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SocialStudies:IslamReviewSheet

Themes&Content:Youshouldfeelcomfortablesharingyour
opinions/thoughtsaboutthefollowingtopics.

Stereotypes,especiallyastheyrelatetoMuslims
o Whatkindsofstereotypesormisinformationexist
aboutMuslims?
o Howcanpeopledispel(disprove)stereotypes?

Vocabulary:Asaclass,welistedwordsthatwehadnever
heardof,hadheardofbutdidntknowthemeaning,and
termsthatwedefinitelyknew(Islamwordearch)
o Examples:

KoranKabah Hajj

Medina **Ramadan Minaret

Pillars **Shiahvs.Sunni Pilgrimage

UnifyingStoryforMuslims:JustlikeJudaismand
Christianityhaveunifyingstories,sodoesIslam.You
shouldbeabletoidentify:(OriginsofIslam:Abrahamand
theKabah,TheLifeofMuhammadandtheBirthof
Islam)
o Importantfigures(Abraham,Hagar,Ishmael,
Muhammad)
o Importantplaces(Mecca,Medina,Zamzam)
o Importantsymbols/objects(example:theKabah)
 o Relationships&connectionsbetweenJudaism,
Christianity,andIslam(Howareall3related?How
aretheysimilar?Howaretheydifferent?)

FivePillarsofIslam:(PurplePillarPacket)
o Howdoyoudefinethetermpillar?
o Whatarethe5pillars?
o Whatcomparisons(similarities&differences)canyou
makewithChristianityandJudaism?(i.e.dothese
religionshavesimilarpillars?)

Geography
o WhereareMuslimsfoundworldwide?
o Whataresomemisperceptionsweoftenhaveabout
Muslimsandwheretheylive?

SacredWritings:
o WhatistheKoran?WhatistheHadith?Howarethey
thesame?Howaretheydifferent?
o Whatcomparisons(similarities&differences)canyou
makewithChristianityandJudaism??

PlacesofWorship
o WheredoMuslimsprayandgather?
o Whatfeaturesdoallmosqueshaveincommon?Inwhat
wayscantheybedifferent?
o Whatcomparisons(similarities&differences)canyou
makewithChristianityandJudaism?

Symbols&RitesofPassage
o WhataresomesymbolsofIslam?
o HowdoesIslammarkcertainritesofpassage?
o Whatcomparisons(similarities&differences)canyou
makewithChristianityandJudaism?
 ConnectingJudaism,Christianity,&Islam
o Howdoesthehistoryofthesethreefaithsconnect
them?
o Howcanthisbeshownthroughatreediagram?
o TRIPLEVennDiagram!!!!!!!(crucial)