What can we learn from the architecture of Islamic civilisations?
Activities Look at pictures of surviving early mosques from different parts of the Islamic world. Identify common features and ask pupils to use correct technical terminology when describing the mosques. Discuss the Islamic tradition of not decorating religious buildings with representative art and the development of decorative calligraphy. Ask pupils what we can learn from these buildings about the people who built them. Tell the story of the rise and fall of Muslim Spain. Focus on two contrasting surviving buildings: the mosque at Cordoba and the Alhambra Palace. Look at pictures of these two buildings. Ask pupils to draw conclusions from the study of these buildings. Outcomes use correct technical terms when describing characteristic features of Islamic architecture demonstrate inferential thinking and draw appropriate conclusions from the study of two surviving Islamic buildings Objectives some of the characteristic features of early Islamic architecture to look in depth at two sur
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