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Pilgrimage
to Mecca
A Group Activity
Religion: Islam
Purpose: to
envision and reinforce knowledge, through art work, the various activities Muslims pursue during
the hajj Cognitive
Skills: knowledge, comprehension, analysis
Learning Styles: active,
sensing, visual, sequential
Intelligences: visual-spatial,
interpersonal
Use: in
classroom For:
individuals, pairs or small groups (depending on how large the class
is) Estimated
time: 10 - 15 minutes (not including introductory presentation by
teacher) Materials
needed: art supplies (paper, colored pencils, markers, crayons);
tape, magnets, tacks, or stapler (to display drawings when done); handout
(optional) Note:
teacher can play Middle-Eastern music in background while students work
(to appeal to the musical intelligence) The
Activity:
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Teacher reviews
the various activities Muslims participate during the hajj (lecture
and/or video, discuss reading, etc.). Teacher might want to provide an
outline of the stages of the pilgrimage ritual for students to
reference while they work.
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Divide the class
into pairs or groups - however many the teacher determines will
relate to different activities pursued during the hajj that the
teacher wants students to focus on (and based on number of students in
the class). Distribute art materials (or have students bring in their
own).
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Assign each
group to concentrate on a different pilgrimage activity. Have students
spend up to10 minutes drawing their interpretation of what the
activity might look like in practice.
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When enough time
has passed, have students display their work for others to view. Have
students review the drawings and cooperate in putting them in order,
based on what they have learned about the sequence of hajj activities.
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Closure/debrief:
Teacher can review the results and discuss and correct any errors in
sequencing students may have made. If possible, staple the drawings in
order to a corkboard or the wall so they will be seen for several
weeks.
Web Resources:
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Explore the hajj
ritual in detail at http://hajj.al-islam.com/
Contains lots of multimedia resources that can be used by the teacher
for preparation in presenting lecture or handout or actually used in
the classroom for presentations to students.
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Links to other
sites on this topic at http://www.ummah.net/hajj/
Alternative
possibilities: any multifaceted sequential topic can be divided amongst groups of
students to draw the stages and then place them in order. Historical events,
scientific processes, the sequence of events in a story read in a
literature class...
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