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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Colors, Shapes, and Spaces of Mosques Lesson PlanYale New Haven Teachers Institute: Colors, Shapes, and Spaces of Mosques Lesson Plan
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Yale University
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9th - 10th
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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Colors, Shapes, and Spaces of Mosques

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A series of five lesson plans designed to give pupils a working knowledge of Islamic architecture and styles of decoration as manifested in mosques. Although aimed principally at teachers, lessons are accompanied by useful summaries of the history of Islam, vocabulary related to the architectural elements of the mosque, and the role of geometry in Islamic modes of decoration.

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geometric patterns, islamic art

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geometric design, geometric forms, mosque architecture, ornamentation, arabian art, islamic architecture, islamic design, non-western art

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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