Homework:
-The Islam composition assignment (see below for complete guidelines) is due on Friday, 12/3. I strongly recommend printing and bringing in (or emailing me) a rough draft by Wednesday, 12/1 so that I can skim it and let you know if I see any major errors that should be corrected.
-Reading notes on the packet labeled "The Rise of Islam" are due Friday, 12/3. The Honors packet also includes several pages on the Byzantine Empire, which we will study next.
A note on how reading notes are graded: to give full credit for reading notes, I look for all of the following:
The notes should...
-Cover all key material in the packet. Don't stop reading and taking notes just because you've filled a full page of notes. For most packets, you should have more than a single page of notes.
-Be complete and on time
-Be entirely in your own words
-Include definitions of key terms
-Be neat and legible, representing your best effort
Islam composition assignment guidelines:
This is an independent writing assignment.
Begin by finding and selectively reading the sections in the textbook(s) on the rise of Islam (from the life of Muhammad until the Sunni-Shi'ite split), and generate a list of bullet-point facts and notes.
Topics you should cover:
-Life of Muhammad
-Muhammad’s journey to Medina
-Where Islam originated
-Important dates in early Islam
-Key beliefs and practices of Islam
-Leadership conflict after Muhammad’s death.
After completing your research, you will translate these notes into a professional composition.
Formatting: Size 12, Times New Roman, 1” margins, Last name and page number in the header (example: ‘McCarl 1’), double spacing, 1-2 pages (~400-600 words). Include an original title.
At the top of the page: Centered title in bold, full name in italics (on separate line)
Content: Your paper should tell the story of the beginning of Islam from the life of Muhammad until the Sunni/Shi’ite split. You can think of the paper as (a) a study guide, (b) an encyclopedia article, or (c) a news story.
Your paper should include all the most important details about how and where Islam began as well as the basic beliefs and practices of Islam.
Your paper should be entirely your own work – no using phrases, sentence structures, or entire sentences from the textbook or any other source.
Please do not draw on any sources besides the textbook for this paper.
Final due date: Friday, December 3. Please turn in your research notes with the final paper.
Spelling, grammar, formatting, and punctuation count.
Do Now, 11-29 and 11-30:
Please list five high-quality, open-ended questions that you might ask if you wanted to learn more about a religion or belief-system. ("Open-ended" questions are those that cannot be answered in a single word; they may have many possible answers).
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