If you are planning a unit study on the Hajj, here are some activity ideas:
Math
- Memorize the Islamic months
- Compare hajj travel package prices. Find the best deal.
- Calculate/find the distance between your home and Makkah; between the stops of the hajj rituals.
Geography
- Make a hajj map
- Brochure/geography guide with descriptions/pictures of each ‘stop’ on hajj |(i.e. mount Arafat, Mina, etc)
- Be a Tour guide describing the sites of hajj in a mock hajj simulation
Application
- Hajj simulation
- Help plan/make suhoor and iftar for Dhul Hijjah 9 fasting. Make a grocery list of what will be needed. Help with the shopping.
- Take part/view a thabihah (slaughter/sacrifice)
Reading
- Read/listen to hajj stories
- Read the Prophet's Farewell Sermon
- Read about the virtues of the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah
- Read about the history of Hajj
Creative Writing
- Write a newspaper article about hajj
- How to make hajj paragraph/mini manual
- Make an illustrated hajj glossary
- Create a travel itinerary for hajj trip
- Interview someone who has made hajj
- Make a FAQ page w/answers
- Make a picture book or book for young readers about hajj
- Make Diary/journal entries for a pilgrim
- Write Hajj poems
- Write Hajj riddles/trivia questions
- Make a hajj photo album from online pictures (complete with captions)
- Make billboard collage/advertisement for hajj
- Make a hajj quiz/test
- Make a Hajj Jeopardy game
Oral Presentation
- Report "live" from the scene at one of the sites of hajj (audio/record)
Memorization
- Memorize/read hajj related ayaat or ahadith - See Suratul Hajj
- Memorize Duaa for breaking the fast.
- Learn the talbiyah (thikr for the Hajj)
