National Endowment for the Humanities
Trekking to Timbuktu: Mansa Musa Takes a Trip - Teacher Version
Eleventh graders identify Mansa Musa and discuss his pilgrimage, explain how he related to leaders in the East, and describe decisions he made about his homeland. They discuss changes brought about in Mali as a result of his pilgrimage.
Curated OER
History and Culture of the Middle East
The Middle East provides a rich history for students to delve into.
Curated OER
Seventh Grade Social Studies Test
In this Georgia social studies assessment activity, 7th graders respond to thirty multiple choice questions based on seventh grade social studies skills.
Curated OER
Malcolm X
In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Malcolm X and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
Other
Anti Discrimination Committee: Facts About Islam
Explains the five "Pillars of Islam," and defines key terms, such as jihad and hadith. Includes a link to another AAADC site with more information about Islam and a link to an Adobe pdf file with reading selections about Islam for high...
Islami City
Islami City: Council on Islamic Education: Hajj
A detailed description of Hajj provided by the Council on Islamic Education. Includes suggested questions and activities for the classroom plus a great glossary.
Islami City
Islami city.com: The Five Pillars of Islam
This website provides basic information on each of the Five Pillars of Islam, "the framework of the Muslim Life" - faith, prayer, "zakat," fast, and pilgrimage.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: The Spread of Islam
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school or college level world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge about the spread of Islam.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on Continuity and Change: The Spread of Islam
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school or college level world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge about the spread of Islam.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Historical and Political Background: Mecca and Medina
An article exploring the history of the spread of Islam as the Muslims emigrated from Mecca to Medina.
BBC
Bbc: Islam
This elaborate site details the history of Islam, and includes a beginner's guide to the religion, a prayer calculator, views of mosques, and an explanation of pilgrimages to Mecca. Further information on Islamic customs, worship, books,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hajj: Islamic Middle East
One of the five pillars of Islam central to Muslim belief, Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime if they are able; it is the most spiritual event that a Muslim experiences, observing...
Other
Looklex: Mecca
Encyclopedia entry that details the important points and history about the holy city of Mecca and briefly refers to the mosque and the Ka'ba.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Five Pillars of Islam
When Arab armies of Islam conquered new lands, they began erecting mosques and palaces and commissioning other works of art as expressions of their faith and culture. The religious practice of Islam is based on tenets known as the Five...
Other
Sacred Land Film Project: Mecca
Information about the environmental status of present-day Mecca, principally threats to its preservation as a sacred site owing to overdevelopment.
Other
Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project: The Life of Muhammad
A newer full-text biography of Muhammad written from an Islamic perspective.
Other
Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Information about the birthplace of Muhammad, Mecca, or Makkah.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Islamic Period: Art
While the Islamic period has a fixed starting date, signaled by the emigration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622, the birth of Islamic art is far more difficult to single out. Instead, we can consider...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Birth of Islam
Illustrated essay explains, in a few short paragraphs, the significance of Muhammad, the Koran, and Mecca as central to the origin of the Islamic faith.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Saudi Arabia
In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Saudi Arabia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Rituals of the Hajj
There are two pilgrimages to Mecca. Hajj--known as the Greater Pilgrimage and 'Umra-the lesser pilgrimage. Hajj can only be undertaken between the 8th and the 13th of Dhu al-Hijja - the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar. At all other...
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Kaaba
Smarthistory presents the history and form of the Kaaba and how it has been modified throughout its history up to modern times. With links to additional resources.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Islamic Calendar
A very brief description of the Islamic calendar, which "has its starting point at the date of the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina." Describes the format of the Islamic year in comparison to the Gregorian calendar.
BBC
Bbc: The Hajj in Pictures
A series of photos illustrating various aspects of the Hajj, the journey to Mecca every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime.