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- 7th - 10th
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Students examine how Islamic artists represented their beliefs in logic and order through the geometric patterns in their art works. They analyze star patterns in Middle Eastern designs, and create geometric patterns using geometric shapes. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the history of Islam, the five pillars of Islam, and the Crusades of the Middle Ages. They research and examine Islamic art, analyze maps, sequence events, create posters, and analyze Islam's contributions to culture. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students are introduced to characteristic features of Islamic art and architecture. They follow a rubric to design an original Islamic mosque and to create a sketch for a tessellated style tile. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate Islamic cultural influence in western civilization. They locate cities whose names have originated from Arabic influence. They locate in their community examples of Islamic architecture and art. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students view a teacher created Powerpoint presentation on Islamic Art designed to introduce the major categories of design. Students work in small groups with sorting cards containing pictures of Islamic art. They practice classifying the cards into the categories. Answers are compared and discussed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are shown examples of mosaics found on mosques. We discuss background information on Islam and relate it to social studies units. This is also a great unit to integrate math skills. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create a monogram, based of the idea of a Turkish Tughra. They examine the connection between writing for communication and writing as an art form. They explore the vocabulary related to the use of art media in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the various forms of Islamic Art. Using the art, they identify the basic elements and research its history and style of calligraphy. They create a piece of art based on information they collected and demonstrate religious concepts found in Islam. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine examples of Islamic Art to identify shapes and patterns. Using the internet, they research the history of Islam and the reasons behind using the shapes they do in their art. They develop their own piece of art making sure to use symmetry and present to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research Islamic art and the work of Victor Vasarely and other Op Artists. They compare their use of geometric form, pattern, and color to the Islamic styles. They create block prints of their own design, but noting the patterns used in Islamic buildings. Full Review »
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