This course will give your young learner an introduction to the history and traditions of Islam.  

This class is structured as follows:

1)   There will be 5 weekly lecture videos per the course schedule detailed below.

2)  For each week, the student will be provided with a lecture guide to help focus them on the important aspects of each lecture.

3)  For each week, the student will have a short quiz (10 questions: short answer) that should be completed by the student while watching the lecture; this is to focus them on the important aspects of each lesson, and to aid in knowledge retention.  

4)  For each week, the completed quiz will be corrected by the professor with commentary and encouragement for the student.  

5)  For each week, the student will be asked to reflect on which aspects on the lecture and subjects covered interested them the most, and which they want to reflect more on with the professor through the classroom discussion board.  

Content Overview

A particular focus for this course will be ecological responsibility, the challenges facing Muslim communities, the 2015 Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change, and Islamic ecological initiatives in the world today.  

The approach for this course will be historical, descriptive, and secular; no personal opinions are offered, only the findings of secular academics will be taught.  This is because Religious Studies is a secular academic discipline not based in any religious tradition nor opposed to any.  It is history and culture, pure and simple. 

This class is prepared especially for young learners.   The material will be made approachable just for them.  For parents, the following is a (very) technical and detailed list of topics and terms for each week of the course.  The actual weekly lessons will be delivered so that young learners will easily find them informative and engaging.  I make the 'complex' simple to understand!