, but as a last resort and not "to spread Islam by the sword." 7. ISLAM PROMOTES “JIHAD” TO SPREAD ISLAM BY SWORD AND KILL UNBELIEVERS

84.  The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over a period of two decades, calling people to worship One Almighty God and to live their lives according to this faith. The Qur'an contains stories of Biblical prophets, because these prophets also preached the message of God. Stories are not merely copied, but the oral traditions are referred to in a way that focuses on the examples and teachings that we can learn from them. 8. THE QUR’AN WAS WRITTEN BY MUHAMMAD AND COPIED FROM CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH SOURCES

85.  Prayer is a time to stand before God and express faith, give thanks for blessings, and seek guidance and forgiveness. During Islamic prayer, one is modest, submissive and respectful to God. By bowing and prostrating ourselves to the ground, we express our utmost humility before the Almighty. 9. ISLAMIC PRAYER IS JUST A RITUALIZED PERFORMANCE WITH NO HEARTFELT MEANING

86.  The early Muslim community did not really have a symbol. During the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Islamic caravans and armies flew simple solid-colored flags (generally black, green, or white) for identification purposes. The crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years, and wasn't affiliated with Islam at all until the Ottoman Empire placed it on their flag. 10. THE CRESCENT MOON IS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF ISLAM

87. 1.Diary Entry: create a diary entry titled "one day in the life of a __(name of the follower)__” by identifying what transpired from the time the follower woke in the morning until retiring for the night. 2.Create a cartoon depicting the main beliefs of Islam or Judaism 3.Illustrate the 5 Pillars of Islam 4.Illustrate a Day in a Life of a Muslim 5.Write a song about the belief systems 6.Current Event: Take the current event from Tuesday and write a response to it from the viewpoint of a Muslim living in Turkey. How would your viewpoint be different if you were of a different faith and nationality as a Jew or a Muslim? MINI PROJECT OPTIONS