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The Golden Age of Islam
Keynote Presentation
Requirements: As a group you will have to create a 5-10 slide Keynote presentation over the topic you
have been given above. The PowerPoint should include factual information, pictures, color, animations
and transitions. Audio and Video additions can also be helpful but are not required.
 Gather your information for this assignment from the reading packet over Islam (Pages 266, 272279, and 338-344). You and your group will NOT be required to present your Keynote to the class
however it will be handed in to me for a grade.
 You will be graded on your ability to work together as a group, the information presented in your
Keynote, and your use of pictures, color, and animations throughout your Keynote Presentation.
(This grade will count as one Test/Project grade.)
Include: Your Keynote should include, but is not limited to, the following information:
 Muslim Economy – International trade over land and sea (The Silk Road)
 Manufacturing and Agriculture – Goods produced and sold in Arabia
 Muslim Art – calligraphy and the lack of portraits
 Cities and Architecture – Influences, Baghdad, and The Dome of the Rock
 Arabic Literature – Influences of poetry and the Quran and tales that are still told today
 Arabic Philosophy – Influences, combination of religion and philosophy, the “Ideal Man”
 Mathematics – How they solve problems, Arabic numbers, and algebra
 Muslim Medicine – Hospitals, Muhammad al-Razi, and Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
The Golden Age of Islam
PowerPoint Presentation
Requirements: As a group you will have to create a 5-10 slide Keynote presentation over the topic you
have been given above. The PowerPoint should include factual information, pictures, color, animations
and transitions. Audio and Video additions can also be helpful but are not required.
 Gather your information for this assignment from the reading packet over Islam (Pages 266, 272279, and 338-344). You and your group will NOT be required to present your Keynote to the class
however it will be handed in to me for a grade.
 You will be graded on your ability to work together as a group, the information presented in your
Keynote, and your use of pictures, color, and animations throughout your Keynote Presentation.
(This grade will count as one Test/Project grade.)
Include: Your Keynote should include, but is not limited to, the following information:
 Muslim Economy – International trade over land and sea (The Silk Road)
 Manufacturing and Agriculture – Goods produced and sold in Arabia
 Muslim Art – calligraphy and the lack of portraits
 Cities and Architecture – Influences, Baghdad, and The Dome of the Rock
 Arabic Literature – Influences of poetry and the Quran and tales that are still told today
 Arabic Philosophy – Influences, combination of religion and philosophy, the “Ideal Man”
 Mathematics – How they solve problems, Arabic numbers, and algebra
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Muslim Medicine – Hospitals, Muhammad al-Razi, and Avicenna (Ibn Sina)