Volume 1  Unit 1:

Teacher’s Module

 The Throne of Allah through Prophet Adam

 

Objectives: Learn about what was before creation, the scientists of today and the Big Bang, The Order of Creation, the species before Adam, Binn and Jinn, Adam’s creation, the spread of his progeny through archaeological digs and what this means for the Theory of Evolution, why most historians leave a gap of 30,000 years between the Neanderthals and the Sumerians,  Pre-flood and Post- flood mounds and pyramids

 

Key Questions:

What does this mean to us today?  Why?  What were the scientists’ conclusions about the Big Bang? Were the species before Adam human? Where did music begin? Why are some of the pyramids under water? Who were the mound builders of America?  Why were many mounds of America destroyed by the Europeans?

 

Vocabulary: Prehistory, Migrate, Opaque, Carbon dating, Neolithic

 

Articles: https://www.space.com/13320-big-bang-universe-10-steps-explainer.html

https://www.livescience.com/first-north-americans-30000-years-ago.html

 

Activities:

A blank map and show migration routes of Adam’s descendants according to the digs in Unit 1.

Have them make up a lesson plan for what they would like to teach from this unit.

 

Syllabus Term Goals Grade 6 World Cultures:

School’s Syllabus topics and dates in bold are followed by corresponding pages and information to be incorporated from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Sat, Sep 12, 2020: Creation vs. science response:  In the beginning there was Allah and nothing else: Big Bang, page 22, and order of creation, page 26.

Tues, Sep 15, 2020: Who, what, where, when?: Pages 41-45: These are the earliest digs from around the world, from 14,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE, found after Prophet Adam and his wife, Hawa, had their many sets of twins to begin human life on this earth and one of his blessed sons Prophet Sheeth received his fifty scrolls.

Tues Sep 22, 2020: Tribe name:  Pages 31, 32, and 37: Prophet Adam was created from the various colors and textures of the soils of the earth, red, yellow, white, black, and brown.   Some soil was clean and some was not…therefore some of his children were clean and some were not… They became many tribes…

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere Syllabus states:

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Course Description

    The first semester materials will cover geography, history and culture of the Eastern Hemisphere. Grade 7 Social Studies is a diverse course covering geography and how it shaped both past and contemporary societies. We will study physical, cultural and historical aspects of these societies.

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Pre-flood:

Prophet Sheeth, 14000 BCE to 9000 BCE, son of Prophet Adam:

Pages 41-42: In the time between Prophet Sheeth and Prophet Idris, 7000 BCE to 6000 BCE, around 10000 BCE, scientists found the oldest domesticated wheat  again in Southern Turkey. What was fascinating to them was that before this date the rachis, a part of the stem which holds the wheat seeds in place changed around this time from one that dissolved on its own to one that stayed in place until man could harvest it. Also, farming and shepherding, and domesticated animals began for the human race. Page 50: Dated 8000 BCE two mounds were discovered in this same area called Catal Hoyuk, which covered 34 acres, had 18 different occupancy levels to it, and could hold anywhere from 3,000 to 8,000 people, and another mound was found in this area and time which was a paint workshop.

Pages 43-44: Also, a site called Gobekli Tepe, dated by modern day archaeologists as 9500 BCE in Turkey, was uncovered.  Its sleek pillars, and distinct figures of artistic perfection amazed all who saw them.  Every one hundred years an elaborate site would be buried and another would be put on top of it, this going on for 1500 years.  There are twenty buried sites all together, all built by skilled, trained workmen.

Page 41: A human habitation, the Berelikh site, was unearthed in Siberia, Russia dated 11000 BCE, and the Joman culture of Japan, dated 10500 BCE, was discovered complete with delicate pottery and shell mounds dated 8000 BCE. In Okinawa Japan an underwater city, Yonaguni,  dated 8000 BCE was found with flat-topped pyramids and turtle carvings.  The Joman DNA was found in tribes in Central and South America.

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 1  Unit 2

Teacher’s Module

Nuh, his sons and the Great Flood

 

Objectives: Learn how the Qur’an tells of the Great Flood and how Nuh and his children inherited the earth, see how idol worship began on earth, how Sam, Ham, and Japheth repopulated the earth, proof of the flood with digs in Ur, Iraq, how the Qur’an’s description of water from above and below matches the scientific findings, how there were flood stories in over 300 countries, and how whale remains found their way to Michigan.

