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The story weaves together striking feature-film style re-enactments, vivid footage
of great Islamic architecture, scenes of Spain’s beautiful landscapes, and analysis
by world-class historians... |
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Zeina Zeina Azzam Seikaly
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University |
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The students liked the dramatic features of the film... It reinforced a lot of what they had learned and gave them more information. We were able to extend the discussion to how the Islamic scholars in Spain influenced the renaissance in Europe. |
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Arjunia Oakley
High School Teacher |
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At a time when ninety-nine percent
of the Christian people were wholly illiterate, the
Islamic city of Cordova had eight hundred public
schools, and there was not a village within the
limits of the empire where the blessings of
education could not be enjoyed by the children of
the most indigent peasant ... |
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S.P. Scott in
The History of the Islamic Empire in Europe |
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Islamic Spain, the Iberian Peninsula,
and the Reconquista are standard topics in world history,
world geography, and world cultures in middle and high
schools at the national and state levels.
UPF offers teachers the opportunity to enhance students'
understanding of Medieval Spain by offering them quality
resources.
UPF identified a team of educators to develop 13 lesson
plans for Cities of Light that meet specific national
teaching standards. This lesson packet aims to make use and
comprehension of the documentary film more productive in the
classroom. The lessons are also intended for elective
courses on world or comparative religions.
This website also provides other resources, such as commonly
used terminology of the period, related website links and
recommended readings. There is also a site map, to provide
additional reference material for you on Islamic Spain. |
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Cities of Light DVD for Social Studies
Teachers
If you are a social studies teacher, this is a unique
learning experience for your students…
The United States Institute of Peace
and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art are funding this special opportunity as part of a research
effort to explore students' understanding of tolerance and
pluralism through the lens of world history, using segments
of the Cities of
Light film.
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