Upper Key Stage 2 Early Islamic Civilisation

The Rise of Islamic Civilisation

Compare ancient and modern maps of the world and the region.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To identify common features on a range of maps, drawn at different times.
• To understand mapping at different scales.

Children will:

• Examine a range of world and regional maps drawn at the time being studied.
• Compare ancient with modern maps, discussing the similarities and differences.
• Write annotations for maps.

• Crazy Cartography
• Crazy Cartography - teacher notes
• Maps for annotation

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

There are no weblinks needed for this session.

Use a range of sources to discover more about the life of Muhammad (pbuh).

Teaching Outcomes:

• To piece together the biography of a key figure in history, choosing reliable evidence from a range of sources.
• To evaluate the reliability of information sourced from the Internet.

Children will:

• Use a wide range of sources to discover more about the life of Muhammad (pbuh).

• Recording research

Books (suggestions only):

• Life in the Early Islamic World
• Early Islamic Empires (Lizann Flatt)
• Marvellous Stories from the Life of Muhammad (pbuh) (Mardijah Aldrich Tarantino)
• Tell Me About the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (Saniyasnain Khan)

BBC documentary -YouTube clip (N.B. First 50 seconds only as subsequent footage depicts recent acts of terrorism that are not appropriate for KS2);
BBC KS2 ‘The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from bbc.co.uk
BBC Islam 'Class clips' from bbc.co.uk
Islamic finder from islamicfinder.org
Muhammad (pbuh): Prophet of Islam from britannica.com
Reliable sources of information from writingcommons.org
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

Put together a chronological account of the life of Muhammad (pbuh) using ICT ‘soundbite’ news clips.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To piece together the biography of a key figure in history, evaluating reliable evidence from a range of sources.
• To evaluate the reliability of information sourced from the internet.
• To apply knowledge of sound-recording IT skills.

Children will:

• Use ICT to record ‘soundbite’ news reports charting key events in the life of Muhammad (pbuh), assembling clips to form a chronological account.

• Creating a tasty sound-bite
• Sound-bite planning

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Recordable talking pegsfrom tts-group.co.uk
Podium recording software from zynewave-podium.en.softonic.com
Audacity recording software from audacityteam.org

Find out about the difficult time following the death of Muhammad (pbuh).

Teaching Outcomes:

• Find out about the difficult time following the death of Muhammad (pbuh).

Children will:

• Research, then create and illustrate a storyboard depicting key events following the death of Muhammad (pbuh).

• Storyboarding the events that followed the death of Muhammad (pbuh) in CE 632, (to be used for Easy/Medium/Hard activities (consider enlarging to A3 if appropriate)

Book (suggestion only)

• The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World (Jim Whiting)

As always we recommend that you watch links in advance of the lesson. This is especially important as this session addresses potentially contentious issues.

The origins of the split in Islam -YouTube clip
A summary of how Islam split from bbc.co.uk
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.

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.

• 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

Books (suggestions only):

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

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