Muslim Empire

Lesson 4Golden Age

Agenda• Essential Question – What are the legacies of

the Muslim Golden Age? • Goals - Students will be able to list the

achievements of the Golden Age of Islam • Tasks

– Please Do Now: Take out homework & fill in column on the left of the Artifact Analysis Sheet

– Power point Golden Age – Review Muslim Achievement Project Instructions– Artifact Post Analysis

• Homework – Section 11.3 Two-column notes & GR questions due

lesson 6– Research Golden Age Achievement (due lesson 7)

Vocabulary:

Harmonize

Canon

Artifact AnalysisPlease fill in only the left column of the artifact analysis sheet regarding this artifact.

• Artifact will be passed around the classroom.

• Type of source (Primary, secondary, artwork, artifact, photograph, document?)

• Date, creator, audience, purpose, what it tells us…

Hypothesize! (make educated guesses)

Golden Age 700s-1200s

Islam absorbed traditions from many cultures resulting in a vital new civilization

Golden Age 700s-1200s

“the ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the

martyr.”

• Valued education and scholarship• Harmonized science &

religion

House of Wisdom, Baghdad

Golden Age 700s-1200s

• Vast libraries and universities

• Translated Greek, Hindu, and Buddhist philosophers– Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

works of Aristotle

Observatory, Baghdad

Golden Age 700s-1200sMedicine – Far more advanced than in Europe• Surgical treatment of

cataracts• Discovery of germs• Measles and Small pox• Established hospitals

with separate wards• Treat the mind and

body• Canon of Medicine

Golden Age 700s-1200sScience & Math• Arabic Numerals • Zero & Decimals• Math is the basis for all

knowledge• Al-Khwarizmi – al jabr (algebra)– Math textbook– Astronomical standards

Astrolabe

Muslim Achievement ProjectElementary School book about Muslim Achievements

Topic: Each student will create one page spread on one achievement from the Muslim Empire. You will sign up for one topic each (see handout)

Format: • Power Point, Google Slides, or Word and email it to me• Or you can use paper and art supplies and turn in a hard copy, which I

will scan for publication.

Presentation of your pages during Lesson 7 Extra Credit:• Design the Cover!• Write the Intro!

Sample works – Look through the library books

Al razi

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Example #1 Example #2

Artifact Analysis

Please fill in the right column of the artifact analysis sheet regarding this artifact.

Include what you learned today in class to expand your analysis.

Homework

– Notes & GR section 11.3 (267-272)• due lesson 6

– Muslim Achievement Project• Presentation lesson 7