 

 

Key Questions:

Was it a world-wide flood?  How did the same idols worshipped by Nuh’s people end up in Arabia? Is there scientific proof of a great flood and repopulation? Is the Quran the final proof?

 

Vocabulary: Cuneiform, Universal, Shrine, Polytheism, Bitumen

 

Articles:

https://earthage.org/scientific-evidence-for-a-worldwide-flood/

https://www.penn.museum/about/press-room/press-releases/372-ur-skeleton-rediscovered

 

Activities:

Write an acrostic poem with the words: Great Flood

Have a student start a story about Nuh with one line and then hand this to the next student and he or she adds a line and passes it on.

 

Quiz Questions for Nuh (a.s.)

 

1. How many years did Nuh (a.s.) spend telling his people to believe in Allah (SWT)? After such a long time, how many followers did he have?

2. What was the attitude of the people toward Nuh (a.s.). What did the people say and do to him?

3. Allah commanded Nuh to build something strange in the desert. What was it?

4. Who traveled with Nuh (a.s.)? Who stayed behind and drowned?

5. Name the mountain where they landed. What country is that mountain in?

6. The people who re-established human life on earth were the descendants of Nuh and his sons.

Name one prophet who descended from Sam, the son of Nuh (a.s.)

1. What is the meaning of the expression, “The Quran is our compass”?

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere Syllabus states:

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Course Description

    The first semester materials will cover geography, history and culture of the Eastern Hemisphere. Grade 7 Social Studies is a diverse course covering geography and how it shaped both past and contemporary societies. We will study physical, cultural and historical aspects of these societies.

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Pre-flood:

Prophet Nuh, 6000 BCE to 4000 BCE:

Pages 59-69: There is much evidence of a world-wide flood with most countries in the world having a flood story in their heritage stories.

Page 55: Lineage from Prophet Idris:  Idris to Methuselah to Lamech to Nuh

Page 56: How did idol worship come to Mesopotamia, pre-flood? Between Idris and Nuh five righteous men lived and died, Shaytan whispered to the people to make sand statues and then stone statues to be reminded of their goodness, but the next generations after them forgot who they were and began worshipping the statues instead. Nuh was the first messenger sent against shirk. 

Page 60-61: First skull of Tsunami victim found and dated around 4000 BCE on island north of Australia; Black Sea was once a fresh water lake, but was flooded by a huge wall of water around 5000 BCE; dig in Ur found a 8-foot band of perfectly clean clay laid down by a massive flood around Nuh’s time and it went for 400 miles; there are fossils of ocean whales in Michigan, Vermont, Montreal, and pancake layers of sedimentary strata, different animal skeletons stacked one on another in mountains leading to the conclusion of a world-side flood.

 

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Volume 1  Unit 3:

Teacher’s Module

Post-Flood Ad and Thamud of Arabia

 

 

Objectives: Learn how Sam, son of Nuh went south and his descendants were Prophet Hud of Aad and Prophet Saleh of Thamud, how they were very tall and strong, the first Arabs, the first to do idol worship post-flood, the first to build palaces in the solid mountains, the story of the she-camel of Thamud, and scientific proof of their lost civilizations called “The Atlantis of the Sands”.

 

Key Questions:

Why did they turn to idol worship?  How did they carve so elegantly into rock? Why did they rise and fall so quickly? Where is the proof of them in Arabia?

 

Vocabulary: Dwellings, Tyrant, Brandishing, Extravagant, Taunt

 

Articles: https://miningthemadness.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/the-quranic-tribes-of-aad-and-thamud-a-historical-perspective/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Thamud

 

 

Activities:

Have them choose characters and do a play from the story of Mahih of Aad in Unit 3.

