1. Bell Work Copy down the due dates from the homework board Take 10 minutes to work on your vocabulary or prepare for the map quiz during B Block. Have out 6.3 homework, ready to be stamped. Have out a red or green pen for correcting homework.

2. Daily Agenda Correct 6.3 homework Group read 6.4 and discuss, powerpoint on 6.4 Group activity: “Gallery of African Art and Proverbs) Complete Ghana/Mali/Songhai comparison worksheet Prepare for B Block map quiz

3. Upcoming Due Dates Jan 11/12: Ch 5 Quiz (15 questions) Jan 20/21: Africa Map Quiz Jan: 20/21: Africa Unit Vocab Due Jan 25/26: Semester study guides due Jan 25/26: Semester exam/Africa Unit exam Jan 25/26: Africa portfolios

4. Vocabulary is Due on Thursday/Friday Jan 20/21: 17 total words Chapter 5 1.Rifts 2.Sub-Saharan Africa 3.Sahel 4.Savannah 5.Rainforests 6.Extended Family 7.Animism Chapter six 1.Silent Barter 2.Tunka Manin 3.Sundiata 4.Mansa Musa 5.Sunni Ali 6.Askia the Great 7.Oral History 8.Griots 9.Proverbs 10.Kente

5. Map Quiz: Thursday/Friday, Jan 20/21 Two-Sided Quiz Side A Identify the four different environment s in Africa (pg 114) Locate the five major rivers discussed in class: – Nile – Congo – Niger – Senegal – Zambezi Side B You will have a list of countries in Africa From that list, you will need to place 15 countries into their correct political borders. You may place up to 25 countries in their correct borders for 5 points extra credit.

6. Africa “Gallery” ½ the class will be sitting at their desks and looking at the different pictures of Art, and will try to determine their significance and uses. The other ½ of the class will be moving around the room in groups of 2 and looking at different African proverbs, and determining the message that they are trying to teach. Groups will have 2 minutes at each station, and we will switch after 15 minutes.