ING Curriculum: Getting to Know American Muslims and Their Faith
Table of Contents
Introduction: Curriculum Standards, Relevant Themes and Lesson Topics
Lesson One: Introduction, Terminology, and Demographics
Lesson One Presentation Content: Muslim Greeting, Muslim, Islam, Muslim Population
Worldwide, Muslim Population: Arabs vs. Non Arabs, Diversity Among Muslims
Post-Presentation Questions: Analysis, Comprehension and Discussion Questions
Supplemental Film Content: Mos Def Takin’ it to the Streets 2010; Inside Islam; Islam
Empire of Faith; Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think; Paradise Found:
Discovering Islamic Art; Spring Movements; Skateistan: To Live and Skate in Kabul; Youssou
N’dour – I Bring What I love
Lesson Two: American Muslims
Lesson Two Presentation Content: Muslims in the U.S., History of Muslims in the U.S.,
American Muslims Today
Post-Presentation Questions: Analysis, Comprehension and Discussion Questions
Supplemental Film Content: Kareem Salama – A Land Called Paradise; The Narcicyst –
Hamdulilah’; Muhammad Legacy of a Prophet; Muslim Women Do That; Fordson: Faith,
Fasting, Football; All American Muslim; K’naan – Take a Minute; To Egypt: Abdalla Nassar’s
Address; IMAN Documentary; The Reminders – Outside My Window; Prince Among Slaves;
The Muslim Experience in Minnesota; Muhammad Ali Center; Keith Ellison – Riz Khan One
on One; Dr. Mehmet Oz, Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Tahera Ahmed – The
Calling; Bilal Ansari – The Calling; Eboo Patel – What’s Your Calling; Kareem Salama –
Generous Peace; 30 Mosques in 30 Days
Lesson Three: Beliefs and Practices
Lesson Three Presentation Content: Major Beliefs, One God, Monotheism, Angels, Prophets,
Prophets in the Qur’an, Muhammad, Abrahamic Holy Books, Qur’an, Prophetic Sayings
(Hadith/Sunnah), Afterlife, God’s Will, Spiritual Support for Muslims—Five Pillars of Islam,
Profession of Faith, Daily Prayers, Mosque, Required Donation, Fasting, Pilgrimage to Mecca,
Ka’bah, Muslim Holidays, Belief in Action, Excellence in Character and All Actions, The Golden
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Post-Presentation Questions: Analysis, Comprehension and Discussion Questions
Supplemental Film Content: Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet; Decoding the Past: Secrets of
the Qur’an; Koran by Heart; 30 Mosques in 30 Days; Humanitarian Day; Dairy Queen Owner
Gives Back to His Community; American Ramadan; Inside Mecca; Journey to Mecca: In the
Footsteps of Ibn Battuta; President Obama Speaks Before Ramadan Celebration Dinner; Healing
Our Community (Ummah Community Clinic); IMAN Documentary; Execution Chronicles: A
Film About Crime Punishment and Forgiveness; Faith Short 2010 Runner Up: Let Us Show
You How Faith Inspires Us
Lesson Four: Addressing Common Misconceptions
Lesson Four Presentation Content: Moderation in Religion, Gender Equity, Muslim Ideals
Post-Presentation Questions: Analysis, Comprehension and Discussion Questions
Supplemental Film Content: Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet; President Barack Obama:
Ramadan Iftar and the 10th Anniversary of 9/11; Allah Made Me Funny; Inside Islam: What A
Billion Muslims Really Think; Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People; 100 Questions
About Islam; The TE’A Project: Headscarf; Asmaa Mahfouz & the Youtube Video that Helped
Spark the Egyptian Uprising
Lesson Five: Commonalities with Other Faiths
Lesson Five Presentation Content: Islam and Religious Pluralism, Relations with Other
Religions, Islam and Judaism: Moses in the Qur’an, Islam and Christianity: Mary and Jesus in
the Qur’an, Abrahamic Traditions: Shared Beliefs and Practices, Shared Practices Among
Religions, Shared Values Among Religions, Conclusion
Post-Presentation Questions: Analysis, Comprehension and Discussion Questions
Supplemental Film Content: Freemont U.S.A.; The Calling; Three Faiths, One God: Judaism,
Christianity, Islam; Out of Cordoba; Rocky Dawuni – Jerusalem; With One Voice; The Asian &
Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America; God in America: How Religious Liberty
Shaped America; Faith Short 2010 runner up: Let Us Show You How Faith Inspires Us; The
Calling – How Can Diversity Strengthen Service; A History of God; Ibrahim Abdul Matin:
Environmentalism Can Bring Different Religions Closer; ING Interfaith Speakers Bureau –
American Muslims Engaged in Interfaith Action
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