Journey Along the Silk Road

Curriculum Guides

By Karima Diane Alavi  - June, 2003

Books

Arts of the Islamic World: A Teacher’s Packet. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2002) (www.asia.si.edu)

The Crusades from European and Muslim Perspectives. Council on Islamic Education (www.cie.org)

Emergence of Renaissance: Cultural Interactions Between Europeans and Muslims. Douglass and Alavi, 2000.  (Council on Islamic Education, CA)  (www.cie.org)

Beyond a Thousand and One Nights: A Sampler of Literature from Muslim Civilization. Douglass, Susan. (Council on Islamic Education, CA)  (www.cie.org)

Doorways to Islamic Art. Godlas, Sylvia. AWAIR) 1997 (www.awaironline.org)

A Medieval Banquet in the Alhambra Palace. Shabass, Audrey. ( AWAIR) (www.awaironline.org)

Teaching About Islam and Muslims in the Public School Classroom. (Council on Islamic Education, CA) (www.cie.org)

Multicultural Math: A Teacher Resource Book for Middle and Upper School Grades. Vogt, Sharon. (Frank Schaffer Publications, CA) 1995.

Dover art books

Dover produces books of copyright free patterns for art projects. See them at: DoverPublications.com

Chinese Designs and Motifs. Dover Publications

Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople. Dover Publications

Persian Designs and Motifs. Dover Publications

Traditional Designs from India. Dover Publications

Multimedia

The Silk Road (CD), DNA Multimedia Corporation, c1995.