After taking a month or so to focus solely on Math and Language Arts (with a little Nature Study thrown in), next week we'll be returning to our usual school work. In History, we will resume our study of the Middle Ages by spending a week on the West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Below are some of the resources I've found, many of which we'll be using.
- DVD: [Geography] BBC Atlas of National History: Wild Africa: Includes six episodes: Mountains, Savannah, Deserts, Coasts, Jungles, Lakes and Rivers.
- Board Games: 10 Days in Africa (BGG), Through the Desert (BGG), Timbuktu (BGG)
- Website: The Story of Africa: West African Kingdoms (BBC)
- Africa: Geography & Environments (National Geographic World Regions) by Sherilin Chanek (Study Guide here)
- Ancient West African Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai by Mary Quigley (preview here)
- The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa by Patricia & Frederick McKissack (preview here)
- Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali by Khephra Burns (preview here)
- Traveling Man: The Journal of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354 by James Rumford
- Exploring Africa! Classroom Activities
- A Golden Age: Three West African Empires (.PDF)
- A Hidden History: The West African Empires before the Atlantic Slave Trade (.PDF)
- West African Empires (PowerPoint Presentation)
- West African Geography, Climate, History (.PDF)
- Measuring the Travels of Two Adventurers: Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta + Handouts (.PDF) (GR 6-8 / Math)
- Ibn Battuta Worksheet ("A Visit to Mali")
- FINAL PROJECT: Medieval African Kingdoms Promotional Campaign
- Ghana: Medieval Trading Empire of West Africa (preview here), $14.95
- Unit 2, "African Roots" from Focus on U.S. History: The Era of Exploration and Discovery by Kathy Sammis, $25.00 (preview here)
- Document Based Activities: Medieval Africa, $13.45-16.95
- [Mr. Donn & Maxie's] Ancient and Medieval Africa, $23.95-29.95
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