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Islamic Art Lesson plans - links

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From: Judy Decker (jdecker_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 19:48:39 PST

I found these to add to my list of Islamic art links.

Religious Beliefs Made Visual: Geometry and Islam
Classroom activities designed to show how Islamic art can provide important
insights into the technology, scientific knowledge, and religious beliefs of
Moslems. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000030.htm
Islamic Designs with circles (see the Rings of Gold lesson listed below)
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/circles.html

Islamic Foil art - making Islamic calligraphy in foil relief - appropriate
for many grade levels http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1817.html

Islamic Art Eraser Prints
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/middle15.html

Lesson Plan Related to Islamic Metalwork
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F32B16623 (sorry-- I could find it on the site
when I did a search - this is a link to the Google cache)

Pmhrn's Islamic Lesson Plan Archive
http://community-2.webtv.net/PMHRN/PMHRNSISLAMICLESSON/
Lots of links - check for interdisciplinary studies

Islamic Lesson plan page http://arabesq.com/educate/lesson.html#Islamic
good for interdisciplinery studies

Ramadan - Crayola site
http://www.crayola.com/search/results.cfm?keywords=ramadan

Islam Stereotype handout
http://socialstudies.com/c/@tgir58WxpZJvI/Pages/article.html?article@TCM153B
+af@donn or http://makeashorterlink.com/?K3AB12623

Math extension - Tessellations
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3522.html
The earliest tessellations we can find come from Islamic art circa 3000 BC.
(see Islamic tile designs for examples)

Rings of Gold - graphic design (check this out!)
http://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/millART/graphics/exhibit_g.html
 http://makeashorterlink.com/?M10C15623
Check this site for lesson plans:
http://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/millART/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html
http://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/millART/millART.html 

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