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Introduction

Overview, objectives and contents standards

Lesson 1: Contributors to the environmental crisis

The first lesson demonstrates how human activities on a global scale increasingly and systematically lead to ecological destruction. Students will analyze their own roles within these systems and how some of our choices are unsustainable.

Lesson instructions

1.1 Worksheet: Contributors to the environmental crisis

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Lesson 2: What does the Qur’an say about the environment?

This lesson explores how the Qur’an speaks about the environment in three major themes: as a sign to reflect on, as something put in service of humankind for their benefit, and as a creation that humans are meant to care for and maintain. By the end of this lesson, students will derive three Qur’anic principles that can be applied to improve their own environmental ethics.

Lesson instructions

2.1 Worksheet: Stations - Exploring Qur’anic verses

2.2 Worksheet: Qur’anic verses on the environment

2.3 Worksheet: Fulfilling our responsibility

2.4 Homework: An analysis of stuff

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Lesson 3: Prophetic instruction and personal ethics

In the third and final lesson, students will explore the Prophetic principle of moderation. Students are encouraged to apply this prophetic principle to their own lifestyle by analyzing their own choices and how they impact the environment. By studying the lifestyle choices and teachings of the Prophet students will learn to cultivate Islamic ethical principles that inform an environmentally-responsible outlook.

Lesson instructions

3.1 Worksheet: Small choices, big impact

3.2 Homework: A call to action

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