SWBAT:

  • Identify and describe the relationship between the Early African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay

  • List and describe the political, social, economic and religious systems of the Early African kingdoms.

  • Analyze primary sources for content and point of view.


Step 1: Students will begin by answering the Do Now - List the first 4-5 words you think of when you think of Africa. Explain each. Once students have completed, we will discuss, as a class, 4-5 complete sentences that should be written. Mrs. Silver will use class DOJO to select students randomly.


Step 2: Next, Mrs. Silver will introduce the main "3 Kingdom States of Africa Ghana, Mali, and Songhai" via PowerPoint. Students will follow instruction by taking Cornell Notes. I will add verbal details to the power point to give them more background information and context as we move through each slide. Students will finish Cornell Notes by writing a summary at the bottom of the Cornell Notes about the "3 Main Kingdom States of Africa".







Step 3: Students will read about the 3 Kingdom States of Africa-Chapter 7; Section 2, and complete a graphic organizer. The graphic organizer is a "cut down" version of the PERSIAN Chart and will help students to understand the Government, Economy, Important Cities, and Religion for each Kingdom State.