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For Teachers
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The story weaves together striking feature-film style re-enactments, vivid footage
of great Islamic architecture, scenes of Spain’s beautiful landscapes, and analysis
by world-class historians... |
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Zeina Zeina Azzam Seikaly
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University |
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The students liked the dramatic features of the film... It reinforced a lot of what they had learned and gave them more information. We were able to extend the discussion to how the Islamic scholars in Spain influenced the renaissance in Europe. |
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Arjunia Oakley
High School Teacher |
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At a time when ninety-nine percent
of the Christian people were wholly illiterate, the
Islamic city of Cordova had eight hundred public
schools, and there was not a village within the
limits of the empire where the blessings of
education could not be enjoyed by the children of
the most indigent peasant ... |
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S.P. Scott in
The History of the Islamic Empire in Europe |
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Islamic Spain, the Iberian Peninsula,
and the Reconquista are standard topics in world history,
world geography, and world cultures in middle and high
schools at the national and state levels.
UPF offers teachers the opportunity to enhance students'
understanding of Medieval Spain offering quality
teaching material.
UPF invited a team of educators to develop 13 lesson
plans for Cities of Light that meet specific national
teaching standards for both required and elective courses.
This website also provides other resources, such as commonly
used terminology of the period, related website links and
recommended readings. There is a site map to provide
additional reference material.
The lesson plan and website can be used in conjuction with viewing the nationally broadcast 2 hour PBS special Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain.
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