1. Do Now – 11/30 & 12/1
Describe the changes that occurred under the Umayyad Dynasty to the Islamic Empire. List at least two changes.
HW: Abbasid Reading & Questions
Do Now (5 min)
Umayyad Dynasty (15 min)
Abbasid Dynasty: Intro Video (15 min)
Rank & Reason: Islam’s Golden Age (15 min)
Exit Ticket (5 min)

2. Our Goals
SWBAT:
Essential Questions:
Evaluate the achievements of the Abbasid Dynasty in order to construct an argument using complex sentences that prove that the Abbasid Dynasty deserves the title of Islam’s “Golden Age”
How did the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasty progress the Islamic Empire?
What were the most significant contributions of the Abbasid Dynasty?

3. Opening Discussion Who were the Umayyads?
How did the Umayyads progress the Islamic Empire?
What happened to them?
Islam is now an expansive, stable empire. How will the Abassids rule? What might happen next?

4. Predictions

5. Abbasids: Rank & Reason
Read each strip
Order the inventions/innovations of the Abbasid Dynasty in order from most to least significant.
“Title” each achievement (i.e., algebra) and construct a complex sentence explaining your reasoning for each ranking.
Your three most important innovations/inventions will be your three points in your paragraph.

6. Exit Ticket
What is the most significant achievement that we can thank the Islamic Empire for?
HW: Abbasid Reading & Questions