Agenda
Diamond Enrichment (9:20)
Diamond Enrichment (9:20)
- Get Started
- Review Islam
- Geography of West African Kingdoms
- Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
- Closure
- Homework
Diamond Enrichment
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Detailed Agenda
1. Get Started: Islam Connections to Judaism & Christianity ISN pg. 90
a. Muslims, Christians, and Jews trace ancestry back to Abraham
b. To Muslims, Allah is the same god that is worshipped in Christianity and Judaism.
c. Qur’an is the word of Allah as revealed to Muhammad in the same way that Jews and Christians believe the Torah and the Gospels were revealed to Moses and the New Testament writers.
d. All three are “people of the book” due to their use of a holy book
e. Jerusalem is Holy City
f. Prayer occurs during religious service
g. Services held in Holy Building
a. Muslims, Christians, and Jews trace ancestry back to Abraham
b. To Muslims, Allah is the same god that is worshipped in Christianity and Judaism.
c. Qur’an is the word of Allah as revealed to Muhammad in the same way that Jews and Christians believe the Torah and the Gospels were revealed to Moses and the New Testament writers.
d. All three are “people of the book” due to their use of a holy book
e. Jerusalem is Holy City
f. Prayer occurs during religious service
g. Services held in Holy Building
2. The Spreading of Islam: Watch the following video as a review.
3. AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: West African Trade Routes
Map Directions: Neatly label each item on your map.
Click HERE for an interactive West African Trade Routes and Empires. This map has territories as well as locations of trade routes, gold mines and the source of salt deposits.
Map Directions: Neatly label each item on your map.
- Outline the borders of Ghana in orange. Label Ghana.
- Outline the kingdom of Mali in red. Label Mali.
- Outline the kingdom of Songhai in purple. Label Songhai.
Click HERE for an interactive West African Trade Routes and Empires. This map has territories as well as locations of trade routes, gold mines and the source of salt deposits.
4. Ghana. Mali, and Songhai:
You will be given a handout to read about the West African Kingdoms. After reading about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, complete THIS chart. Use evidence from the reading.
You will be given a handout to read about the West African Kingdoms. After reading about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, complete THIS chart. Use evidence from the reading.
5. Closure:
1.How was the development of Islam similar & different to Christianity?
2.Describe the core beliefs of a Muslim:
3. How did Ghana become a thriving trade center?
1.How was the development of Islam similar & different to Christianity?
2.Describe the core beliefs of a Muslim:
3. How did Ghana become a thriving trade center?