Lesson Planning
Learning about the Mongol Invaders and linking it to modern day.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To investigate the fall of Baghdad as the centre of the Islamic civilisation.
Children will:
● Read ‘Silent Music: A story of Baghdad’, recognising that war remains a threat to people in modern times
● Hear about Yaqut al-Musta'simi, calligrapher who survived the Mongol attack on Baghdad
● Research weapons and tactics used by the Mongol invaders; discuss why Baghdad fell so easily
● Create a magazine front cover, breaking the news about the fall of Baghdad