Post on 05-Aug-2019
Sharing on Topic 3:
The Rise of Islamic Civilisation and cultural
interactions between Europe and Asia in
medieval times
CDI020171265 17 November 2017
Mr IP Kai-yiu
Pui Kiu College
SCHOOL INFORMATION
• Targeted grade for trial teaching: • S2 students
• Characteristic • Great learning diversity
• Classes allocation of S2 • Top 60 of the grade 2 classes of ‘elite classes’
• Others normal classes
• Language: • English
• Periods per week • 2
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Topic 3: The rise of Islamic Civilisation and
cultural interactions between Europe and Asia in medieval times
Sub-topics Period(s)
1. The origins, teachings and development
of Islam
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2. Cultural contacts between Europe and
Asia and spread of Islam in Medieval Times
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3. Results and impact of the cultural
interactions between Europe and Asia
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AN OVERVIEW
Curiosity
• The flow for the whole Islamic civilization
• Guiding question for each lesson
Mini-research
• Prep-task to ensure everyone is capable in doing the mini-research
• Diversified materials for mini-research
• Pictures / passages / video
• Give students clues find out the whole picture
• Cater for learning diversity Group work
Consolidation
• In-class: concept map
• After school: homework
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LESSON FLOW
1. Basic information of
Islamic civilisation
•5 pillars
•Common practices of a Muslim
•The holy book
•The Islamic Empire
2. Interactions with East and
West
•Major goods
•How + why benefited from the interactions
•Benefits brought
3. Achievements of Islamic civilisation
• Astronomy
• Navigation
• Mathematics
• Medical development
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LESSON DESIGN: ENQUIRY APPROACH
• A general enquiry question to start each lesson
• Use questions to link up the lessons
Basic information of Islam
• How did the Islamic world form?
Trading of the Islamic World
• How could the Islamic Empire sustain itself?
Navigation and astronomy
• Why could they sail on the sea without problem?
Mathematics
• How could they manage their wealth
Medical development
• With wealth and mathematics ability, how did the Muslims upgrade their lives. 7
Sub-topic 2—trading
(cultural contacts)
Sub-topic 3—navigation
and astronomy
(results and impacts)
EXAMPLES OF ENQUIRY QUESTIONS
How could they develop sea trade? How to sustain such a vast empire?
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LINK TO THE PRESENT—SUB-TOPIC 3
NAVIGATION
START WITH CURIOSITY ENTRY POINT FOR TOPIC 1
Live media programme from Mecca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcDvREEQhXE (Accessed on 9 Nov 2017)
RELATE TO DAILY LIVES— SUB-TOPIC 3 ASTRONOMY
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Transportation nowadays?
Transportation at that time?
GPS today
Astrolabe at that time
MINI-INVESTIGATION—SUB-TOPIC 2 CONTACT WITH THE EAST
• Student as an active learner
• Mini-DBQ for in-class discussion
• Group work
• Learn from each other
• Consolidation of knowledge
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SCHOOL-BASED BOOKLET
• A booklet
• Tailor-made for
students
• Teachers
• Easy to follow
• Confident to teach
• Guiding questions
skills
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TO FOSTER ENQUIRY LEARNING
• The Study Kit
• (A)Preparation Task
• (B)In-class Activities
• (C)Post-lesson Task(s)
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SUB-TOPIC 2: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS
STUDENT’S LEARNING OUTCOME
• Make good use of preparation task
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SUB-TOPIC 2: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS
• What kind of relation was established between the Europeans and the Arabians shown in the source?
• What was the role of the Arabians in transferring the goods?
• How did the Islamic empire benefited from the activity that shown in the source?
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SUB-TOPIC 3: ISLAMIC MATHEMATICS
• What was the origin of Arabian mathematics?
• What was the invention of the Arabians in terms of geometrical
calculation?
• How did the Arabian mathematician contribute to the development
of computer program? 16
SUB-TOPIC 3: ISLAMIC MATHEMATICS STUDENT’S LEARNING OUTCOME
Origin
Develop from other people’s
foundation
Contribute to today’s
technology 17
Surgical knife looked like the ones we are using nowadays
The Arabs practiced surgery in the 9th century
The Arabians had certain level of anatomy knowledge in the 9th century
PICTURES FOR COMPARISON
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PICTURES FOR UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/islam-mancanegara/13/02/25/mirp58-dokter-muslim-as-pengobatan-gratis-cermin-petunjuk-alquran
http://www.1001inventions.com/pharmacy
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For picture about Islamic surgery in
the past, please refer to the
following webpage
For picture about Islamic roots of
modern pharmacy, please refer to
the following webpage
LEARNING BY DOING
• Lateen sail vs square sail
• Which one is faster?
• Prove it by students themselves
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RESOURCES Live programme Science and Islam, Al Jazeera, BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gnqck/episodes/guide
• Live from Mecca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2542nlyd4ck
Academic books
• Dr. Jim Al-Khalili, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance
• Adam J. Silverstein, Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
• Books for kids on Prophet Muhammad and Muslim inventions
• Magazine
• Aramco World Magazine
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