Have them make a list of why these tribes may have been destroyed

Syllabus Term Goals Grade 6 World Cultures:

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School’s Syllabus topics and dates in bold are followed by corresponding pages and information to be incorporated from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Thurs Sep 24, 2020: Native American mini project:  Page 51: Poverty Point and around the world. This was all happening in America at the time of Prophet Hud of Aad in Yemen, a tribe of the tallest, strongest men ever created and the first pure Arabs, 3500 BCE and Prophet Salih of Thamud, also tall and strong, and carvers of palaces in the sheer rock of the mountains, 2500 BCE, the prophets after the Great Flood of Nuh

 

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Pages 174-176: As Hud of Aad was exhorting his tribe of giants in Yemen to turn to their Lord, something happened around 3000 BCE, 5000 years ago, that, in 1991, turned the scientific community on its ear.  In 1991 two hikers in the Alps found a frozen body in a mountain stream.  It turned out to be a perfectly preserved mummy of a man of his time.  They were amazed at what they found…

Pages 51 & 178: Also in the time of Prophet Hud, around 3200 BCE, there was a massive mound built in a place called Newgrange in Ireland. Called a passage tomb for its many passages found, the mound covering a full one acre, is also surrounded by 35 smaller mounds, and there is a special window that is flooded with light on the winter solstice.

 

 

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Volume 1  Unit 4:

Teacher’s Module

Prophet Ibrahim 2000 BCE

 

Objectives: Learn about Ibrahim, Sarah, Hagar and their place in Islamic history, the four periods of civilization post-flood, the cities of Ur, Harran, and Nimrod’s Babylon, Ibrahim’s place in Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, and the history of Mecca and Hajj.

 

Key Questions:

How do the four post-flood periods tell the story of Nuh to Saleh? How does Ibrahim’s time coincide with the Olmecs of Central America and the Mound Builders of America? How did his age and commitment in a city of idols make him a friend of Allah? What was his family’s part in the history of Mecca and the rituals of Hajj?

 

Vocabulary: Jurham, Progeny, Ihram, Semites, Chaos

 

Articles: https://www.islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/1961-yusuf-estes-exposes-bibles-bakkah#comment-7621

https://allmesopotamia.wordpress.com/tag/city-of-babylon/

 

Activities:

Have them trace Ibrahim’s journeys on a map of the Middle East

Have them write an article for a magazine making Ibrahim the “Person of the Year”

 

 

Sample Quiz:

Section 7: The Pre-Dynastic Pharaohs of Egypt

1. Which prophet had lived in Egypt around 7000 BC? Which son of Nuh had settled there?

2. What kind of knowledge did the Egyptian people have? What was their writing system called?

3. What was the name of the lord of the dead in ancient Egypt?

4. How did the kings keep their power in ancient Egypt?

5. Which king united upper and lower Egypt?

Section 8: Ibrahim, Sarah and their Journey to Egypt

1. What is a drought? Why does it cause famine?

2. The king of Egypt was an oppressive dictator. Does that mean he was nice or cruel to his people?

3. Why did Ibrahim lie to the king, telling him Sarah was his sister?

4. What happened when the king tried to touch Sarah?

5. The king gave Sarah a slave girl as a gift. What was her name?

Section 9:  Ibrahim Marries Hagar

1. Where did Ibrahim and his family travel to next?

2. What was missing from their family?

3. How did they solve the problem?

4. What was the name of the child of Hagar and Ibrahim?

5. Allah commanded Ibrahim to take Hagar and Ismail away from Sarah. Where did they go?

6. How did they survive in a barren desert?

7. Which angel came and helped them?

8. How did the water of ZamZam help people to settle in Mecca?

Section 10: Conclusion

1. Ibrahim and Sarah finally had a son in their old age. Who was he?

2. Ibrahim is called the father of three major religions. Which ones?

3. Which prophet named us as Muslims in the Quran? What verse and surah?

4. Ibrahim is mentioned _________ times in the Quran. What are some of his outstanding qualities?

5. In which part of our namaz do we mention Ibrahim daily?

 

 

School’s Syllabus topics and dates in bold are followed by corresponding pages and information to be incorporated from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Mon Nov 23, 2020: Maya Reading Check Q:  Page 260 also mentions shards of pottery from Central America taken to experts in China. On observation, the experts asked what area of China they were found in. They were dumbfounded when they were told “Central America”.  The fascinating chain of the word “ox” is also illuminated here, with a connection from China to the Amazon to Semitic Hebrew.

 

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Page 101: Ur, believed to be the birthplace of Ibrahim by most, and its surrounding area grew to a size of 80,000 around 2000 BCE. 

