World History
Stanford University's History for Education Reading Like a Historian, released a new World History lesson on the travels of Ibn Battuta and the Muslim world in 1320.
Students read from Battuta's travel book, the Rihla, and a secondary source and complete a chart organizing their information into political, economic and environmental categories.
The full lesson includes a short power point that explains the Rihla. If you've never tried Stanford's lessons, you should. They are terrific and can be used without modification.
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World History
Ibn Battuta Lesson from Stanford's Reading Like a Historian
Stanford University's History for Education Reading Like a Historian, released a new World History lesson on the travels of Ibn Battuta and the Muslim world in 1320.
Students read from Battuta's travel book, the Rihla, and a secondary source and complete a chart organizing their information into political, economic and environmental categories.
The full lesson includes a short power point that explains the Rihla. If you've never tried Stanford's lessons, you should. They are terrific and can be used without modification.
- Expansion Of Early Islamic Empire: Reading Like A Historian
The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has an excellent lesson on the spread of the early Islamic empire with primary documents. You can see the documents below but you should go to the SHEG site to download the teacher material. If you have...
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