ASSIGNMENT #1 - 10 points(Due Friday,November 14)
How are Muslims trying to change their image and get Westerners to understand the religion of Islam better? Find out about "The 99" .... A Comic Book about Superheroes created by a Muslim/U.S. educated psychiatrist. Who are the "99" and what "powers" do they possess? Will these new "superheroes" succeed and be accepted? What can you learn about Islam from this approach(a Comic Book)?
View either of the Video News Reports
PBS Report on "The 99" or the ABC News Video below. Leave your comment on the Blog (by Friday, Nov 14 .)
ASSIGNMENT #2 - 50 points
(Turn this assignment in class on Monday, November 17)
- Choose 2 articles from the sites listed below and compare them
- Read 1 U.S./Western based article from the list below
- Read 1 Middle East based article from the list below
- Word Process/Type a comparative summary and response essay. Include the following your essay:
- Opening Paragraph with topic sentence. Include the following:
- Where the information came from
- When the articles were written
- For whom the articles were written
- 2nd Paragraph: Summarize the articles and discuss the following...
- What were the main ideas of each?
- Were the articles similar in any way? Different?
- For whom were the articles written and why?
- 3rd Paragraph: Write your response/reaction to what you read. Consider....
- Did the articles have a point of view? Did they want you to agree or disagree with what was written? Did the writer's have a biased point of view(POV)? Did the writers provoke you (make you angry? Cause you to think or react in some way based on what they wrote?) Did you learn anything about Islam? Its history? Culture?
