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:

  1. Revelations continued to come to Prophet Muhammed for 23 years.
  2. Algebra was invented by Arabs in the 9th century.
  3. Muslims pray 5 times a day.
  4. The Prophet Muhammed had his first revelation at 40 years.
  5. 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
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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:

  1. Arab means “lacking of moisture”
  2. Early Astronomers created many different instruments
  3. Arabs were one of the first users of calligraphy
  4. Muhammed perfected cleanliness and equality

Today we earned eight dirham. We moved no spaces.

Today we earned one fact wisdom card.