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Medieval Africa Project

Medieval Africa Project: Time Travel Guide You are going to be creating a time travel guide focused on life in Medieval Africa – specifically in the empires of Ghana and Mali. Your goal is to explain and illustrate life in Medieval Ghana and Mali in clear and historically accurate ways. You do not want the time travelers who are using your guide to get lost, physically or culturally! Make sure they are able to navigate their way around the empires and understand key vocabulary & concepts.

Project Requirements Each team member must include: At least 1-2 pages on the team time travel guide focused on her/his assigned topics At least 5 relevant images BE CREATIVE! Engage your audience - time travelers. It is your goal to encourage them to WANT to travel to Medieval Ghana and Mali. Make these empires sound appealing, exciting, interesting, and “worth the trip” to the travelers!

Stanford Teams Group 1: Anthony V., Abraham, Ashley, Kevin Group 2: Alex, Julio, Ian, Angel T. Group 3: Alexia, Ernesto, Alyson, Martin Group 4: Lauren, Giovanni, Angel I. Group 5: Christian, Azar, London, Derek Group 6: Lizbeth, Marc, Alejandro Group 7: Greco, Sarai, Aide, Maddox Group 8: Adriana, Jared, Adrian, Luis Team Captain Facilitator Ambassador Resource Manager

Yale Teams Group 1: Anthony B., William, Arianne Group 2: Sebastian, Robert, Anthony M., Isaac Group 3: Lina, Daniel R., Hector, Jessica Group 4: Diego, Naidelyn, Samantha, Alvin Group 5: Victoria, Joshua, Janae, Caprice Group 6: Jeremy, Matthew, Athena Group 7: Joell, Cindy, Daniel M., Valery Group 8: Xavier, Isis, David, Martin Team Captain – playlist 4 Facilitator – playlist 3 Ambassador – playlist 2 Resource Manager – playlist 1

Resource Manager: Geography 1. Provide 2-3 descriptive details for each of the following climate zones: Mediterranean, desert, savanna, rain forest. 2. What is the world’s largest desert? What makes this desert difficult to travel across? 3. What is a plateau? 4. What are the names of two important rivers in Africa? Why are these rivers important? Find the responses to your questions in playlist 1.

Ambassador: Family Structures and Labor 1. What formed the basis of Medieval African society? How did families often live? 2. What were many villages like? How did families trace their descent? What did families value, and why? 3. What ways did children receive an education in Medieval Africa? What were griots, and how did they help with schooling? 4. Describe the complex role of women in Medieval African societies. Find the responses to your questions in playlist 2.

Facilitator: Religion, Culture, and Trade Slide #1 1. Who were the first known people to settle in Northern Africa? What did they have to cross to get there? What animal eventually helped with the journey? What were caravans? What was traded? 2. What was the first empire to develop? Provide 2-3 specific details about this empire when it was in power. Why did this empire eventually fall? 3. What empire replaced the empire you wrote about in #2? Provide 2-3 specific details about this new empire. Find the responses to your questions in playlist 3.

Facilitator: Religion, Culture, and Trade Slide #2 4. Describe the role of kings/queens, subjects (common people), merchants, and local rulers in Medieval African kingdoms. What 3 things did these roles help kingdoms do? 5. Provide 2-3 details about Ghana’s government. Provide 2-3 details about Mali’s government. Find the responses to your questions in playlist 3.

Team Captain: The Spread of Islam Slide #1 1. Who was Ibn Battuta? Provide 3-4 specific details regarding what he noticed about the ways Islam was practiced in West Africa when he visited this region. 2. What was Mansa Musa’s policy on traditional religion v. Islam in Mali? What did he use Mali’s wealth for? What types of libraries did he build, and where? 3. What journey did Mansa Musa make? What did he take with him on the journey? Find the responses to your questions in playlist 4.

Team Captain: The Spread of Islam Slide #2 4. Who made Timbuktu an important center of Islamic culture? Why/how? 5. Describe 3-4 specific ways that the spread of Islam had an impact on the cultures of Medieval Africa. Find the responses to your questions in playlist 4.