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Curriculum developed by Kate Daher, CAPA High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Historians now believe that at least 30% of African slaves brought to the United States and the West Indies were Muslims. This lesson plan informs students how Muslim religious practices influenced life in the south during the early days and highlights the origin of the blues music genre as being greatly influenced by Islamic religious practices.

Lesson plan include:
PS US History Standards
Word Splash warm up exercise
Map of Triangular Trade
KWL chart
Study guide questions.

Contributed Material: 

SlaveTradeLP (3).docx

Michael Yoder, social studies and Spanish language teacher, Northside Urban Pathways Charter School

Objectives

• Students will be able to compare and contrast American and Egyptian attitudes toward the State of Israel.
• Students will be able to analyze why Israel is a polarizing topic.
• Students will compare and contrast news and articles from American and
Arabic sources.
• Students will synthesize events in the past 50 years that have brought us to this point.

Contributed Material: 

Egyptians,AmericansandPerceptionsofIsrael.pdf

Charlotte E. Lott, professor of economics, Chatham University

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Find in the media key issues of concern to Muslim communities
• Identify key issues of the American community
• Understand different perceptions of each others’ communities
• Define the terms “perceptions” and “dialog”
• Explain commonalities or issues where dialog may be able to occur

Contributed Material: 

IslamandtheWestDialogofCultures.pdf

Tony Gaskew, assistant professor of criminal forensic studies, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Objective As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• explain the nature of political Islam
• analyze the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood as agents for socio-religiopolitical Islamic reform.

Contributed Material: 

TheMuslimBrotherhoodVanguardforPoliticalIslam.pdf

Tracy Flynn, social studies teacher, Hickory High School

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• compare and contrast the practices of monogamy and polygamy in Islamic countries today
• analyze the various functions of marriage in societies, both historically and in modern times
• establish differences between practice and reality in Islamic traditions in regard to polygamy
• evaluate the similarities and differences between Muslim, Jewish and Christian practices of polygamy

Contributed Material: 

DifferentTypesofMarriageinIslam.pdf

Richard Saccone, assistant professor of political science and international business, Saint Vincent University

Objective

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to discover a deeper meaning of the teachings and practices of Islam in Egypt, including the institution that interprets Islamic law applying it to individuals and to public law.

Contributed Material: 

TheGrandMufti.pdf

Rebecca Denova, visiting lecturer of religious studies, University of Pittsburgh

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• describe the ancient religious beliefs of Egypt
• compare and contrast ancient Egyptian and Islamic funeral rites
• recognize that many elements have remained the same, while historic events have produced changes.

Contributed Material: 

ReligiousContinuityandChangeinEgypt.pdf

Deborah Rubin, professor of social work, Chatham College

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Describe the controversy about ownership and display of antiquities
• Give examples of several disputed relics
• Compare western and eastern interest and controversies regarding King Tut
• Describe the history of Ramses I and his return to Egypt

Contributed Material: 

WhoOwnsAntiquities.pdf

Eric Tuten, assistant professor of history, Slippery Rock University

Objective As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Explain the motivation behind the French invasion of Egypt.
• Evaluate the impact of the French invasion of Egypt

See attached pdf file for full curriculum.

Contributed Material: 

TheFrenchInvasionofEgyptanditsLegacy.pdf