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Islamic ContributionsDirections:

1. Take a plain sheet of paper

2. Fold it in half 4 times

3. Create a total of 8 squares

4. Use a straight edge to draw lines to define each square

5. Number each square (#1-8 on the front; #9-16 on the back)

6. Write the title, pg. number in the center of each square

7. Draw and color a picture that relates to the key term or idea

8. “A” = effort.

9. The more pictures that you draw that relates to the definition and demonstrates that you know about the subject, the better grade you will receive

10. “c” = average work

11. “a” and “b” = you went above and beyond to do a good job convincing my that you understand the key terms

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Astrolabe, p. 94

• Read the caption

• Also read pg. 95, par. 2

• Draw and color pictures that relate to the definition

• To receive an “A” or a “B”, draw extra pictures to demonstrate your understanding of the word and why the astrolabe was used.

• Ideas: draw an astrolabe, stars, a ship, a camel, a map

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Astronomy, pg. 95

• Read pg. 95

• Read paragraph 2

• Draw pictures to show that astronomy was used for navigational purposes

• Draw a ship and or a camel (transportation)

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Ibn Battutah, pg. 95

• Read pg. 95

• Read par. 3, sentences 3-5

• Draw a picture of what you think he looked like

• Draw a map

• Draw some of the countries & continents he visited

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Accurate Maps, pg. 95

• Read pg. 95, par. 2

• Accurate maps helped travelers find new locations especially in Asia and Europe

• Draw a relevant picture to demonstrate this idea

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Algebra (al-Khwarizmi), p.

• Pg. 96, par. 1, sent. 2

• Draw a picture of what you think he looked like

• Write an algebraic formula

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Ibn Sina, p. 96

• Read pg. 96, par. 4, sent. 3-4

• He wrote the first medical book

• Draw a picture that relates to this idea

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Sufism, p. 96

• Read pg. 96, par. 6

• Draw a picture that shows that you know the meaning of the word

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“Thousand One Nights”

• Read pg. 97, par. 4, sent. 2-5

• Draw a picture that relates to this title

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Patrons, p. 97

• Read pg. 97, par. 6, sent. 2-3

• Draw a picture that relates to the ideas on the page listed above

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Minarets, p. 97

• Read pg. 97, par. 7, sent. 1-2

• Draw a picture that relates to the definition and how the minarets were used

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Art, p. 98

• Read pg. 98, par. 2, sent. 1-2

• Islamic art did not show certain things.

• Draw pictures to demonstrate the objects that Islamic art did not show

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Calligraphy, p. 98

• Read pg. 98, par. 3, sent. 1-2

• Try your best to use fancy writing to show an example of calligraphy

• You may get ideas from the Internet

• “A” = effort!

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Muslim Trade Routes, p. 82

• Read pg. 82

• See the map on this page

• Do your best to draw a map and some lines to resemble their trade routes

• Include the names of the continents of the countries the trade routes were located in

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Academic Subjects, p. 94

• Read pg. 94, par. 3, sent. 2-3

• List the names of the academic subjects that were mentioned on this page

• Draw pictures next to each subject that relate to the subject

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Cordoba, Spain, p. 84• Read pg. 84, par. 3, sent. 4-5

• Draw pictures that relate to important ideas that the book mentions about Cordoba

• It was a cultural learning center with various attractions.

• Draw pictures and label some of these attractions.

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Baghdad, Iraq

• Read pg. 84, par. 3, sent. 1, 4

• Draw pictures that relate to important ideas that the book mentions about Cordoba

• It was a cultural learning center with various attractions.

• Draw pictures and label some of these attractions.