Unit Plan 5- Coming of Mughals - from SOW VII History

Topic: Subject: Class: Time:

Coming of Mughals History VII 2 weeks

Attainment Targets:

 Explore reasons of the main events and changes, and why people in the past acted in the ways they did.
 Explore the links, conflicts and issues, cause and effect, within and across study periods of past to construct reasons.
 Compare & contrast the information gathered from different study periods to develop their own opinions.
 Use historical knowledge and understanding to critically analyse that the past have been represented and interpreted in different ways by different
people.
 Analyse, summarise and describe with evidences some of the main events, people and changes covered in the study period.

Skills and Values:

 Exceeding use of historical vocabulary and chronological terms in their oral, written and technology based responses to identify time, people and
events of past. (BCE, CE, Hajri calendar, decade, century, vocabulary of all units)
 Investigate historically valid enquiries using primary and secondary sources to create relevant and structured responses with evidences. (visits to
historical sites, archives, museums, libraries, historical maps, interviewing relevant people, extensive reading, using ICT, data collection &
interpretation etc)
 Organise information from time lines, organograms and facts by sequencing to relate, predict and to draw conclusions.
 Produce organized and structured analysis of their own including written narratives, using knowledge and understanding of historical concepts.
(chronological understanding, continuity & change, similarity & difference, trends & links between study period)
 Use historical knowledge and understanding to critically analyse their behavior and make informed choices to bring change in personal and
community future. (social, political and financial)
Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the lesson students will

be able to

 Identify and explain the factors Resources:

which led Babur to establish Teaching Strategies:
Mughal rule in the Sub Continent. Book: “Oxford History for Pakistan” by Peter Moss
 Evaluate the role of Daulat Khan
 class/group
in the establishment of the
discussions Book: “Understanding History” by Ismat Riaz
Mughal Empire. Modes of
 Debate
 Explore and discuss the Assessments: http://mocomi.com/the-early-mughals/
 inquiry method
challenges that Babur faced when
 using primary and
he came down from Kabul to  verbal http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab99
secondary
Hindustan. responses
sources
 Explore and discuss the causes  ET based
 question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhHpBe4FjNY&vl=en
and effects of battle of Panipat presentations
answering
and why it is considered  written
 using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82ypbbj9FY
important? responses
organograms for
 Examine Tuzk e Baburi as a  Quizes
cause and effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAALWE7vKfQ
source of evaluating Babur’s
 pictorial display of
character.
related artifacts
 Compare and contrast the
 Timelines
personalities of Babur and
Hamayun as rulers. Outline Map
 Analyze how lack of competency
of Hamayun lead him to exile and
became a leading opportunity for
the brief interruption of Mughal
Empire.

Questions:

 Which new war strategies helped Babur to defeat Ibrahim Lodhi?

 “Humayun’s greatest achievement was perhaps to become the father of the Emperor Akbar.” Explain the given statement with the help of references.
 Based on your knowledge, analyze Sher Shah Suri as a competent and progressive ruler.
 Sher Shah laid the foundations for the administration of the Mughal Empire. Justify the statement with three reasons.
 According to the historians, ‘The Grand Trunk road has remained such a river of life’. Elaborate the statement considering present day life.
 Sher Shah Suri could not build the basic administration without the cooperation of the people of subcontinent. Justify your answer with three reasons.
 Compare the basic administrative measures taken by Sher Shah Suri with reference to present Pakistani government.