Our 12 Imams Flapbook

I have been trying to encourage the students to learn and eventually memorize the names of our 12 Imams. Some of them are more familiar with these names than others. I had them make a flapbook at the beginning of the year. As we discuss an Imam, I have the students fill in their books, with a few (up to 5) fast facts about the lifetime of the Imam (AS). On the top portion, they draw a picture, usually having to do with a story I tell them about this Imam.

We sometimes pray salat in our classroom, and at the end of the salat we do a short ziyarat. I have each of the students say the name of one of the 14 infallibles, and then the rest of the students repeat, in hopes that this will help them remember all the names in order. We also made cards that are strung across the classroom, to help them remember while they are saying the ziyarat.