Blessed Sacrament School - Web Quest Project E

Islam

A Web Quest for 7th Graders

Designed by:

Caitlin Palmer

Laura Gray

Charles Murray

Introduction

Congratulations, you have been chosen to go back in time and interview Mohammed, the founder of the Islam religion. Islam is the second largest world religion.

The word Muslim means "founder of Islam". A large group of the Middle East's population is of this culture.

The Task

As a reporter for the Washington Post, you have been given the unique opportunity to go back in time and interview the founder of Islam, (Mohammed). Your story will be featured in a special edition of the Sunday paper.

The Process

While interviewing Mohammed, you will need to ask various questions about the Muslim faith that will be required for your article. Here is a list of questions that you will need to ask and include in your article.

1) How and when did the Islam faith originate?

2) What are the five pillars of Islam?

3) What is a mosque?

4) What is the Islamic city?

5) What is the Qur 'an?

6) What is the Islamic society?

7) What are two ceremonies or festivals celebrated by Muslims?

Use Microsoft Word to type your article, when you are finished interviewing. Be sure to use size 14 font and single space. Your paper should be a page in length which is five paragraphs. When your article is done turn it in to your social studies teacher.

Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Stated Objective or Performance	Successfully answered only one question.	Successfully answered three questions	Successfully answered five questions.	Successfully answered all seven questions.
Stated Objective or Performance	Only wrote one paragraph.	Wrote two paragraphs.	Wrote three paragraphs.	Completed all five paragraphs.
Stated Objective or Performance	poor	fair	good	excellent

Conclusion

Good job you have now completed the Web Quest.

Credits & References

This Web Quest was made possible through a "Teaching with Technology" grant received by Mrs. Maria Gomez and Mrs. Barbara Blair from the North Carolina Association of Educational Communications and Technology and a grant from the National Catholic Education Association.

Websites:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/is/Islam.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/iraq/map_midEastRel.html

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/01/01/html/ft_20020101.5.html

Books:

"Islam" by Neil Morris

"World Religion" by John Bowker

Based on a template from The Web Quest Page