Starter quiz
- Place these kings and queens in the order they ruled, starting with the earliest.
- 1⇔King Henry VIII
- 2⇔King Edward
- 3⇔Queen Mary
- 4⇔Queen Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth's reign as queen was easy.
- True
- False ✓
- Elizabeth I was Protestant.
- True ✓
- False
- Elizabeth's government tried to convince her to ______ someone.
- 'marry' ✓
- Elizabeth was focused on solving England's...
- 'problems' ✓
- Queen Elizabeth I ruled England alone for 25 years.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- When was Mehr al-Nesā born?
- 40 years ago
- 450 years ago ✓
- 1000 years ago
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- Kandahar was part of the ...
- British Empire
- Mughal Empire ✓
- Roman Empire
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- The Mughal Empire lasted for __________ years.
- 100 years
- 200 years ✓
- 300 years
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- Mehr al-Nesā's name meant ....
- moon among women
- stars among women
- sun among women ✓
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- Her family were ______ halfway along their journey.
- 'robbed' ✓
- Not much is known about Mehr al-Nesā’s early life.
- True ✓
- False
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Key learning points
- Mehr al-Nesā was born in Kandahar, part of the mighty Mughal Empire in what is now Afghanistan.
- Her name meant 'sun among women', but she would later have a new name, Nūr Jahān.
- Her parents were running away from another country where they had been treated badly.
- A story is told about Mehr al-Nesā during this time; that on their journey her parents abandoned her in the desert.
- Feeling awful about what they had done, they returned to find their daughter sitting calmly next to a dangerous snake.
Common misconception
Pupils may think Mehr al-Nesā sitting next to a snake is completely true.
Explain to the pupils that Mehr al-Nesā's early life is still unknown. There are only legends about her story. A legend is a traditional story that might not always be true.
Keywords
Mughal empire - the Mughal Empire was a Muslim empire that ruled most of India
Legend - a legend is a traditional story that might not always be true
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