Page 108: When he spoke the truth to these idol worshippers, they built a great fire so hot they couldn’t get near enough to throw Prophet Ibrahim in, so they built a catapult and tossed this young boy into it.  It became cool for him.

Page 109: He went against the tyrant of his day from the long line of Nimrods of Babylon, and he won.

Page 115: He was in between the Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt

Page 116: He married Hagar, bringing us Prophet Ismail, the Hajj rituals, ZamZam, the most grueling of sacrifices, and the building of the Kaaba.

 

 

 

 

Volume 1  Unit 5

Teacher’s Module

Prophet Lut and Sodom and Gomorrah

 

Objectives: Learn the history of Sodom, learn about Lut and his prophethood, learn how the Qur’an speaks of Lut’s people, learn how it is relevant today, learn about their complete destruction and the scientific proof of this.

 

Key Questions:

Who was Lut?  How did his people disobey him? What is the history of the Dead Sea area? How can we benefit today from the truth of this unit?

 

Vocabulary: Mocking, Corrupt, Deviation, Brimstones, Apocalyptic

 

 

Articles: https://www.islamicity.org/79882/6-lessons-in-morality-from-prophet-lut-pbuh/

https://biblearchaeology.org/research/patriarchal-era/2364-the-discovery-of-the-sin-cities-of-sodom-and-gomorrah

 

 

Activities:

Watch an Islamic lecture on the truth of homosexuality

Make a list of the long-term ramifications of this deviation (population growth, etc.)

 

 

Although this sin has been around since before that era, here is a short timeline of how it progressed in modern days.

The first step downward: 

1924: First gay rights organization in U.S. is begun.

Their true colors shown:

1938: Homosexual prisoners in a concentration camp in Germany are given pink triangles to wear.

1948: Kinsey writes a book saying that male sexual behavior is between homosexual and heterosexual, the first step to normalization in society.

1950: The first large gay rights organization in the U.S. is established.

The truth, but no one is listening, and they push on with their own agenda:

1952: The American Psychiatric Association lists homosexuality as a mental disorder. One, Inc. is published as the first pro-gay magazine in the US. George Jorgensen travels to Denmark to become Christine Jorgensen.

1955: The first pre-lesbian magazine in published.

Another breath of truth:

1953: Eisenhower bans gays from federal jobs, and this ban lasts for 20 years.

The courts of “justice” side with the one who is erring.

1958: One, Inc. wins a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service which declared their magazine “obscene” in 1954 and refused to deliver it.

1961: Illinois does away with sodomy laws. California airs a documentary about homosexuality.

Modern terms for the same deviancy.

1965: An author of a book coins the phrase “transgender.”

Many steps to destruction:

1966: A reversal happens of the anti-gay liquor laws. Previously, they could not be served in a bar.

1969: Riots happen in support of homosexuals over a police raid of a gay bar.

1970: The first gay pride march happens in the U.S.

1974: The first openly gay person is elected to the Ann Arbor City Council.

1977: Renee Richards is allowed as a transgender woman to play in the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament.

1978: The first openly gay mayor of San Francisco is Harvey Milk.

1979: 100,000 people march on Washington for lesbian and gay rights.

Some consequences of bringing this out into the open:

1980s-1990s: HIV and AIDs sweep the world. 70 million are infected and 35 million die.

Our government gets involved in allowing this to spread:

1992: District of Columbia begins registering same sex domestic couples.

1993: Not able to get support for lifting the ban on gays in the military, President Clinton puts into place Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, meaning gays can serve, but not openly.

1994: New anti-hate crime legislation is enacted in the U.S.

The government tries:

1996: The Defense of Marriage Act says no federal benefits for gay couples and states that people did not need to recognize same sex marriages from other states.

The saddest deviancy of all:

1997: First gay Muslim rights organization is begun, Al-Fatiha Foundation.

Yet another breath of truth:

1998: Hawaii bans same sex marriages.

A point of no return around the world as numbers increase:

2002: Aswat is a gay women Palestinian rights group working out of Israel.

2004: The first legal gay marriage is performed in the U.S. Helem is the first LGBT organization in an Arab country.

2007: My Kali, is the first gay magazine in Jordan.

2010: The Senate votes to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, opening the door for gays in the military openly.

2011: Obama declares the “Defense of Marriage Act,” affirming that marriage is between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional, opening the door for same-sex marriage. “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is repealed. Girl Scouts accept their first transgender girl scout. Nine million Americans identify as LGBT.

