History at key stage 3 (Year 7)
Unit 6: What were the achievements of the Islamic states 600-1600?
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Section 1: What is Islam?
Children should learn:
- to use their prior knowledge about the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
 and about the fundamental aspects of Muslim beliefs
- to communicate their knowledge clearly
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Section 2: How did the world of the Middle East change during the life of the Prophet Muhammad
Children should learn:
- how an Islamic empire rapidly established itself during the seventh century
- about some of the weaknesses of the enemies of Islam: the Byzantine and Persian empires
- to identify and communicate characteristics of a successful leader
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Section 3: A new Islamic city: how did the Abbasid caliphs organise their new capital at Baghdad?
Children should learn:
- how a new capital city was established by the caliphs in Baghdad
- how the layout of the city gives us information about early Islamic civilisation
- about daily life in Baghdad
- to select and deploy information for a specific form of writing
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Section 4: How did Arab Muslims contribute to the world of mathematics and science during the Middle Ages?
Children should learn:
- that the Arab Muslims had considerable mathematical and scientific knowledge that influenced developments in Western Europe
- to communicate knowledge in an appropriate form for an identified audience
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Section 5: What can we learn from the architecture of Islamic civilisations?
Children should learn:
- some of the characteristic features of early Islamic architecture
- to look in depth at two surviving buildings of this period as sources of information about Islamic civilisation
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Section 6: How successful were the crusader attacks on the Islamic world?
Children should learn:
- about the clash of culture and religion that took place during the Crusades
- that the crusaders failed in the long term to displace Islamic civilisation
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Section 7: Why do people disagree about Salah al-Din?
Children should learn:
- about the career of the Islamic ruler and statesman Salah al-Din
- how Salah al-Din has been interpreted in different ways
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Section 8: How powerful were the rulers of the Ottoman empire?
Children should learn:
- how the Ottoman empire spread
- some of the characteristic features of the Ottoman empire
- to compare the positions of a sultan such as Suleyman the Magnificent and a contemporary such as Henry VIII
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Section 9: What were the achievements of the Islamic states 600-1600?
Children should learn:
- to produce an overview of key aspects of Islamic civilisation 600-1600
- to consider the significance of the main events, people and changes studied
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