Materials

• Copy of “Important Events in the Diffusion of Islam” (Attachment E) for each student
• Handout of jumbled timeline of events in the diffusion of Islam (optional)
• Textbooks
• Teacher-created worksheet

Instructional Activities

1. Review the content from the previous session.
   
   
2. Develop a worksheet to accompany the timeline at “Important Events in the Diffusion of Islam” (Attachment E). Questions should challenge students to review and improve on skills necessary to read and interpret timelines. An example is the following: “In what year did both the Prophet die and his followers record the Koran?”
   
   
3. Before class begins, jumble the timeline events on the board or on a handout.
   
   
4. Instruct students to look up the date when each event occurred and put the events in chronological order. This may be done as a group activity.
   
   
5. Draw a vertical or horizontal timeline on the board and instruct students to do the same on a blank sheet of paper. Ask a student to identify the first date that should be entered on the timeline related to the Islamic Empire, and confirm with the class before adding the date to the timeline. Provide guidance to assist students in arriving at the correct date. Then, ask another student to identify the last date that should be included on the timeline. Follow the same process as before. Then have students write the event next to each date. Continue the process until all dates and events have been entered.
   
   
6. Distribute the teacher-developed worksheet for completion.