The Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Islam Unit PowerPoint and Guided Notes

Are you looking for a unit on the Byzantine Empire and or the Rise of Islam? You have come to the right place. Included in this resource are PowerPoints and Guided Notes. The PowerPoint for the unit is broken up into two parts. Part I is the Byzantine Empire and Part II is the Rise of Islam and the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. The unit notes include a complete copy of notes, outline notes that include missing parts that students can fill in, and a note supplement packet that is more interactive and can be used in place of the outline notes. The topics covered in the two PowerPoints include the Beginning of the Byzantine Empire, the Reign of Justinian, Justinian's Code, the Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, the Advances of the Byzantine Empire, the Schism, the Rise of Islam, Muhammad, the Hegira, the Five Pillars, the Quran, the Military Conquests of the Islamic Armies, the Islamic Golden Age, Shiites vs. Sunnis, the Seljuk and Ottoman Turks, and the Fall of Constantinople. The two PowerPoints include 139 slides of text and images. The preview for this product includes over 40 slides and gives you an accurate idea of what you are purchasing. The material in this unit can cover about 2 weeks of class time. The two different sets of student notes can allow you to implement differentiation in the lesson.