Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping, and I am really looking forward to learning with you today all about significant rulers from the past.

And we're going to explore the question, what can those rulers, what can their stories tell us? So, shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to explain how Solomon changed the laws and buildings of the Ottoman Empire.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some key words.

We'll be using these key words during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The key words we'll be using today are laws, mosque, aqueduct, Mecca.

I'm going to say those again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Laws, mosque, aqueduct, Mecca.

Good job.

Now let's think in more detail about what these key words mean.

Let's take a look at each of their definitions.

Laws are a set of rules that everyone has to follow.

A mosque is a place of prayer for Muslims. An aqueduct is a large system of bridges built for carrying water from one place to another.

Mecca is the most important city in the religion of Islam.

And many choose to make a long journey to travel there.

Pause the video here to make a note of these key words.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

The lawgiver, the city builder.

In the first learning cycle, we'll explore the lawgiver.

Suleiman was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire around 500 years ago.

At that time, the empire included large areas of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

So you can see Eastern Europe and the Middle East on the map of the Ottoman Empire there.

The Ottoman Empire was the largest in history when Suleiman was the Sultan.

Because he successfully led his armies to take over lots of land.

You can see an illustration there of Sultan Suleiman riding a horse into battle.

Many of those battles, he was very successful in.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Suleiman made the Ottoman Empire the largest in history.

Is that true or false? Hmm, what do you think? If you said that's true, you're absolutely right.

Now taking a look at these two statements, which of these would help to justify your answer? He did this by leading his armies to take over land.

He did this by asking if he could take over the land.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your learning partner about which of these two statements would help to justify your answer.

And press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said he did this by leading his armies to take over land, you're absolutely right, well done.

Sultan Suleiman was not only interested in taking over more land, he wanted to make the empire better in other ways too.

He cared about people being treated fairly across the empire.

As the Ottoman Empire was so large, the people living in it followed different rules, religions and ways of life.

This meant that people were treated differently in different areas of the empire, even though they were all ruled by the same leader.

Suleiman wanted to change this.

He changed the laws so that everyone followed the same rules in the empire.

They could still have their same religions and ways of life, but everyone needed to follow the same rules and have the same punishments if they did not.

This is how he got the nickname, Suleiman the Lawgiver.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Can you complete the clues below to fill in the crossword puzzle? So down, one down, Suleiman's nickname was Suleiman the what? And the words across, number two, Suleiman was the of the Ottoman Empire, and number three across, he made everyone in the empire follow the same what? So what are those three missing words that complete the puzzle? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to have a go at this and press play.

When you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look? So Suleiman's nickname was Suleiman the Lawgiver.

Suleiman was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

He made everyone in the empire follow the same rules.

Take a look at the puzzle there.

Did you get your words in the right spaces? Lawgiver, Sultan, rules.

If you did, well done.

This brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to tell a partner why Suleiman had the nickname Suleiman the Lawgiver.

Here's a sentence starter for you.

Suleiman had the nickname Suleiman the Lawgiver because.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to tell your learning partner why Suleiman had the nickname Suleiman the Lawgiver.

And press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at an example? So you might have written, Suleiman had the nickname Suleiman the Lawgiver because he made everyone in the Ottoman Empire follow the same laws so that everyone was treated fairly.

Well done if you were able to tell a learning partner why Suleiman was called Suleiman the Lawgiver.

And well done for completing that learning task.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson.

We're going to take a look at the city builder.

Suleiman is remembered for being a good sultan.

Lots of people refer to him as Suleiman the Magnificent.

As well as expanding the Ottoman Empire and making sure everyone followed the same laws, he also improved lots of cities in the empire.

Can see a statue of Suleiman there.

Suleiman had made many new buildings and they'd been built in Constantinople, which today is a city known as Istanbul in Turkey.

Constantinople was the capital city of the Ottoman Empire.

Have a look at that beautiful photo there of the skyline of Istanbul today.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

The city of Constantinople is today known as in Turkey, Vienna, Istanbul, Ankara.

Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your learning partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said the city of Constantinople is today known as Istanbul in Turkey, you're absolutely right.

Well done.

