HISTORY 2 - Reviewed the map of Europe in the middle ages. Then we began the unit on Islam. Learned about the Arab world before Muhammad (there was a lot of fighting, people worshiped many gods and goddesses.) Then Muhammad had a vision in which the angel Gabriel told him to teach people to worship one god - "Allah." Muhammad then founded the Islamic religion. He was persecuted in Mecca (his birthplace) and fled to Medina. On the way he followed the moon and stars and today the crescent moon with a star is the symbol of Islam because Muslims believe that they should follow Islam as Muhammad followed the moon and stars. Muhammad eventually gathered an army and returned to Mecca to make it the capitol of the Islamic world. We discussed the similarities and differences between Islam, Christianity and Judaism and how they are related because of the area of their origins. We talked about how Muslim women dress, how the "bad guys" are related to Islam and how Islam is second only to Christianity in number of followers. They kept wanting to say that Muhammad was spreading Christianity because he only believed in one god!
SCIENCE 2 - Reviewed the past semester and took the first semester assessment. They did very well. I'll keep reviewing some concepts. We'll review and complete Unit 6 - the body before the break but I won't begin Unit 7 until we come back in Jan.
It was a good day. Rachelle
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