Middle School:
Grade 8 - Social Studies - Semester 1
Welcome to the Grade 8, Semester 1 Social Studies course by Cosqool. The course offers short video lessons that combine the history of the Umayyad and Abbasid states and the states that followed them, geography skills, and the study of the Earth's spheres.
Course Content:
Unit 1, The Umayyad State, covers the rise of the state and its administration, public works and reforms under al Walid and Umar ibn Abd al Aziz, the expansion to the north, west and east, and the causes of the dynasty's end. Unit 2, The Abbasid State and the Successor States, 132 to 1342 AH, explains the Abbasid rise and the founding of Baghdad, services and learning under al Mahdi and Harun al Rashid, the weakening of central authority, the Crusades and the recovery of Jerusalem, the fall of Baghdad and the Mamluk response, and the Ottoman state and its rule in Arab lands. Unit 3, Geography, introduces geographic regions, vegetation, animals and settlement, and reading contour maps and map elements. Unit 4, The Earth's Spheres, studies the atmosphere and its layers, weather, climate, temperature, pressure and winds, the Earth's layers and rocks, internal forces, weathering and erosion, and the biosphere and biomes.
Course Structure:
- Mode of Learning: Online recorded lessons
- Grade Level: Grade 8
- Semester: 1
- Subject: Social Studies
- Video lessons: 27
By the end of the course, the student can sequence and explain major events of Islamic history from the Umayyad state to the Ottoman state, read maps and contour maps, and explain the Earth's spheres and the processes that shape its surface.
الوحدة الأولى: الدولة الأموية
الدولة الأموية Part 1
الدولة الأموية Part 2
الدولة الأموية Part 21:49
الدولة الأموية Part 3
- الدولة الأموية Part 31:58
الدولة الأموية Part 4
- الدولة الأموية Part 41:51
الدولة الأموية Part 5
- الدولة الأموية Part 51:45
الوحدة الثانية: الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 1
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 12:01
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 2
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 21:57
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 3
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 31:51
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 4
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 41:45
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 5
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 51:53
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 6
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 61:53
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 7
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 71:44
الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 8
- الدولة العباسية والدول المتتابعة 132–1342هـ Part 81:52
الوحدة الثالثة: الجغرافيا
الجغرافيا Part 1
- الجغرافيا Part 11:49
الجغرافيا Part 2
- الجغرافيا Part 21:47
الجغرافيا Part 3
الجغرافيا Part 4
- الجغرافيا Part 41:53
الوحدة الرابعة: أغلفة كوكب الأرض
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 1
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 2
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 21:54
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 3
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 31:47
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 4
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 42:00
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 5
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 51:51
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 6
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 61:55
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 7
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 71:53
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 8
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 82:02
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 9
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 91:59
أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 10
- أغلفة كوكب الأرض Part 102:11
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