TUESDAY 9/17

Objective:• Students will be able to summarize who the Prophet

Muhammad was and his role in starting Islam

Homework• Two paragraph summary of movie

Do Now:• Take out Vocabulary homework you have 5 mins to

study

ANSWE R THE FOLLOWING QUESTI ONS ON THE B ACK

1.How did Arabs adapt to living in the desert?

2.Why were Oases important to life in the Arabian Peninsula?

THE MESSENGER

The story of Muhammad

Be taking notes during the video.

Your homework is to write two paragraphs summarizing the video

THE BEGINNING

How did Muhammad's life begin?• He was born in 570 C.E.• His mother sent Muhammad to to be raised by a

nomad family in the desert• What is a nomad?

• A person who moves from place to place, often in search of food and water

Quick write• How might being an orphan affect a persons

perspective on life?

Quick write• How did geography (desert) promote or encourage

tribal warfare?• What was the Arabian Peninsula lacking?• What might they be fighting over?• What type of land?

THE ARAB RELIGION

The Arab religion was polytheistic• The holiest site was the Kab’ba which was in the city

of Mecca• A place for peace not war

Why was Mecca a great place for trade?

THE BEGINNINGHow did Muhammad's life begin?

• He was born in 570 C.E.• His mother sent Muhammad to to be raised by a

nomad family in the desert• What is a nomad?

• A person who moves from place to place, often in search of food and water

When Muhammad was still a young man he began managing caravans (trade routes) for a women named khadijah, who ran a trading business

THE CAREER BEGINS

How did Muhammad solve the fight between tribal leaders in regards to the Ka’ba?

Around 610 C.E. Muhammad went to a cave in the mountains to pray.• He was visited, according to Islam, by the angel Gabriel who told him to

recite• “You are the messenger of God”

Muhammad’s career as a prophet began

Quick write• Why might have Muhammad been afraid when he first received this

message?

WHO IS COMING WITH ME?

Muhammad preaches that God wants humans to treat each other with compassion, honesty, and justice

• Why might this message be accepted among the poor?

His first followers are called Muslims• Muslims= those who surrender to God

His followers wrote down his words and collected them in the Qur’an (Koran), the holy book of Islam

Written in Arabic• Many Muslims believe Muhammad could not read nor write

• how might this be proof that Muhammad was a true prophet?

THE OPPOSITION

Quick write• Why would some people be skeptical of Muhammad and his

message?• What class (rich or poor) of people might oppose him?

Most people rejected Muhammad’s teachings• The rich leaders did not want to share their wealth• The feared that Muhammad would take political power• Did not want to give up their gods

Anyone who harmed Muhammad would face Abu Talib’s wrath

FROM MIGRATION TO THE END

He does not reject other religions• God has many times given his message to Man.

• Moses, Jesus

In 622, Muhammad and his followers left Mecca to the city of Medina

• Muslims call this journey hijrah

A few years later, Muhammad and his followers march on the city of Mecca and take the city by force

REVENGE?

Muhammad and his followers destroyed the idols (statues of Gods) at the Ka’ba and rededicated the shrine to Allah (God)

• Why would Muhammad want to destroy the Ka’ba?

Muhammad also forgave his former enemies. The war had ended

United under the flag of Islam, the religion and its people spread across the globe

• When Muhammad died, most of central and southern Arabia was under Muslim Control

Who should carry on after his death?

• Abu Bakr became the first caliph (Muslim ruler)

• Under his leadership, Muslims completed the unification of Ariabia

THE DEATH; BUT NOT THE END

TUESDAY 9/18

Objective:• Students will participate in 5 different learning

stations about the the religion of Islam

Homework• Make up test ready to go! Make appointment with

Mr. Bowman

Do Now• Why was Muhammad's message of compassion,

justice, and equality appealing to the poor?