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The World History I course covers the history of the Middle Ages throughout the world. This content feels distant and unimportant to 9th graders. G. Willow Wilson's book, The Bird King, brings the history of one key part of this history alive. Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of the Sultan of Granada and her mapmaker friend, Hassan, must come to grips with the coming Inquisition. They embark on a long journey with the help of a talking cat and seafaring monk.
The historical novel, The Bird King, allows students to grapple with the themes of love and freedom during a time when the West and the Muslim world were intertwined. We will read parts of the novel in class and other sections for homework. Students will follow one character from the novel and write journal entries, letters to other characters in the book, consult primary and secondary documents about the time period, and consider areas of fact versus fiction in the book. Hopefully, we will have an opportunity to Skype with the author.
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The World History I course covers the history of the Middle Ages throughout the world. This content feels distant and unimportant to 9th graders. G. Willow Wilson's book, The Bird King, brings the history of one key part of this history alive. Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of the Sultan of Granada and her mapmaker friend, Hassan, must come to grips with the coming Inquisition. They embark on a long journey with the help of a talking cat and seafaring monk.
The historical novel, The Bird King, allows students to grapple with the themes of love and freedom during a time when the West and the Muslim world were intertwined. We will read parts of the novel in class and other sections for homework. Students will follow one character from the novel and write journal entries, letters to other characters in the book, consult primary and secondary documents about the time period, and consider areas of fact versus fiction in the book. Hopefully, we will have an opportunity to Skype with the author.