History at key stage 3    (Year 7)

• explain some of the central features of Islam as a religion, making accurate use of technical terms

• identify and explain some of the reasons for the rapid spread of Islam in the seventh century
• explain the significance of key individuals such as the caliph Umar in the development of the Islamic empire

• describe and analyse the layout of the new Islamic capital city of Baghdad
• use their analysis of Baghdad to make inferences about the caliphs
• select, organise and use sources of information for the purpose of writing a guidebook

• summarise the ways in which the Arab Muslims influenced Western European ideas about science and mathematics

• use correct technical terms when describing characteristic features of Islamic architecture
• demonstrate inferential thinking and draw appropriate conclusions from the study of two surviving Islamic buildings

• construct an analytical timeline that correctly categorises different key events in the story of the Crusades

• describe and explain the significance of Salah al-Din
• identify differences between interpretations of Salah al-Din and suggest possible explanations for these differences

• describe, using appropriate technical terms, how the Ottoman sultans controlled their vast empire
• identify similarities and differences between the position of an Ottoman sultan and a contemporary English monarch

• select, organise and use relevant information to produce a structured overview account of Islamic civilisation 600-1600
• select and explain significant events, people, changes from Islamic civilisation