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Ibis Communications

Richard the Lionheart Massacres the Saracens, 1191

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a general overview of the slaughter in the desert in which Richard I executed the Muslim defenders of Acre.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Origins of Islamic Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Islamic law developed over time. The development of the sharia, or traditional Islamic law is explored as nomadic tribes began to progress into a more stabilized Muslim Empire. Family law and criminal law is discussed because...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Avicenna

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about Islamic scholar and theologan Avicenna, whose book al-Qanun comprised of the entire medical knowledge available from ancient and Muslim sources.
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Andalucia.com: The Mosque of Cordoba

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Spanish tourism page with quite a bit of information on the Mosque of Cordoba, one of their most famous sights. It also includes information on the time of Muslim rule when the Mosque was built.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Greenmantle by John Buchan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel Greenmantle by John Buchan, the second of five novels by featuring the character of Richard Hanna. Hannay is called in to investigate rumors of an uprising in the Muslim world and undertakes a perilous...
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Imperialism: Gandhi: Indian Freedom Fighter

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Mohandas Gandhi and how he led the nonviolent rebellion against British rule in India, resulting in India's independence. It also led to religious conflict between Hindus and Muslims who wanted separate countries (i.e.,...
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Saudi Aramco World: Keyboard Calligraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
In a recent exhibition on Ottoman culture held in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk was an unimpressive-looking little 18th-century book, a printed version of a manuscript produced 150 years earlier. Usually a manuscript is more rare than a...
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The Islamic Monthly Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of "The Islamic Monthly Magazine" a quarterly print publication that reaches an international audience, from which a broad range of current- and past-issue content can be read in whole or in excerpts. Covers issues and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Great Mosque of Cordoba

For Students 9th - 10th
Known locally as Mezquita-Catedral, the Great Mosque of Cordoba is one of the oldest structures still standing from the time Muslims ruled Al-Andalus. View pictures and read descriptions of this example of Islamic architecture in this...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Rituals of the Hajj

For Students 9th - 10th
There are two pilgrimages to Mecca. Hajj--known as the Greater Pilgrimage and 'Umra-the lesser pilgrimage. Hajj can only be undertaken between the 8th and the 13th of Dhu al-Hijja - the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar. At all other...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Zoroastrians

For Students 9th - 10th
The ethnic identity of this Iranian minority group is derived from their religion, Zoroastrianism. They constitute only 0.18 percent of the Iranian population. The term "Zoroastrian" is taken from the name of their prophet Zarathushtra...
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Facts About the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

For Students 9th - 10th
The attack by a group of Islamic fundamentalists announced the growing threat of terrorism on US soil. Eighteen minutes after noon on February 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the basement parking garage below the north tower of the World...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Portugal's Seafaring Expertise Launched the Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world. Portugal turned to the boundless Atlantic Ocean as its only outlet to the wider...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Yemen

For Students 9th - 10th
Jews have lived in Yemen, a large and rugged country in the southwest part of the Arabian Peninsula, for at least 1,500 years. They identify themselves and are identified by others, as part of the widespread Jewish people. They...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dyula

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dyula" is a Manding word typically referring to "traders" as a socio-professional category, particularly to Muslim long-distance traders who speak one or another dialect of Manding. The name is used as an ethnic label by...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Aimaq

For Students 9th - 10th
In western Afghanistan and far eastern Iran, "Aimaq" means "tribal people," which distinguishes the Aimaq from the nontribal population in the area, the Persians (Fariswan) and Tajiks. Most of the population of live in Afghanistan; those...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Promoting Understanding: Islam Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this toolkit to promote understanding about Islam through study of the culture, traditions, and personal stories of Muslim Americans. Engaging videos, background essays, discussion questions, and teaching tips challenge students to...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kurds

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kurds have inhabited an area of rugged mountains and high plains at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for over two thousand years. Their traditional mode of subsistence is pastoralism and agriculture. The territory...
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iCivics

I Civics: Eeoc v. Abercrombie & Fitch (2015)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson explores the Supreme Court's decision regarding a company's discrimination against a Muslim woman during the hiring process. Students learn how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace...
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Islami City

Islami city.com: Educational Addendum Understanding

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides you with the nature of Islamic law and all of the major aspects of it. Excellent reference for basic Islamic terms.
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PBS

Pbs: Islamic Culture: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A study of Islamic culture, art and architecture taken from the PBS show on Islam "Islam: Empire of Faith".
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PBS

Pbs Wide Angle: Suppression or Liberation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A PBS lesson plan for high school teachers that helps students explore the basic beliefs and practices of Islam. The topic of women's modesty, the hijab and modern society are also topics. All materials and resources are available on the...
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Islam101: The Islamic Concept of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay explains that Islamic beliefs and traditions are not limited to religion and spirituality, but that the goal of Islam is to "shape both individual lives as well as society as a whole." Discusses the basic rules, principles,...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Minister Louis Farrakhan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NPR contains an interview with Minister Louis Farrakhan about life and leadership. He discusses his opinion of the Bush administration and defends the Nation of Islam and its beliefs.

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