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Mirzo Ulugh Beg
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 39–41
GoalGive information about Mirzo Ulugh Beg; find rhyming words in a poem.
New words
observatory · rasadxonaastronomer · astronomtable, chart · jadvalthe universe · koinot
Explanation
Mirzo Ulugh Beg was Amir Temur’s grandson, a great astronomer and mathematician. In Samarkand he had an observatory built, watched the stars and compiled a table of stars (“Ziji jadidi Ko‘ragoniy”). The textbook has the poem “Mirzo Ulug‘bek” by Abdulla Polatov. We read our own text.
Worked examples
“The sky watcher”. Mirzo Ulugh Beg was Amir Temur’s grandson. In Samarkand he built an observatory for watching the stars. Together with scholars he determined the positions of stars and compiled a table. This table is called “Ziji jadidi Ko‘ragoniy”. Ulugh Beg also studied mathematics. His work is famous all over the world.
Rhyming words: oy – boy (moon – rich), tun – un (night – flour).
Class activity
“Starry sky”: draw stars on black paper and write one fact about Ulugh Beg on each star.
Practice
1
Whose grandson was Ulugh Beg?
Amir Temur’s
2
What is an observatory for?
For watching the stars
3
In which city did Ulugh Beg build an observatory?
In Samarkand
4
What is Ulugh Beg’s table called?
“Ziji jadidi Ko‘ragoniy”
5
Find a word that rhymes with oy.
Boy (rich)