Trace the Islamic Golden Age c. 750-1258 CE centered at the Abbasid House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) in Baghdad — naming al-Khwarizmi, ibn Sina, al-Razi, ibn Rushd, al-Haytham, ibn Khaldun and their specific contributions in mathematics, medicine, optics, philosophy, and historiography
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~15 min hist.g7.f.ex_13

Source Card Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double

MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double-sided laminated card. Front: Seven questions with sentence-frame scaffolds. (1) WHO created this source? (Wineburg sourcing) (2) WHEN was it created and where? (Wineburg contextualization) (3) WHY was it created and for whom? (Wineburg sourcing — purpose + audience) (4) WHAT does it say + show + leave out? (Wineburg close reading) (5) WHAT do OTHER sources say? (Wineburg corroboration) (6) WHOSE living descendants connect to this source today? (NMAI 5th — present-tense protocol) (7) WHOSE GOLDEN AGE does this source name — and whose golden age does it occlude? (NEW G7-Fall 7th — Banks Level-3 transformative move; refuses single-narrative golden-age framing). Back: scaffolded sentence frames for each question.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q1-7 FULL SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD to a 250-word excerpt from al-Khwarizmi's Hisab al-jabr 825 CE. SPECIFICALLY argue for Q7 'Whose Golden Age does this name?' in 50 words.

How it's presented
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Answer criteria
type structured response rubric
rubric
Q1-7 each scored 0-2. Total 14 pts. Q7 specifically requires named Islamicate-world golden age + named occluded contemporary golden ages (Tang-Song + Mali + Indian Ocean). 12+ = mastery.
Hints
  1. Q7 forces a Banks Level-3 transformative move.
  2. Whose Golden Age does it name? Whose does it OCCLUDE?
Misconceptions to watch
  • Stopping at Q1-5 and not engaging Q6 + Q7 deeply
Used in lessons