Analyze the MUGHAL EMPIRE 1526-1707 — Babur to Akbar to Shah Jahan to Aurangzeb, including the Taj Mahal, Akbar's syncretism (Din-i-Ilahi + sulh-i-kul), Mughal art + architecture + administration, Mughal women (Nur Jahan + Jahanara Begum), and the relationship with the British East India Company building toward 1757 Plassey (G8 preview) — FORMALLY-CITED KS3 NON-EUROPEAN SOCIETY STUDY
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~12 min hist.g7.s.ex_49

Source Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th questio

EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th question for G7-Spring multi-perspective encounter analysis. All 7 G7-Fall questions retained + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE: From whose perspective is this encounter told? Whose perspective is missing? How would the same event read from the missing perspective? Includes sentence frames in English + Spanish + Nahuatl/Quechua/Persian/Arabic transliteration glossaries; available in 14pt dyslexic font + audio version.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q1 SOURCING + Q5 NMAI + Q7 WHOSE GOLDEN AGE to Abu'l-Fazl Akbarnama excerpt on Din-i-Ilahi. What does Abu'l-Fazl claim? Whose voice is silent?

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
points
3
criterion
Q1 — Abu'l-Fazl as vizier-chronicler 1551-1602
points
3
criterion
Q5 — names whose voice is silent (Akbar's critics + Hindu-Muslim everyday people)
points
3
criterion
Q7 — names Akbar's sulh-i-kul as Mughal Golden Age + Banks Level 3
Hints
  1. Akbarnama 3-volume + Ain-i-Akbari administrative manual.
  2. Din-i-Ilahi was small elite spiritual order (~19 disciples), NOT 'new religion' per Truschke 2017.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Din-i-Ilahi as 'new religion'
  • Ignoring Abu'l-Fazl's court-chronicler agenda
Used in lessons