A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on A non-European society contrasting with British history. Written for Year 6 (ages 10-11). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon - every lesson has a full teacher script, projectable slides, a pupil worksheet, and an exit quiz.
Driving question: Why was Baghdad in AD 900 the most advanced city in the world - and why is its story so important for Britain to know?

What’s included

• 6 x Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 x Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 x Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 x Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 x Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 x End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• 50+ original illustrations included throughout
• Curated kid-appropriate YouTube videos linked from each lesson’s slide deck

Curriculum links

• UK National Curriculum - KS2 History: A non-European society contrasting with British history - Early Islamic civilization, Baghdad c. AD 900
• Early Islamic civilization c. AD 900
• The Abbasid Caliphate and Baghdad as a centre of learning
• Contrast with Anglo-Saxon Britain c. AD 900

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know that Islam began in Arabia in the 600s and spread by AD 900 from Spain to India
• Pupils know the ABBASID CALIPH AL-MANSUR built BAGHDAD in 762 as a perfect circle on the River Tigris
• Pupils know the HOUSE OF WISDOM in Baghdad was the world’s greatest library and translation centre c. AD 900
• Pupils know scholars in Baghdad gave the world ALGEBRA, the modern NUMBER system (including zero), modern HOSPITALS and modern ASTRONOMY
• Pupils know that while Baghdad shone in AD 900, Anglo-Saxon Britain was just emerging from chaos - Alfred the Great had just died in AD 899

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can locate Baghdad and the Abbasid Caliphate on a world map
• Pupils can compare two contemporary societies (Baghdad and Anglo-Saxon Britain c. AD 900) using shared categories
• Pupils can analyse a primary source (a verse, a coin, a manuscript page) and explain what it reveals AND its limits