ISLAM IN THE MIDDLE AGES: HOW PEOPLE LIVED
6th Grade History
1. In order to find information about how different kinds of people lived in Islamic countries during the Middle Ages, you must look at several sources. A good place to begin is in special encyclopedias. You may look in the following encyclopedias for information about the type of person you are researching:
Look in the index for "Islam" and other subjects that include "Islam", such as "Islamic architecture" :
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Exploring the Middle Ages
Medieval World
In the following special encyclopedia, you can look up specific kinds of people like women, children, religious scholars, or topics such as law, medicine, architecture, science :
The Islamic World: Past and Present
2. There are many books you can use to find information about types of people. Here are some useful titles. Look through the table of contents and index of these books:
The Arabs in the Golden Age
Architecture of the Islamic World
The Atlas of Islam
The Buildings of Early Islam
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Baghdad
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Istanbul
Empire of the Islamic World
The Golden Age of Islam
Illustrated Atlas of the World in the Middle Ages
Islamic Culture
The Middle Ages (MacDonald)
The Middle Ages: Barbarian Invasions, Empires around the World & Medieval Europe (Briquebec)
The Rise of Islam
Science in Early Islamic Cultures
A Sixteenth Century Mosque
The World of Islam Before 1700
3. Make sure you write down the title and author of the books you use, so you will be able to include them in your bibliography later.
4. Take notes according to the directions Ms. Moore and Ms. Hill have given you.
5. Here are two websites that might provide some more information for your report:
History for Kids : Medieval Islam
6. The last part of your project will be the creation of a bibliography of the sources you used. Here is the link to NoodleBib.