3:96.
Verily, the first House (of
worship) appointed for mankind was that at
Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a
guidance for Al-'Alamin (the mankind and jinns).
3:97.
In it are manifest signs (for
example), the Maqm (place) of Ibrahim (Abraham);
whosoever enters it, he attains security. And
Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) to the House (Ka'bah)
is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, those who
can afford the expenses (for one's conveyance,
provision and residence); and whoever
disbelieves [i.e. denies Hajj (pilgrimage to
Makkah), then he is a disbeliever of Allah],
then Allah stands not in need of any of the 'Alamin
(mankind and jinns).
Guiding
Questions:
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What country is Makkah located in?
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Why is Makkah so important to Muslims?
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Can you name at least two very important sites in Makkah
Write or tell the story of their creation.
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Label Makkah on a map. (Make sure you save it for next
week’s lesson.)
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What is the name of the Masjid in Makkah? Why is it called
this? Who built it?
Language
Arts
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Reading
Read about Makkah
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http://lexicorient.com/e.o/mecca.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca
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http://saudinf.com/main/a83.htm
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http://www.saudiaonline.com/travel/Major%20Cities%20of%20the%20Kingdom_files/makkah.htm
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Writing
Older students can pick a topic on the timeline at the site
below and do some research on it. They can pretend to be a
news reporter or pretend to do a documentary maybe even do a
slide show presentation.
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/mecca.htm
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Handwriting Practice:
Younger students: Kabah
writing sheets (English If student is able to, practice writing
in Arabic.
Older. Copy the ayaat in the beginning of the unit in Arabic
and/or English.
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Phonics: ie
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Grammar:.
Find nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.
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Vocabulary:
(taken from the articles above)
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Compulsory, pilgrimage, holy, purged or
any other words that student doesn’t understand.
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Write each word in a sentence.
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Vary your beginnings (don't always start with the
subject)
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Vary the sentence type (interrogative, declarative,
etc).
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Be sure to use lots of adjectives and adverbs
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Proof
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Find synonyms for as many of the words that you can
Social Studies
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Print out (or draw) a map of Saudi Arabia. Locate and label
Makkah on the map.
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Discuss directions (N-S-E-W, SW, NW, SE, NE)
Draw a large "+" label the directions (N-E-W-S), plot
several points and have student tell you the direction
to travel to get from one point to another (i.e. SW)
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Discuss what a compass is for, how to use it. Use a real one,
if you have one, to show how it is used.
Math
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Find out the measurements of the Kabah and use a measuring tape
to see it’s size for yourself
Quraan
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Read the ayaat at the beginning of the unit in English and
Arabic and its tafsir.
