1. Sit down and quietly write down the following standards in your notebook: ELACC7RL1 – Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELACC7RL2 – Determine 2 or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. Bell-Ringer
Please write down and respond to the following in your notebook:
In the front, you will find some buckets.
What is the purpose of buckets and how might we be able to use them with our DBQs?

3. Document A Review
1.) What year is shown on this map? How does this relate to the history of Islam?
2.) Name three cities that are easy to reach by trade routes from Mecca.
3.) What two empires are shown on this map, and where are they in relation to Arabia?
4.) Name four areas these trade routes went to that are outside the boundaries of this map.
5.) Judging from both the map and the quotation on this page, why was Mecca a trade center for the Arabian Peninsula?
6.) How does this document explain why Islam might have spread so quickly?

4. Question 1
570 CE; this is when Muhammad was born and 40 years before Islam.
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5. Question 2
Medina, Petra, Damascus, Muscat
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6. Question 3
Byzantine and Persian Empire; they are above and surrounding Arabia.
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7. Question 4
India
China
Spain
East Africa
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8. Question 5
1.) “It was at the crossroads of the lucrative caravan trade” which means it was in the middle of the trade routes and everybody stopped there. 2.) Also, it was right by the sea.
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9. Question 6 Methods of cultural diffusion were: trade
But, how can we explain it better?

10. Reminder Questions 1.) What is our DBQ about?
2.) So what should I focus on when reading the documents given to me?

11. Buckets
Buckets will be used as categories that the documents can be sorted into as reasons for the spread of Islam.
Please write down and respond to the following three questions in your notebook:
1.) How might these buckets help me organize my thoughts?
2.) What would I name the first bucket for Document A?

12. Reminder
It is important to stay focused on the DBQ and documents and answer all questions because the essay will be considered a major part of your grade.
If you do not complete assignments and do not do the documents, you will fall behind and not complete your essay or have a bad essay!
So pay attention on your work and only your work in class.

13. Say, Mean, Matter
Say – Take a quote from text… “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
Mean – What does this mean? How do YOU interpret it?... “If you retaliate by doing the same thing that somebody did to you, it only causes problems and hatred.”
Matter – How does this matter to what we are doing?... This is where you will explain how the quote you chose from the document helps explain why Islam spread so quickly.

14. Work Session Today, we will be focusing on documents B and C.
Do not forget to complete the Say, Mean, Matter as that will help you select quotes for your DBQ and help explain how the document supports why Islam spread so quickly.
You may quietly work with the person next to you; however, if the volume gets too loud we will all work by ourselves.
Do not get up without raising your hand.

15. Document C

16. Closing Respond to the following questions…
1.) What solutions have you come up with for the question, “Why did Islam spread so quickly?”
2.) What buckets have you come up with so far after having read documents A, B, and C?