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Kristine Arthur S574 Project Two

Lesson One

Grade Level: 7th Grade Social Studies

Topic: Five Pillars of Islam

Objective: The students will be able to identify the Five Pillars of Islam and demostrate through a class-generated Power Point presentation their understanding of the role of Islam in the lives of Muslims throughout the world.

Indiana Academic Standard:

7.1.4 The Spread of Cultural, Economic, Social, and Political ideas: 500 BCE - 1600 CE. Describe the historical origins, central beliefs, and spread of major religions. Ex. Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively. Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates inforamtion critically and competently. Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

Introduction: The students will be given the task of defining their assigned Pillar, explaining the Pillar to the rest of the class, developing three Power Point slides (two informational and one illustration) after receiving training by the teacher on how to create a Power Point presentation.

Materials: Textbook, Inspire, Grolier Online Encyclopedia, and Destiny Card Catalog Webpath Express. Inspire and Grolier are two databases that students have available to them both at school and at home.

Time: 3 days of research, 1 day of training on PowerPoint, 3 days of out-of-class preparation, and 2 days of in-class presentations.