Bartak, Mira and Christine Ronan.
North Africa: Morocco
. Glenview, Ill.: Good Year Books, l997. Stencils, folktales and art ideas.
Billings, Melissa.
Mosaics, Art and Music from Around the World
. North Billerica, MA:Curriculum Assoc., l993. Part of a series of instructional books for children, this one contains information about Iran, history, Persian carpets.
Dunn, John.
The Spread of Islam
. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, l996. A comprehensive history, for children and also informative for the teacher.
George, Linda.
The Golden Age of Islam
. New York: Marshall Cavendish, l997. Part of a series, Cultures of the Past, historical background of the characteristics of Islamic art.
Kasser, Carol and Ann Silverman.
Stories We Brought With Us
. New York: Pearson, 2002. Folktales, ESOL, easy reading.
Price, Christine.
The Story of Moslem Art
. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.1964Historical information , discusses influences of other cultures of Islamic art, advanced reading level.
Sarre, Friedrich and Hermann Trenkwald.
Oriental Carpet Designs
. New York: Dover Publications Inc., l979. Contains 47 full-color plates representing Persia, India, Turkey.
Seidelman, James and Grace Mintonye.
Creating Mosaics
. New York: Crowell-Collier Press, l967. Guide to making mosaics.
Notes
1 Cleveland, William.
A History of the Modern Middle East
. Boulder, Colorada: Westview Press, l994.
2 Ibid.
3 Price, Christine.
The Story of Moslem Art
. New York; E. P. Dutton, l964.
4 Ibid, l2.
5 Ibid., 13.
6 Bloom, Dwila.
Multicultural Art Activities
. NY: The Center for Applied Research in Education, l994, 57.
7Falk, Toby.
Treasures of Islam
. London: Chambers, l98m5, l8
8Sachedina, Abdulazizl.
What Is Islam?
The World & I, September l997.
9Ibid.
10Ibid., 132.
11Bloom, 57.
12Ibid., 66.
13Ibid.,72.
14Falk, l8,l9.
15Ibid., 33
16Ibid.
17 George, Linda.
The Golden Age of Islam
. NY: Marshal Cavendish, l997, 61.
18 Ibid.
19 Bloom, 58.
20 Ibid, 80.
21 Billings, Melissa.
Mosaics, Art and Music from Around the World
. North Billerica, MA:Curriculum Assoc., l993, 43.
22 Billings, 43 and Bloom, 94.
23 Falk, 318-319.
24 Bloom, 93.
25 Falk, 248-251.
26 Ibid., 263.
27 This is the current Grade 7 Social Studies Standard for Diversity used by the New Haven Public School System. Only those parts that apply to this unit are listed.
28 This is the current Grade 7 Social Studies Standard for Geography used by the New Haven Public School System. Only those parts that apply to this unit are listed.
29 This is the current Grade 7 Social Studies Standard for History used by the New Haven Public School System. Only those parts that apply to this unit are listed.
30 This is the current Grade 7 Language Arts, Listening Standard used by the New Haven Public School System. Only those parts that apply to this unit are listed.