2012: Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay woman to capture a seat in the Senate. A survey of 85,000 gays in 28 European countries say that they keep their preferences a secret from those they know.

The government tries:

2014: A raid was done by police on a gay male bath house in Cairo.

The highest court in the land opens the door for this to spread:

2015: The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban same sex marriages, making gay marriage legal in the US. A documentary by an openly gay Muslim man is called “A Sinner in Makkah.” There is a Gay Pride march in Turkey.

2016: The U.S. lifts the ban of transgenders serving in government. The first openly gay secretary of a U.S. military branch is appointed.

A deep wound for the cause of the Ummah:

2016: Muslim countries that have legalized homosexuality, but where it is still very difficult to live: Indonesia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Albania, Mali, Niger, Azerbaijan.

An American institution gives in:

2017: The Boy Scouts lift their ban against openly gay leaders and employees. They reverse the ban on admitting transgender boys.

Two lies and one truth:

2018: The first gay and trans pride parade happens in Pakistan, and there is a recognition of a “3rd sex” in Bangladesh. Trump bans most transgender individuals from military service.

One might ask, why do they hide it?

2019: 83% of homosexuals worldwide hide this from the people they know. It is called the “global closet.” Same sex marriages are legal in 28 countries. 43 countries only provide protection from hate crimes, and same sex activity is criminalized in 72 countries.

Another stab to the heart of the Ummah:

2020: Top 5 Arab/Muslim countries that are friendly to homosexuality: Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon, and Tunisia. There are gay Imams doing same sex unions for gay Muslims in France, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and the U.S.

2020: A Qatari government official reassures homosexuals that they will be welcome at the 2022 World Cup. New sex education in kindergarten is to teach kids to choose their own gender.

The altered norm:

2021: President Biden overturns the ban on transgenders in the military. The first transgender is given a position in the Health and Human Services on the Biden administration.

 

 

 

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Volume 1  Unit 6

Teacher’s Module

Stonehenge, the Indus Valley, and China 3,300 to 1700 BCE

 

Objectives: Learn not to glorify Stonehenge but to put it into Prophetic historical perspective, watch the flow of civilizations post-flood from Ur to Egypt (Ham), to the Indus Valley, to China (Japheth). Learn about these complex and amazing civilizations.

 

Key Questions:

Was Stonehenge part of the rampant idol worship begun by Ad 3,500 BCE and Ibrahim 2,000 BCE? How did the Indus Valley, 5 million strong, complete with complex water and sewer systems simply disappear into the dust? What happened to the flourishing Yellow River Civilization? How did later Hinduism birth Buddhism in this area?

 

 

Vocabulary: Repressive, Shamans, Sedimentary, Scripts, Lock system

 

Articles: https://www.worldhistory.org/Indus_Valley_Civilization/

https://www.chinahighlights.com/yellowriver/civilization.htm

 

 

Activities:

Have them research these two civilizations and draw them on a blank world map, complete with their cities and what countries are currently there.

Have them make flash cards of the rise and fall of them both.

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Page 140: As the ark rested on Mount Judi, the new post-flood civilization spread from the time of Prophet Nuh to the land of Mesopotamia 4000 BCE (the time just before the Sumerians),  to the time of Prophet Hud and Saleh, Egypt 3500 BCE to the Indus Valley 3300 BCE to China 3000 BCE.   The Indus Valley Civilization had a population of 5 million, with a very sophisticated water and sewer system, docks for trading vessels, the means of very precise measurements, dice, dolls, pull toys, frisbee discs, 3500 scripts of their language, and longboats, the design of which is still in use today, and a thriving dentistry trade.  An interesting note for India, page 48 shows that in the Gulf of Cambay pyramids, carved bull heads, and lion statues were found underwater there dated 7000 BCE.

China and the Yellow River Civilization also had ornate pottery, painted tortoise shells, and the pyramids built were very much like the ziggurats of the Sumerians. The Shang Dynasty of 1766 could have been the Chinese who sailed to Central America to mix with the West Africans to make the Olmecs.

