1. Sit down and quietly write down the following standards in your notebook: ELACC7RL1 – Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELACC7RL2 – Determine 2 or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. Bell-Ringer
In your notebook, write down the following quote and your response to the question asked:
“There are two sides to every story.”
1.) What do you think this quote means? 2.) Why do you think this is important when we are talking about history?

3. Review 1.) When and where did Muhammad first receive words from Allah?
2.) What were the two main ideas expressed by these words?
3.) What were the 3 religious practices one could find in Mecca before Muhammad’s revelations?
4.) Why did Muhammad leave Mecca for Medina?
5.) Can you explain why Muhammad’s turning from Jerusalem and facing Mecca is called a symbolic break with the past?
6.) What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?

4. Answer
1.) Muhammad first received words from Allah in 610 CE on Mt. Hira in Mecca.
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5. Answer
2.) The two main ideas expressed by Allah’s words were that Allah is the one and only god and the importance of charity.
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6. Answer
3.) The 3 religious practices one could find in Mecca before Muhammad’s revelations were Christianity, Judaism, and Arab paganism.
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7. Answer
4.) Muhammad left Mecca for Medina in 622 because many people resisted his preaching in Mecca and he/the religion needed a new home base.
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8. Answer
5.) Muhammad’s turning from Jerusalem and facing Mecca is called a break with the past because he was focusing on the future of the religion and saying a new religion had been born.
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9. Answer 6.) The 5 Pillars of Islam are:
1.) confession of belief in Allah as only god.
2.) prayer 5 times a day.
3.) Ramadan – an annual month-long fast.
4.) giving alms (charity) to the poor.
5.) pilgrimage to Mecca at least once.

10. Definitions Allah – the god of Islam.
Pagan – one who does not hold similar religious views of major world religions.
Ka’ba – pagan holy shrine in Mecca.
Islam – religion created by Muhammad that means “submission.”
Qur’an – The Islamic holy book.
Ramadan – 9th month of the Muslim calendar observed by fasting from sunrise to sunset.

11. Primary Sources
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.
Examples – Diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, autobiographies…

12. Secondary Sources
Interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them.
Examples – Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, blogs…

13. Primary or Secondary Source

14. Primary or Secondary Source

15. Primary or Secondary Source

16. Biased vs Unbiased
Biased - prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Unbiased – not having any bias.
Both primary and secondary sources can be biased, it is up to us to determine whether they are or not… IT IS NEVER GOOD TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING YOU HEAR AS FACT!!!

17. Ways to Check For Bias
1.) Analyze the source at the top of the document – might that person have ulterior motives in creating the information they are giving?
Ask yourself these questions:
1.) Who wrote this?
2.) What is the author’s point of view?
3.) Why was it written?
4.) When was it written – a long time or short time after the event?
5.) Is this source believable? Why or why not?

18. Say, Mean, Matter

19. Work Session
Let’s look at Document A and try to ask ourselves the biased vs unbiased questions…
1.) Who wrote this?
2.) What is the author’s point of view?
3.) Why was it written?
4.) When was it written – a long time or short time after the event?
5.) Is this source believable? Why or why not?
Lastly, quietly, by yourself, answer questions 1-6 of the document analysis and complete the Say, Mean, Matter.

20. Closing
Be a Teacher: You must come up and teach the class about 1.) the differences of primary and secondary sources and 2.) biased vs unbiased.