HOW TO CREATE A TIMELINE ISLAMIC EMPIRE

TIMELINE A graphical representation of a period of time, on which important events are marked. (Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary)

Keep events in chronological order REASONS TO MAKE A TIMELINE Think for a while… what are timelines useful for? They can be used to record events from a story or a history lesson in a sequential format Keep events in chronological order Help us to make connections timelines can appear visually less complex than pure text to help students organize information in a chronological sequence so that they can better understand growth, change, recurring events, cause and effect, and key events of historical, social, and scientific significance

Learning by doing… 1 2 3 4 7 8 HOW TO DO IT STEPS TO FOLLOW TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER ( IN YOUR NOTEBOOK), A PENCIL AND A RULER (HORIZONTAL) 2 GIVE IT A TITLE: ISLAMIC EMPIRE (TOP OF THE PAGE) 3 DECIDE UNIT OF MESURE, ACCORDING TO THE LENGHT OF THE PERIOD: YEARS, DECADES OR CENTURIES (CENTURIES) 4 DRAW TWO PARALLEL LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE and CLOSE THEM IN THEIR ENDS AS IT IS MODELED 7 COLOUR THE TIMELINE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT PERIODS 8 MARK THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS

1 TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER ( IN YOUR NOTEBOOK), A PENCIL AND A RULER (HORIZONTAL)

GIVE IT A TITLE: ISLAMIC EMPIRE 2 GIVE IT A TITLE: ISLAMIC EMPIRE (TOP OF THE PAGE) ISLAMIC EMPIRE TIMELINE

3 ISLAMIC EMPIRE TIMELINE DRAW TWO PARALLEL LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE and CLOSE THEM IN THEIR ENDS AS IT IS MODELED ISLAMIC EMPIRE TIMELINE

WRITE THE FIRST AND LATE DATES IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT ENDS 4 WRITE THE FIRST AND LATE DATES IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT ENDS THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM 570 1258

THINKING… NOT DOING YET…. 3 DECIDE UNIT OF MESURE, ACCORDING TO THE LENGHT OF THE PERIOD: YEARS, DECADES OR CENTURIES (CENTURIES) THINKING… NOT DOING YET…. THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM 570 1258 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

BE ACCURATE!! AND WRITE THE DATES IN BETWEEN 6 DIVIDE IT INTO EQUAL SEGMENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE CENTURIES REPRESENTED: BE ACCURATE!! AND WRITE THE DATES IN BETWEEN THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258

MARK THE DATES OF THE DIFFERENT PERIODS 7 MARK THE DATES OF THE DIFFERENT PERIODS THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM 632 661 750 1055 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258

EXPLAIN THE DATES WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION 8 EXPLAIN THE DATES WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM Muhammad´s death End of the Orthodox califathe Invasion of the Turks 632 661 750 1055 Invasion of the Turks Muhammad´s birth Beginning of the Abbasids 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258

COLOUR THE TIMELINE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT PERIODS 9 COLOUR THE TIMELINE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT PERIODS THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM Muhammad´s death End of the Orthodox califathe Invasion of the Turks Invasion of the Turks Muhammad´s birth 632 661 750 Beginning of the Abbasids 1055 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258

NAME THE DIFFERENT PERIODS 10 NAME THE DIFFERENT PERIODS THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM Muhammad´s death End of the Orthodox califathe Invasion of the Turks Invasion of the Turks Muhammad´s birth 632 661 Beginning of the Abbasids 750 1055 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258 ABBASID CALIPHATE MUHAMMAD´S LIIFE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE

ADD SOME PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE THE TIMELINE 11 ADD SOME PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE THE TIMELINE THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM Muhammad´s death End of the Orthodox califathe Invasion of the Turks Invasion of the Turks Muhammad´s birth 632 661 1055 750 Beginning of the Abbasids 570 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1258 MUHAMMAD´S LIIFE ABBASID CALIPHATE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE

OUTCOME THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM 632 750 1055 570 1258 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 ORTHODOX CALIPHATE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE ABBASID OUTCOME Muhammad´s death End of the Orthodox califathe Invasion of the Turks Invasion of the Turks Muhammad´s birth Beginning of the Abbasids MUHAMMAD´S LIIFE