Year 5 Islamic RE: Spring 1 worksheet

“Three Golden Age Scholars” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 Islamic studies unit “Islamic RE: Spring 1”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 24 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 13 to 18 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Three Golden Age Scholars

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · Islamic RE · about 24 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name three Golden Age scholars and what each one gave to the world.

A Look back3 min

1.
The Umayyad Caliphate came first in this chain. Circle the caliphate that came next.
Abbasid CaliphateOttoman EmpireMughal Empire
2.
Number these stages in order, starting after death. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes.
1. Gathering (Hashr)
2. Weighing of deeds (Mizan)
3. Barzakh
3.
Al-Adl, Al-Fattah and Al-Latif are three of the 99 Names of Allah. Choose one and write what it means.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Al-Khwarizmi wrote a book called al-Jabr. What did this book give the world?

Watch me

Al-Khwarizmi worked in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, a great library and school.

His book al-Jabr showed new ways to find a missing number.

The word algebra comes from al-Jabr, so he gave the world algebra.

Now you

1.
Al-Biruni was born in 973 CE, long after al-Khwarizmi died. From a mountain top, he measured the angle down to the horizon. What was he working out? Circle the answer.
the size of the Earththe distance to the Sunthe distance to the Moon
2.
Al-Khwarizmi's book al-Jabr gave the world algebra. Write one way people use algebra today.

C Your turn8 min

Use what you know about each scholar. The timeline shows when the three scholars lived.

1.
Join each scholar to his best-known work.
Al-KhwarizmiAl-BiruniIbn Sina
Canon of MedicineAlgebra bookEarth's circumference
2.
Put each word in the right column.
algebrafevercircumferencealgorithmpulse
Maths words Medicine words
3.
Circle the city where the House of Wisdom was.
BaghdadCordobaCairoMakkah
4.
Choose one of today's scholars. Write his name and one thing he gave the world.

Say it out loud: Which clue helped you most: the scholar's name, the field, or the place? Why?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Lou says: “Al-Khwarizmi was an Arab from Makkah, so every Golden Age scholar came from Makkah.”

1.
What is wrong with Lou's claim? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

A wooden shelf holding old bound books and rolled scrolls in soft light

1.
Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine was studied in European universities for centuries. Give two reasons why a good book might stay useful for so long. Write them below.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Three Golden Age Scholars · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Abbasid Caliphate your child may be thinking of a later empire. Ask which caliphate ruled from Baghdad straight after the Umayyads.

2. 1 Barzakh · 2 Gathering (Hashr) · 3 Weighing of deeds (Mizan) If the Weighing comes first, ask your child what happens in Barzakh before everyone is gathered.

3. Look for: One correct pair: Al-Adl, The Just; Al-Fattah, The Opener; or Al-Latif, The Subtly Kind. If your child is stuck, say one meaning aloud, such as The Just, and ask which Name it belongs to.

B

1. the size of the Earth If your child circles the Sun or the Moon, explain that the horizon dips because the Earth is round. Al-Biruni used this to work out how big the Earth is.

2. Look for: Any sensible use of algebra today, such as finding an unknown number, building, science or computer programs. If your child is stuck, ask how they would find the missing number in □ + 4 = 10.

C

1. Al-Khwarizmi → Algebra book; Al-Biruni → Earth's circumference; Ibn Sina → Canon of Medicine If your child joined Al-Biruni to the algebra book, ask which scholar measured the Earth from a mountain.

2. Maths words: algebra, circumference, algorithm · Medicine words: fever, pulse If your child puts fever or pulse in maths, ask which words a doctor uses when someone is ill.

3. Baghdad

4. Look for: Names al-Khwarizmi, al-Biruni or Ibn Sina with a matching gift, such as algebra, measuring the Earth or the Canon of Medicine. If your child mixes up a scholar and his work, look back at the joining question together and read each pair aloud.

D

1. Look for: Either says al-Khwarizmi was Persian or from Khwarazm, not Makkah, or says one scholar's home cannot show where every scholar came from. If your child only says it is wrong, ask where al-Khwarizmi came from and where he worked.

E

1. Look for: A reasoned answer giving two reasons, such as a clear logical order, true facts, or ideas that others can test and check.

Words to use

Say“Which scholar is this about, and what did they give the world?”

Instead of“Read them the whole lesson again and wait for them to remember it.”

After the sheet

At dinner, ask your child to tell one family member one thing they learned about al-Khwarizmi, al-Biruni or Ibn Sina, then say which of the three they would most like to read about.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Islam in Al-Andalus(with a plan)
Dates on a Golden Age timeline(with a plan)
Salah ad-Din and Just War(with a plan)
Faith or politics? Sorting evidence(with a plan)
Reflecting on Allah's Signs(with a plan)

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