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Strand B: Understanding Social Construction
How views of equity are shaped by belief, written rules and power; the museum maps three lessons (B1.4, B1.5, B2.1).
- When belief shapes a view of fairness How a belief system can shape what people think they owe one another, and what they decide to do about it (B1.4). Reflection × 2
- Written rules and what people make of them How a pact or a resolution sets out what is fair, and how such a text can shape the way people see an issue (B1.5). Story × 2
- Who held power, and who did not How power and privilege worked in a society that held slaves, seen through one man's story and the jurists' rules (B2.1). StoryReflection
Strand C: Addressing Equity and Social Justice Issues
Current issues, individuals and religious leaders in the struggle for equity; the museum maps two lessons (C1.2, C2.2, C2.3).
- A current issue in Canada: Islamophobia A United Nations day set aside to combat Islamophobia, and what a commemoration can do (C1.2). Story
- A caliph who returned unjustly taken property One caliph's recorded acts on property and the jizya, and the questions they raise about circumstances, personal qualities and religious leadership (C2.2, C2.3). Story
Strand D: Personal and Social Action
Strategies, careers and action for equity; the museum maps two lessons (D1.4, D2.1, D2.2).
- Strategies against a wrong, and how well they worked Two strategies from the Islamic past, a public appeal answered by a pledge and the endowment, and the question of how to judge whether they worked (D1.4). StoryInvention
- An old office that watched over markets and the weak One historical office, the muhtasib, and what it asked of the person who held it (D2.1, D2.2). Careers