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Scheherazade

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Early Islamic Civilisation - NEW LOOK Scheherazade

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Objectives

English

  • Listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction.
  • Increase familiarity with a wide range of books including myths and legends and retell some of these orally.

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods studied.
  • Select and organise relevant historical information.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Lesson Planning

Revisit elements of Baghdad life through a role play, meeting legendary queen Scheherazade.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore the story of Scheherazade through drama; practise letter writing, using characterisation to write ‘in-role’.
  • To recognise elements of everyday life in Baghdad and the wider early Islamic civilisation through fiction

Children will:

  • Be reminded of elements of Baghdad life through a role play, meeting queen Scheherazade.
  • Write a letter to the king, in-role as a researcher or scribe.

You Will Need

  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean

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