Early African History Lesson Date your papers: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Block Days: Wednesday, December 19 or Thursday, December 20, 2012 Friday, December 21, 2012 Wednesday, January 2, 2012

Tuesday, December 18, Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Read the two primary sources from African History, and examine the connections between the historical events and the geographical features of Africa. You must find a MINIMUM OF THREE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES. SourceGeography DetailsConnections to Geography Notes Explained

Tuesday, December 18, Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and share and discuss your responses. Add and revise. Then with your partner, answer the following TYPE ONE PROMPT: Based upon the two primary sources, what observations can you make about the history of Early Africa? Explain. Do this in the space below:

Tuesday, December 18, Class: We are going to watch the United Streaming Film Clip: “History and Human Geography of Africa”---10 minutes. You are to take notes in the provided Timeline Graphic Organizer. 4. Individual/ Homework: For the rest of the class and as your homework, read the identified pages in your textbook on the first page of this lesson on the History of Early Africa, and Add information to the Right Side of the Interactive Notes. Highlight and star important information on the Right Side of the Interactive Notes. You will have THREE NIGHTS to go through all the textbook pages and add information to the notes. It has already been chunked for you on the first page of the lesson plan!

Homework Chunking Textbook Pages: Night One: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 – Ancient History of Africa: pgs – Ghana: pgs – Mali: pg 244 Night Two: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 – Songhai: pg 245 – Bantus: pg 246 – East Africa: pgs – South Africa: pg 249 Night Three: Thursday, December 20, 2012 – African Society: pgs and – African Religious Beliefs: pgs

Block Day: Wednesday, December 19 or Thursday, December 20, Class: Ms. Barben is going to do her Early African Civilizations Powerpoint Lecture. As she does this, you are to do the Left and Right Side of your notes. You must use a minimum of THREE different methods on the Left Side throughout the notes. You must highlight, star, and add information to the Right Side throughout the notes. You must complete the Lecture Activities Ms. Barben has created within the Powerpoint on the Left Side throughout the notes.

Block Day: Wednesday, December 19 or Thursday, December 20, Homework: Continue reading the textbook pages, have done for FRIDAY! Add information to the Right Side of the Interactive Notes. Highlight and star important information on the Right Side of the Interactive Notes.

Friday, December 21, Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue her Early African Civilizations Powerpoint Presentation, and you should finish your Interactive Notes. 8. Homework: Finish Interactive Notes making sure Left Side and Right Side are done on each page. Work on the Study Guide Questions for this lesson to prepare for the upcoming midterm. Academic A: Print up the African Tribalism Supplemental Reading to use in class on Wednesday, January 2, Accelerated: Print up the Early African History Documents Supplemental Reading to use in class on Wednesday, January 2, 2012

Wednesday, January 2, Class: Ms. Barben is going to finish and answer any questions on her Interactive Lecture on Early African History. 10. Rest of Class/Homework: Academic A: African Tribalism Sensory Figure Accelerated: Early African History Documents Questions

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 Academic A/Periods One, Three, Four, and Five: Using your Interactive Notes on “African Society and Animism”, and the SUPPLEMENTAL READING “AFRICAN TRIBALISM”, you will create a Historical Sensory Figure examining how African Tribalism affects the daily life of an African. This should be typed and edited for spelling, grammar, and capitalization. Sensory Figure Topic: African Tribalism a)Must write in complete sentences. b)Each cue should be at least THREE WELL-DEVELOPED SENTENCES. c)Address specific, detailed factual information. d)Be sure to explain why. e)Do not repeat information. f)Any of the DOES cues can become an action verb like believes, worships, works, etc… g)I have identified the possible topics for each cue that will make sense. Select ONE from the options for each to develop.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 THINKS….(structure of society, social pyramid, or view of life) SEES….(painting, sculptures, or dance) HEARS….(animism, diviners and healers, music, or oral literature) SMELLS….(economic organization or life for tribes in hot, dry regions) SAYS/EATS/DRINKS….(use SAYS…council of elders or languages) DOES…(age grade or age-set system, inheritance, or lines of descent) DOES….(tribes, tribal marks, or clans) DOES….(nuclear family, extended family, or ancestral family) DOES….(roles of women, marriage, bridewealth, or polygamy) LOVES/HATES/FEARS…(spread of Islam and Christianity or tribalism in Modern Africa) Chunking of Sensory Figure Homework: Night One---Wednesday, January 2, 2013: Do Thinks, Sees, Hears, and Smells cues. Night Two---Thursday, January 3, 2013: Do Says and the four Does cues. Night Three---Friday, January 4, 2013: Do Loves cues and edit over your work. DUE ON Monday, January 7, 2013

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 Accelerated/High: Period 6 You will be analyzing nine documents on the different African Civilizations and answering the corresponding questions. You must type up each question and then type up the answers. You are to write in BULLET format. You are to use the information in your Interactive Notes in your answers. YOU CANNOT RELY SOLELY ON THE DOCUMENTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. You must refer back to your Interactive Notes from Ms. Barben’s Lecture and the Textbook, You to download the Document Based Question Packet: “It has been said that African culture did not exist until the coming of the Europeans. Evaluate the achievements of the African empires, kingdoms, and cities before the arrival of European traders and explorers.” in pdf format from Ms. Barben’s Teacher Page. There are nine documents and twelve questions. You are to answer the questions. YOU ARE NOT WRITING AN ESSAY! Due on Monday, January 7, 2012