introduction
Dear students did you know that in the Medieval Period, most of Spain was under Islamic rule?! and The Umayyad Dynasty ruled for over 300 years?! and what you say if you know that Muslims made Spain the cultural center of Europe 

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tasks
Students work within groups
then they study the lesson in the book
after they understand what they are going to do, they search in the
net in the given sources to get more information about the lesson
when they finish they organize their ideas and save them in word or power-point files and then show the information and explain them to the class

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process

students are divided into six groups four students in each group and they exchange the roles within the group between them and help each other to read from the book and search on the net, write and save the information and watch the time
 
The first group

by using the sources below and with the help of your book
how was  life in Cordoba? the population, the public buildings and schools
and which tense are you  going to use in writing and speaking
when you finish, save your work in word or power point files
You have only 20 minutes

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=355

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=454

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

The second group
 

by using the sources below and with the help of your book speak about agriculture  in Spain at that time. You have to choose the suitable tense to write and speak. When you finish, save your work in word or power point file

You have only 20 minutes

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=27

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Agriculture_and_cuisine

The third group
 

by using the sources below and with the help of your book find out information about music and musical instruments which were used at that time. Be careful you have to choose the right tense to write and speak. When you finish, save your work in word or power point files. You have only 20 minutes  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Music

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

The fourth group

by using the sources below and with the help of your book speak about arts in the Medieval period in Span. You have to choose the suitable tense to write and speak. When you finish, save your work in word or power point files   You have only 20 minutes  

http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=17

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

The fifth group
 

speak about Science and Astronomy in Spain by using the sources below and with the help of your book. Be careful you have to choose the right tense to write and speak. When you finish, save your work in word or power point files. You have only 20 minutes  

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Science2.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Astronomy

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm

the sixth group
 

speak about mathematics and medicine in Spain in the Medieval period. You can use the sources below and you can use your book, too. Which tense are you  going to use in writing and speaking? When you finish, save your work in word or power point files. You have only 20 minutes  

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Science3.html

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/sciencemath/Math.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Medicine

http://www.xmission.com:8000/~dderhak/index/moors.htm


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assessment
 

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conclusion

I think that you have a good idea about Cordoba and Medieval Spain now
and you can speak confidently especially if you go to "Who's going to be a millionaire!" However, after you saw and read about this charming culture imagine yourself going back in time in a time machine where you would witness the leaving of the Arab and Muslims from Spain, what would you say and do

 
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نتاج الطلاب
المجموعة الأولى
المجموعة الثانية
المجموعة الثالثة
المجموعة الرابعة
المجموعة الخامسة
المجموعة السادسة