Bellwork: September 18 th 1. What is the symbol?

Meet 13 year old Meena.

Meena works and goes to school.

She rises early in the morning to go to work at a factory and weave carpets.

She learned to weave from her mother. Her mother, in turn, learned from her mother.

After several hours at work, Meena leaves the factory in the afternoon to go to school. Her day at school is not finished until the sun has set.

Meena has no time for sports or music practice. She must work to help her family earn money.

However, the carpets that Meena makes are very important to her country and her culture.

These carpets are not just for covering the floor. These carpets are also used for chairs, beds, and prayer mats.

Much of Meena’s country shares the same religion and uses the carpets for prayer mats.

In fact, much of the culture in which Meena lives is heavily influenced by this religion.

What region does Meena live? What religion does she and her people practice? In what ways does religion influence their culture?

ISLAM  (Outside 1 st box) –ARABIC CULTURE IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE RELIGION OF ISLAM. –FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM ARE CALLED MUSLIMS.  (Inside 1 st box) –ISLAM STARTED IN THE 7 TH CENTURY (600s) WHEN MUHAMMAD CLAIMED TO RECEIVE THE FINAL REVELATION FROM ALLAH.  Read page 105 – “Who was Muhammad?”

ISLAM  Read page 107 “The Quran”  (Inside 1 st box) –MUHAMMAD IS CREDITED WITH WRITING THE QURAN, THE MUSLIM’S HOLY BOOK. –THE Q’RAN DISCUSSES THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM.  THESE ARE 5 THINGS MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM Words go inside each box, a picture goes on the outside.  SAY “THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS PROPHET.  PRAY 5 TIMES A DAY, FACING THE HOLY CITY OF MECCA (Makkah) (MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHPLACE)  GIVE A PORTION OF YOUR INCOME TO THE POOR.

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM 4) FAST DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN *NO FOOD OR DRINK SHOULD PASS YOUR LIPS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING. 5) GO: MAKE A PILGRIMMAGE TO MECCA DURING YOUR LIFETIME.

Which of these is NOT one of the five pillars? 1. Visit Mecca (Mekkah) once in your life. 2. Read the Quran everyday. 3. Pray five times a day. 4. Give money to the poor 5. Do not eat during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan.

Which of these is true? 1. No one knows the founder of Islam. 2. The holy book of Islam is called the Quran. 3. Muslims are supposed to go to Mecca (Mekkah) every year. 4. Islam is a polytheistic religion. 5. Muslims worship Allah.