I am planning to go a different route with the social studies/history curriculum in the coming school year, InshaALLAH. I used a U.S. based social studies book and workbook last year and I would rather they learn about other cultures and parts of the world right now since we live here in Canada and are exposed to the Western world every day.

I am thinking of doing small unit studies with countries that have significant Muslim populations(and not so significant in a few cases).

Here is my possible list:

1.Saudi Arabia
2.Iraq
3.Somalia
4.India
5.Egypt
6.Morocco
7.Turkey
8.Afghanistan
9.Nigeria
10.Libya
11.Syria
12.Indonesia/Malaysia
13.Mali
14.The Gambia
15.Kenya
16.Bosnia
17.Yemen
18.Kurdistan
19.Chechnya
20.Pakistan
21.Palestine
22.Bangladesh
23.Sudan
24.West Indies
25.Mauritania
26.Algeria
27.Kazakhstan
28.Uganda
29.Tanzania
30.Philippines
31.Lebanon
32.Oman
33.U.A.E.
34.Peru
35.Spain
36.China (Uighur)
37.Australia
38.U.k.
39.Canada
40.U.S.

We will try to get to as many as possible, InshaALLAH.

Here are some of the books that may help us along the way.