8th Grade Curriculum
Unit: The Rise of Islam

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
Medieval Times Textbook |
Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
2.1 Mapping the Modern Muslim World |
Ch. 1.2 The Rise and Spread of Islam |
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RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected
RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World
RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world
RIGSE HP 2
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 4 WH 5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1 |
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2. Why do people live the way they do? |
1.3 Applying the
Teachings of the Qu’ran and Hadith
3.1 The Contributions of Muslims to World Civilization |
Ch. 1.2 The Rise and Spread of Islam
Ch. 1.3 The Religion of Islam
Ch. 1.4 Islam’s Golden Age |
Article: Faith of the Followers, etc… |
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RIGSE G&C 1-4
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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3. How and why do human societies organize the way they do? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4
Era 1 WH 2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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4. How does technology affect people’s lives? |
3.1 The Contributions of Muslims to World Civilization |
Ch. 1.4 Islam’s Golden Age |
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RIGSE – G&C 5
RIGSE – HP1
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history? |
4.1 The Crusades
4.2 Creating an Historical Symposium on the Crusades
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Ch. 5.3 The Crusades |
Video: Crusades??? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5
RIGSE – HP1,2,3
Era 2 WH 1,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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6. How has the quest for resources affected human history? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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7. How do we know what we know about human history? |
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RIGSE – HP 1,2,3
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 3 WH 1,4
Era 4 WH 1,5,6 |
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8. Why do civilizations rise & decline? |
2.2 The Development of a Muslim Empire |
Ch. 1.4 Islam’s Golden Age |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |