World History
Live Mecca Stream for Your Students During Ramadan
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream
If you are teaching this summer and want to give your students a live feed from Mecca during Ramadan (until July 17th), this is a nice stream. It has both the call to prayers and scenes around Mecca.
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Islam Chronology
Islam Chronology. A chronology of Islam, from 570 to 2001. Includes some source material, and articles on various historical periods. From the site: Muhammad was born into the trading society of Mecca in 570. He was a part of one of the dominant tribes,...
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Another Ramadan Live View
I know I just put up something similar a week or so ago, but this is a close up of the throngs of people in Mecca going through the month of Ramadan that I found on NPR. ...
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Live Feed Of The Kaaba During Ramadan
Here is a live feed of the Kaaba. If you have students this summer it is great to show them what the Hajj looks like during Ramadan. ...
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Ramandan Feed
Here is a live feed from Mecca in case you want to share it with your summer school students as we go through the Ramadan period. ...
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Recording Using Your Cell Phone
It used to be that we had our students get a video camera from the library to take movies for their projects. With Qik.com (yes it has been out a while), students can record (and even stream live) to the Qik site and instantly download it onto Youtube.com....
World History