1. Do Now – 11/4 & 11/5 After your test…
Place in the front bin – REMEMBER ANY GRIT AWARDS!
Complete the first advisory reflection on the half sheet of paper.
HW: Video Lesson 3.1 & Vocab Sheet
SHORT test (25 min)
Direct Instruction: Map of Asia Round 2 – major features (10 min)
Intro to Islam: Geography of the Arabian Peninsula & Background (15 min)
Life of the Prophet Reading (25 min)
Exit Ticket (5 min) – TURN IN!

2. Our Goals Objectives Essential Questions
SWBAT identify geographical features of the Arabian Peninsula and identify characteristics of the people who lived there before the rise of Islam in order to build context for the rise of Islam as a faith and political entity.
How did geography affect life on the Arabian Peninsula?
What is Islam, and how did it begin?

3. Asia Map
China
Nepal P
India
Saudi Arabia R
Oman
Yemen A

4. Discussion: How did geography impact the development of Islam?
This is a picture of the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. On your Do Now paper…
What geographic & physical features do you notice?
How will these geographic features affect the GROWTH of Islam as a religion?

5. What was Saudi Arabia like before Islam?
Geography: Desert w/ oases – led to few permanent settlements or towns
People were organized into strict tribes, who were nomadic, violent, and competitive for business and resources
Polytheistic – had many gods, main god was known as Allah (which means god in Arabic)
Neighbors with Christians & Jews – aware of other monotheistic religions

6. Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
Goal: What was the historical context of the emergence of Islam?
Task: Read the short reading about the life and legacy of Islam’s prophet, Muhammad.
Annotate for SPICE
Then, answer the analysis questions that follow.

7. Exit Ticket
What is the importance of studying a religion such as Islam, even if you do not adhere to that religion?  TURN IN TODAY!
HW: Video Lesson 3.1 – Origins of Islam

8. Vocab Words: Unit 3 Prophet Qur’an Hadith Nomadic Mosque Islam
Pillar of Faith
Sunni/Shi’a split
revelation