March 7th, 2008 by Mr. Dorrough and tagged
Baghdad,
Cairo,
Cordoba,
Math,
mosque,
Muslim
We answered three questions for our warm uo.
- What are mosques used for?
- What do Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba have in common?
- What important mathematical symbol or concept did Muslims name?
Today we completed all sixteen items in the ISN Reading Notes 10.
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March 6th, 2008 by Mr. Dorrough and tagged
Calligraphy,
Geography,
Irrigation,
Islam,
Literature,
Math,
Medicine,
Music,
Navigation,
Polo,
Zoology
We continued our study of the contributions of Islam to civilization .
For our warm up we read sections 10.6 through 10.8.
In class we worked in partners to examine the placards around the room and write about them.
Some of the topics were:
- Calligraphy
- Geography and Navigation
- Irrigation
- Literature
- Math
- Medicine
- Music
- Polo
- Zoology

For First and Fifth periods the homework was to answer all f the essential questions.
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