History of Early Islam (10 Lessons)

Islamic Empires | Early Islam | The Birth of the Prophet

A series of 10 lessons on the History of Early Islam. Each lesson contains keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills and content in this area.

Each lesson includes reading comprehension tasks but also a main ‘activity’ that allows students to be creative and apply their new knowledge, there is also a focus throughout on building up long-form writing skills such as paragraph structure.

The lessons include:

1. The Birth of the Prophet
2. Mecca and Medina
3. The Ridda Wars
4. Khalid ibn al-Walid
5. Rashidun Caliphate & Battle of Yarmouk | Fall of Byzantium
6. Caliphate on the march | Fall of the Sasanians
7. The Shia Sunni Split
8. The Umayyad Caliphate and Islamic Spain
9. The Abbasid Caliphate and battle of Talas
10. The Abbasid Caliphate and the Golden Age of Islam

• Bonus lessons on Islamic medicine and a guided reading activity.

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