Students will collaborate in small groups to research and share stories about cultural interactions during the Muslim Empire's expansion, using empathy maps to explore perspectives, motivations, and impacts before presenting their findings to the class.

Students will collaboratively define the overarching goals and impact of their project by pinpointing how the expansion of the Muslim Empire influenced trade, culture, and governance, establishing a clear connection to the essential questions and setting the direction for their subsequent explorations.

Students will collaboratively brainstorm and propose innovative ideas for a multimedia presentation on trade and cultural exchanges during the Muslim Empire expansion, drawing on insights from prior empathy and definition phases, while engaging community partners in envisioning creative possibilities for the gallery exhibition.

Students will collaborate in small groups to draft outlines for their multimedia presentations, sketching out key trade negotiation scenarios and identifying essential elements that connect economic impacts and cultural exchanges within the context of the Muslim Empire's expansion.

Students will conduct simulations to test their multimedia presentations for trade negotiations between the Muslim Empire and other regions, assessing engagement, historic accuracy, and cultural impact through peer feedback and reflection.

Students will participate in structured critique sessions on their multimedia presentations, offering and receiving constructive feedback to enhance trade negotiation simulations, fostering deeper understanding of the Islamic Empire's economic and cultural impact.

Students will attentively review and reflect upon the gallery of multimedia presentations and map exhibits, pondering the influences of historical trade routes and governance methods discovered, and predict their long-term impacts, culminating in a thoughtful reflection connecting past and present experiences of cultural exchange.