 

Page 139: Stonehenge was begun around the time of Prophet Hud, 3500 BCE, but the second stage was begun around 2000 BCE, and by this time there were metal tools used, most likely brought by traders over the Alps. As the stones for construction were found 150 miles away, they used log boats over the water to get them close and then stinging nettle ropes and wooden sleds with log tracts underneath to complete the journey.

 

Grade 7 Social Studies

 

Quiz #1                                                               Name

 

Match the son of Nuh to the areas he went to   (3 pt.)

1. Sam                      Africa (and on to Americas)

2. Ham                  Turkey, China, Rome, Asia & Europe

3. Japheth              Arabia, Iraq, Persia, Middle East

4. Indus Valley culture flourished in what is now parts of

a. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India   b. China, Russia & Mongolia      c. Persia, Iraq and Syria

 

5. The cities of the Indus Valley, which were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro -were:

a. Small groups of farmers  b. Well planned    c. Very Primitive

 

6. The Indus Valley culture specialized in:

a. Livestock herding and farming  b. Gold Mining c. Trade and Metalworking

 

7. Descendants of Nuh settled further east along the Yellow River, developed the _____ culture

a. Anatolian   b. Shang    c. Egyptian

 

8. Hammurabi was descended from

a. Hud son of Sam   b. Ashur Son of Sam  c. directly from Adam

 

9.Hammurabi was a ruler of Sumeria, of the city of Babylon, in Mesopotamia. He developed a famous _______ which seemed rather Islamic

a. Code of Law  b. huge army  c. complicated system of water and sewers 

 

10. Farmers had settled in Indochina by about

a. 1000 CE    b. 1700 BCE     c. 5000 BCE

 

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Volume 1  Unit 7

Teacher’s Module

Ibrahim’s sons, Ismail and Ishaaq, and Hammurabi

 

Objectives: Learn about gentle Ismail, his connection to ZamZam, the Kaaba, our Prophet (P), his sacrifice, his mention on the Ebla Tablets of Syria. Learn about his brother Ishaaq and the fourteen Prophets from his lineage. Learn about Hammurabi, his time, and his prophetic “code of laws”.

 

Key Questions:

Where would history be without these brothers and their contributions? How is Ismail connected to the Hajj rituals? What are the Ebla Tablets and how is Islam connected to them? Where did Hammurabi get his “code of laws”?

 

Vocabulary: Illumination, Revive, Offspring, Genealogical, Barren

 

Articles: https://rsc.byu.edu/reflections-mormonism/ebla-tablets-abraham-tradition

https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Compare-And-Contrast-The-Hammurabi-Code-And-PCZPC4MA2R

 

 

Activities:

Make a family tree of Ishaaq and the fourteen Prophets descended from him.

Make a comic book of the sacrifice of Ismail

 

Grade 7 – Eastern Hemisphere – Some foundational history to build on from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

Prophet Ibrahim, 2000 BCE and Prophet Ismail, 1900 BCE:

Page 158: The family tree of the prophetic line of Ibrahim shows names and dates all the way to Prophet Isa, 1 CE.

Page 160-161: This was also the time of Hammurabi and the Code of Laws, which seems to be a prophetic remnant of earlier laws given.

 

II   Short Answer: Answer each question in complete sentences. Use your own words. 

1. Who was Hammurabi? What was his greatest accomplishment?

2. Which ancient culture used cuneiform writing.

3. What are hieroglyphics? Which ancient culture used them?

4. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?

5. What does a scribe do? Why was this job important in ancient times?

6. How did Allah (SWT) destroy the people of Nuh?

7. How did Nuh and his believers escape the punishment?

8. How did Ibrahim’s people try to punish him for destroying their idols? Were they successful? Describe what happened.

9. How did Ibrahim challenge King Nimrud?

10. Ibrahim visited the people of Harappa. What did they worship and how did he try teach them about Allah (SWT)?

11. Who was Ibrahim’s (as) first born son?

12. Ibrahim’s first born son faced one test with his mother and one test with his father. Describe these tests.

13. Why did people come to settle in the valley of Bakka (Makkah)?

14. Name one rite of Hajj that we do to honor Ibrahim and his family.

15. Name three prophets who are descendants of Ibrahim’s second son.

16. Which three modern countries used to be called Ash Sham?

17. What was the biggest sin of the people of Sodom?

18. How did Allah destroy the people of Sodom?

19. In the story, The Tree that Binds, how did Bilal’s attitude change after his dream?

20. In the story Dagootha’s Narrative, who is the main character?

21. Where were the ancient cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa located?

22. What was the main religion of the people in that area around 3000 BCE?

23. What religion was popular in the area that is now called Taxila around 500 BCE?

24. What do the archeologists think was the purpose of the Stonehenge monument in England?

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Volume 1 Unit 8

Teacher’s Module

Yaqoob, Yusuf, and Mosaic 5,000-1,000 BCE

 

