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Archive for the ‘Islam Art & Literature’ Category
I-Mag 10th Issue Summer 2007-Summer 2008
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on July 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ali Zaoua
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Ali, Kwita, Omar, and Boukber are a group of street urchins living on the hard streets of Casablanca. Their everyday lives are filled with violence, begging, and indifference. In order to survive they create a bond of friendship and family between then. The bond is cut short when Ali is senselessly killed at the beginning [...]
Picture Books by Idries Shah
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been enjoying Tahir Shah’s books for quite a while now. While reading his last book “In Arabian Nights” I grew more intrigued by the works of his late father Idries Shah, not knowing that I owned a few of his children’s picture books. Here are some links, activities etc. related to his excellent works.
Children’s [...]
Table Manners in the Islamic World and Renaissance Europe
Posted in Islam Art & Literature, Muslim Countries on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Mary Ellen Sturm
School: Rosa Parks Middle School
Grade: 7
Appropriate Level for Lesson Plan: Middle School
Discipline taught: Social Studies/World History and Culture
Lesson plan is appropriate for: Social Studies/World History and Culture
Table Manners in the Islamic World and Renaissance Europe
Islamic Gardens
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Mary Mark Munday
School: Maryland Institute College of Art, Young People’s Studio; Center for Art Education faculty, Charles Carroll Elementary School
Programs: Cultures in Clay, grades 3-8
Discipline/grade level: Art, grades 1-5
Rationale: As one would travel through an Islamic garden, exploring its parts, marveling at the individual design elements and comprehending the parts-to-whole, so the progression of [...]
How DID We Get That Word? – The Arabic Influence on Vocabulary
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Anne Brinsmade-DeFelice and Maria Barbella
School: Friendly High School, Fort Washington, MD (Prince George’s County)
Grades taught: 9 – 12
Appropriate grades for lesson plan: 6 – 12
Disciplines taught: Spanish, English, Business
Appropriate disciplines for lesson plan: Spanish, Flex, Language Arts, Social Studies. NOTE: Lesson may be taught completely in Spanish, in a combination of Spanish and [...]
Geometry in Islamic Design
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Christina Kim and Heather Huntington
Discipline: Math - Geometry HSA
School: Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD
Grade Level: 9-12
Geometry in Islamic Design
Cultural Diffusion: The Arabic Influence on Foods We Eat Today
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Ruth Rhone
Discipline: French, Latin
School: Suitland High School, Prince George’s County, MD
Grade Level/Content Focus: Grades 10-12/ French, Spanish, Language Arts, Social Studies
Cultural Diffusion: The Arabic Influence on Foods We Eat Today
Bookbinding with Collage Silhouettes, Inspired by Islamic Designs, Stories from Arabian Nights, and Shadow Puppetry
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Liaa Walter (Visiting Artist), with Kimberly Ross (Director)
Discipline: Visual Arts (Walter) and Language Arts and Social Studies (Ross)
School: Capitol Hill Day School, Washington, D.C. (Walter) and Henson Valley Montessori School, Prince George’s County, MD (Ross)
Grade Level/Content Focus: Grades 7-12 / Literature, Social Studies, Visual Arts
Bookbinding with Collage Silhouettes, Inspired by Islamic Designs, Stories from [...]
A Critical Look at Haiku and Moorish Poetry
Posted in Islam Art & Literature on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Name: Judith Lambert-Winfield, Dale Williams, Debbie Davis
School: Martin Luther King Middle
Grades taught: 7th /8th grade
A Critical Look at Haiku and Moorish Poetry
