The spread of Islamic Civilisation

Topics Year 4/5

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Objectives

History

Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across periods studied.
Address and devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
Select and organise relevant historical information.
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Lesson Planning

Summarise the key events of early Islamic conquests and place on a timeline.

Teaching Outcomes:

To gain historical perspective by placing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history.
To understand more about the expansion of early Islamic Civilisation.

Children will:

Read about and watch films recounting some of the early Islamic conquests.
Summarise key events in writing, then place on a timeline alongside concurrent events from ‘civilisations’ that the chn have already studied, e.g. Anglo-Saxons, Vikings.

Provided Resources

Pro-forma for research notes on key early Islamic conquests
Pro-forma for writing about and illustrating key early Islamic conquests
Teacher information on ‘concurrent’ events from world history

You Will Need

Books (suggestions only):

The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World (Jim Whiting)
Early Islamic Empires (Lizann Flatt)

Weblinks

Timeline for concurrent world history from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk
Information on a wide range of major world events from fsmitha.com
The first three caliphates from study.com
Early expansion of Islamic civilisation from study.com
Pobble An on-line writing website which showcases over 100,000 pieces of writing, including examples based on Hamilton plans, where you could upload examples of your children’s writing