Caravan Log #2 Feb. 21, 2008
Sunday February 24th 2008, 8:49 pm
Filed under:
Islam Unit
Today in class we had another Caravan Day.
Th five most important things I’ve learned:
- Revelations continued to come to Prophet Muhammed for 23 years.
- Algebra was invented by Arabs in the 9th century.
- Muslims pray 5 times a day.
- The Prophet Muhammed had his first revelation at 40 years.
- Muslims are not permitted to eat pork because it is considered a dirty animal.
Today in class we earned 49 dirham. We moved 4 spaces
We earned one fact wisdom card. In total we have 2.
Caravan Log #1 Feb. 19, 2008
Sunday February 24th 2008, 8:42 pm
Filed under:
Islam Unit
We are doing an Islamic simulation in Social Studies Class. We earn Dirhams (a form of arabic money) to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Every 10 Dirhams we earn in class we move one step!
Okay. Today in Class, we had what is called a “Caravan Day” when we earn money to move closer to Mecca, and we have quiz cards (if we get an answer right we get 5 dirham) We also earn Wisdom cards, but I will explain those later.
The five most Important things I’ve learned:
- Arab means “lacking of moisture”
- Early Astronomers created many different instruments
- Arabs were one of the first users of calligraphy
- Muhammed perfected cleanliness and equality
Today we earned eight dirham. We moved no spaces.
Today we earned one fact wisdom card.