It's Harun al-Rashid day! In class, find and read Harun's Wikipedia page. (The wikipanion app can make this easier, or you can go through...lightspeed...) He is mentioned in the textbook, but only briefly.
After you read the wikipedia entry, turn to your trusty blog and think and compose the following:
First, evaluate this as a quality source. Is it a good one, mediocre one or a bad one? Note how the page is organized. Is it evenly written? Is there any evidence of bias or is it an objective source? What tells you so?
Second, do some thinking about what you read. Having read this entry, what questions do you have about Harun, his life, his importance? Does this Wikipedia page answer questions or generate more? Where would you go to find out more about him? When you google search his name, you get over 490,000 hits...how would you filter it? (explain the process of refining your search.)
Lastly, ponder: Why does Harun al-Rashid spark such imagination? Why is he so prevalent in pop culture? How do you explain his "fame"/notoriety? Does this wikipedia page serve to add to it, or temper it?
For homework, read pages 365-370. Feel free to start this if you complete the above task.
If you are interested, A Thousand and One Nights is linked up here. It is from the gutenberg project, which means you can download it in a couple of different formats and read it here! For those of you who get all nostalgic for the Disney version of Aladdin, this would be a very interesting read for you!
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