1. Ancient Africa
3100 B.C. – A.d. 1800

2. Warm-up –
(6) Contrast who you are now with who you were as a freshman. Choose (3) key details about yourself as the basis for your response. Include specific reasoning to illustrate how you’ve grown or changed in the last few years.
REMINDER: Mrs. Beck’s Brag Sheets are due today! Please have them to me by the end of the day.

3. Context
People and cultures change over time. It’s important to recognize and be aware that you have also changed.
A core focus for this unit and the year is how change impacts people and society, and how they come to terms with that change.
One of the most important questions that we’ll work with is, “Who was I, and who do I want to be?”

4. Ancient Africa Please turn to the map on Pg. 4 in the Text book.
Ancient Africa is divided into three major sections: East and West Saharan, and sub-Saharan.
East of the Saharan you’ll find the Nile river and Egypt. (City)
Education and learning, easy access to Greece and the Middle East
West of the Saharan you can see Ghana and Mali. (City)
Lots of gold
South of the Saharan desert people live in villages or tribes.
Cut off from the north because of the Saharan

5. Early Africa pgs. 8-9 The Gift of the Nile – Egypt – Sacred Writing –
4000 miles of rich, fertile land that helped give rise to the Egyptian Empire
Egypt –
began around 3100 B.C., divided into (3) eras
Sacred Writing –
Hieroglyphics, system of writing that allowed record keeping (business transactions, recording daily life)
Desert Caravans –
camels! - allowed trade between east and west, as well as sub-Saharan Africa
The Slave Trade –
spread African culture across the world

6. Big Ideas Groups
I will assign you to groups. Each group will be given a Big Idea. As a group you will read the selection, discuss the topics, and create a 1-2 sentence summary for each that includes the Main Idea(s).
You will have 15 minutes to complete this.
When time is up, each group will report out their findings. You are responsible for completing your own sheet.
*There will be a short quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday*

7. Groups! Big Idea 1 (pg. 12): Big Idea 2 (pg. 13): Big Idea 3 (pg. 14):
Scotty, Nic, Calli, Josh, Meghan, Coraymarie, Nautica
Big Idea 2 (pg. 13):
Thomas, Charles, Jaydin, Jordan, Raquel, Shilah
Big Idea 3 (pg. 14):
Cutter, Angelica, Luke, Khadijah, Jaclyn, Marley

8. The Wrap-up Legacy of the period (pg. 15):
Egypt heavily influences surrounding region. Hieroglyphics led to the development of the modern alphabet. The slave trade spread African culture around the world.

9. Warm-up QUiz: from The Immortality of Writers pg. 31
Write an in-depth analysis of the poem that identifies and explains how the poem clearly exemplifies Big Idea #1. You can use your notes and the text book (pg. 12)
Identify the key details within the poem that relate most directly to the material in the big idea. Cite, explain, and connect those details to the big idea.
Notebook check! There are 6 of Them!

10. From the Immortality of Writers
The core purpose of the poem is to demonstrate how writing can make a person immortal. The poem opens with, “Man decays, his corpse is dust / All his kin have perished; / but a book makes him remembered.” These lines illustrate the idea that while a person may turn to dust, having his story told will extend his legacy. The poem also ends with the line, “but books make them remembered.” By repeating the connection between books and remembrance twice in the poem, the poet emphasizes the importance that Egyptians placed on writing.

11. Read: Osiris & Isis (pgs. 18-21)
Context – story about the death and resurrection of Osiris. Osiris is killed by seth, his body is divided into four parts and scattered. Isis collects the four parts to resurrect Osiris.
Osiris – god of the afterlife, death, life, and resurrection
Isis – goddess of health, marriage, and love
Seth – god of storms, the desert, and chaos
Summarizer: In what ways does the story of Osiris & Isis demonstrate the Big Ideas? Write a well-constructed 1-page paper that connects the story with at least 3 of the bullet points from the big ideas.