One of the most impressive buildings that Suleiman had built in Istanbul is the Suleiman Mosque, one of the biggest in the city that is still there today.

A mosque is a place of prayer for Muslims. The leaders of the Ottoman Empire were Muslims and so there were many beautiful mosques built in Constantinople.

Have a look there at that photo of the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul today.

It is very impressive indeed.

Suleiman also had a huge aqueduct repaired to bring fresh water into Istanbul and bridges built to connect the city.

Oh, aqueduct is one of our key words.

Can you remember what that is? An aqueduct is a large system of bridges built for carrying water from one place to another.

The Valens Aqueduct still exists today in Istanbul.

You can see a photo of it there.

You see all of those bridges.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Select the buildings that Suleiman had built in Istanbul that are still there today.

Aqueduct, theatre, mosque.

Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your learning partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said aqueduct and mosque, you're absolutely right, well done.

Suleiman is also remembered for having many schools, bridges and other mosques built in other important cities, including Damascus and Baghdad.

You can see those on the map of the Ottoman Empire there.

See Baghdad and you can see Damascus.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding here.

Select all the buildings that Suleiman had built in the cities in the Ottoman Empire.

Aqueducts, schools, bridges, mosques.

Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said he built aqueducts, schools, bridges and mosques, you're absolutely right, well done.

The beautiful mosque that Suleiman had built in Damascus became an important stop for people on their way to Mecca.

Mecca is the most important city in the religion of Islam and many people choose to make a long journey to travel there, passing through many cities on the way.

You can see the photo of a mosque Suleiman had built in Damascus.

Suleiman and the Ottoman Empire also ruled over the city of Mecca.

This city is in the country we call Saudi Arabia today.

Can you see the map there showing the location of Mecca in Saudi Arabia? The little red dot.

Suleiman also made some repairs to the roof of the Kaaba in Mecca and had the ceilings painted inside.

The Kaaba is a black stone building in the middle of the most important mosque in the world for Muslims. All Muslims face the direction of the Kaaba when they pray.

Can you see the photo of the Kaaba in Mecca there? That black stone building in the middle and all of those people surrounding it.

There are many there.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Which cities did Suleiman improve? Mecca, London, Constantinople, Damascus.

Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said Mecca, Constantinople and Damascus, you're absolutely right.

Well done.

Suleiman helped to improve lots of cities.

This brings us to our final learning task.

I'd like you to decide if each statement in the table below is true or false.

And then I'd like you to correct the false statements.

So the statements are, Suleiman made sure everyone followed the same laws.

Suleiman had many important mosques built.

Suleiman had schools and aqueducts built in the ancient Roman empire.

The mosque that Suleiman had built in Damascus became an important stop for people on a religious journey to Istanbul.

There is a mosque named after Suleiman in Vienna.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to firstly decide if each statement below is true or false by putting a tick or a cross.

And then secondly, I'd like you to have a go at correcting the false statements.

And press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at the true or false first? So, Suleiman made sure everyone followed the same laws.

That's true.

Suleiman had many important mosques built.

That's also true.

Suleiman had schools and aqueducts built in the ancient Roman empire.

That's false.

The mosque that Suleiman had built in Damascus became an important stop for people on a religious journey to Istanbul.

That's also false.

There is a mosque named after Suleiman in Vienna.

That is also false.

So well done if you got those true or false correct.

Now let's take a look at those three false answers and correct them.

So, Suleiman had schools and aqueducts built in the Ottoman empire, not the ancient Rome.

The mosque that Suleiman had built in Damascus became an important stop for people on a religious journey to Mecca, not Istanbul.

And there is a mosque named after Suleiman in Istanbul, not Vienna.

So well done if you were able to correct those statements.

And well done for completing that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learnt about Suleiman the lawgiver.

Suleiman is remembered for expanding the Ottoman empire, making sure it was run fairly and improving cities.

Suleiman changed the laws across the Ottoman empire so that everyone followed the same rules.

Suleiman had a huge mosque built in Istanbul, which is named after him.

In major Islamic cities like Damascus and Baghdad, he built and improved great mosques and religious buildings.

He also had schools, bridges and aqueducts built.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.