Islam World History Unit

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Islam World History Unit

This is an Islam World History Unit that will provide students with resources from the beginning to end of a unit. This unit will leave students feeling more knowledgeable about this point in history and equipped to tackle any and all comprehensive activities related to Islam. This unit is great for middle school students.

What You Get:

You will receive a zip file that includes:

1. Info Sheet

2. Homework

3. Lesson Plans

4. Crosswords

5. Flashcards

6. Presentation

7. Tests

How to Use Islam World History Unit:

This is a comprehensive unit of study that will have many components to make learning come to life:

Worksheets cover thirteen topics on the history of Islam and different Islamic Empires:

• Arabian Geography

• Ways of Life in Arabia

• The Early Life of Muhammad

• Spreading Islam in Arabia

• The Key Teachings of Islam

• The Five Pillars of Islam

• Expansion of Islam Beyond Arabia

• Islam & Trade

• Islamic Achievements

• Decline of the Islamic Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Safavid Empire

• The Mughal Empire

The basic set includes text readings, analysis questions, and a variety of different project and image sheets.

Modified worksheets are included in the file which have more concise readings as well as a variety of different tasks and activities for ELL students and those who require a modified curriculum. Each worksheet has a corresponding answer sheet to help check students work.

A test is included which features multiple choice, short written response, and picture questions.

Students can use a set of flashcards to help revise of their tests.

A PowerPoint presentation is included which features enlarged readings, animations, and images to help guide students through the materials and illustrate key points.

Also included are replacement note-taking slides and sheets which can be used in place of the readings/worksheets for each topic if you wish to save time or practice note taking.

Crossword sheets have been made for each topic as potential review/challenge activities for students.

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify the geographical features of the Arabian Peninsula and explain their impact on the people who lived there
Analyse the early life of Muhammad and show its impact on Islamic teachings
Identify the key teachings of Islam and describe the duties the Five Pillars place on Muslims

Teaching tips

Each lesson plan carries a side column of the responses students most often give - on nomad life, on why empires collapse, on how people show religious belief - which lets you anticipate where the discussion will go before you open it
The plans are written against the regular worksheet set; the modified worksheets, the compressed readings and the note-taking slides are drop-in alternatives for the same topics rather than extra lessons
Two lessons can be run together: the Spread of Islam plan notes that no Do Now is needed if it follows the early-life lesson in the same class, and supplies an alternate question if it does not

Skills covered

Informational reading in history - students work through per-topic readings on Arabian geography, the caliphates and the three later empires, then answer analysis questions on what they have read.
Historical vocabulary - a unit glossary defines Arabia, Allah, caliph, Five Pillars, mosque, nomadic, oasis and Quran, and those terms then recur in the readings, the crosswords and the flashcard deck.
Map work - the geography section supplies a base map with mountains, desert and marshland labels and asks students to complete it from the reading.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Which parts of the unit come in more than one version?

Most of the student-facing material. The readings exist as the full worksheet set, a modified set with shorter readings and different tasks for ELL students, a compressed reading-sheet set, an information sheet set, and replacement note-taking slides and sheets. The tests, flashcards, lesson plans and Google Classroom booklet each appear in more than one file format as well.

How do the two test files differ?

"Islam - Test" is split in two: Part 1 covers the first seven learning targets, from Arabian geography to spreading Islam in Arabia, and Part 2 picks up the rest including minorities under Islamic rule. The separate "UNIT 2 - ISLAM - TEST" runs the whole unit in one sitting, from the geography of the peninsula through Cordoba, astronomy and Islamic literature.

How does the included presentation compare with the one the preview describes?

The download carries a compressed, reduced build of the slide deck, still running to 346 slides with enlarged readings, animations and images that walk students through each topic. The preview page notes that a fuller version, adding more images, menu navigation and media links, can be requested from the author by email.