Objectives: Learn about Yaqoob and the 12 tribes, about the masjid he built, later to be the masjid of Suleiman and later Al-Aqsa. Learn about Yusuf’s trials and his becoming the Vizier of the Famine. Learn how the 12 tribes flourished in the Egyptian Delta, how a voice cried out from the grave during the famine, learn of the movement of ancient people from Ur to Turkey, to Crete, to the Alps, to Great Britain, to Peru.

 

Key Questions:

What do the 12 tribes of Israel have to do with the occupied territories of Palestine today? Are these really Bani Israel? What qualities would it take to be a Vizier of a Famine? How did people get to Peru in 13,000 BCE ?Was there intercontinental sailing from the beginning? How did Japanese DNA get to Central and South America?

 

Vocabulary: Intrigue, Genesis, Redemption, Dialect, Bartering

 

Articles: https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-12-50-and-work/joseph-genesis-372-5026/josephs-successful-management-of-the-food-crisis-genesis-4146-57-4713-26/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/peru-mummy-woman-ancient-civilization

 

Activities: Have them write a news article for the local news about Yusuf, the Vizier of the Famine

Have them make a list of the qualities of Yaqoob’s patience using the first letter of their last name

Prophets Yaqoob, 1700 BCE and Yusuf, 1600 BCE (also the time of Shu’aib of Midian, Ayub of Sham, and Dhul Kifl of Syria)

Page 160-161: This was also the time of Hammurabi and the Code of Laws, which seems to be a prophetic remnant of earlier laws given.

Page 163: Yaqoob marked the spot for the later temple of Suleiman after he had a dream on the land. His twelve children were called Bani Israel.

Page 171: An exact quote from a slab taken from a grave of a woman in Yemen who fell victim to the famine of Yusuf’s time shows the desperation many felt.

 Page 166: The king over Yusuf was one from a long line of Arab shepherd kings of Egypt from the land of Canaan.

Prophet Suleiman, 975 BCE:

 

A Woven Truth’s input regarding the blessed way that a leader of government should run the affairs for his people:

Page 167 Volume 1: Prophet Yusuf 1600 BCE – Vizier of the Famine

His titles: Yusuf Nafees or strong in preserving and Yusuf Akeem or possessing knowledge

His traits: Fair and just, so much so that one thought they were his only care at the moment. Patient and benevolent to be a Muslim and live and work with idol worshippers. Forgiving as he forgave all of his brothers for their tossing him into a well.

His skills to handle the famine of Egypt: economics, strategy, record keeping, knowledge of payroll, knowledge of land ownership, knowledge of transportation routes, knowledge of storage on a massive scale, knowledge of all dialects and cultures around him, negotiation skills, clear legislation, and ease of communication. That’s how you govern.

 

School’s Syllabus topics and dates in bold are followed by corresponding pages and information to be incorporated from A Woven Truth Volume 1.

179 & 50: In South America there is a site called Huaca Prieta in Peru dated 13,000 BCE, the Norte Chico Civilization dated 9210 BCE and the Chavin Culture dated 2000 BCE, spanning the time, pre-flood and post-flood, of Prophets Adam, Sheeth, Idris, who was the first to be given writing, Nuh, who called his people for 950 years before the flood, and Ibrahim, father of the three Abrahamic faiths. Page 180 shows that pyramids in Peru were built around 3000 BCE, around or before the Step Pyramid of Saqqara in Egypt, and around the time of Prophet Hud.

Mon Nov 23, 2020: Maya Reading Check Q:  Page 260 also mentions shards of pottery from Central America taken to experts in China. On observation, the experts asked what area of China they were found in. They were dumbfounded when they were told “Central America”.  The fascinating chain of the word “ox” is also illuminated here, with a connection from China to the Amazon to Semitic Hebrew.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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