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African history activities for Microsoft Word
Kingdoms of West Africa Webquest (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai)
The assignment contains 38 questions about the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Students will use kid-friendly websites to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Standards addressed:Students will analyze the growth of the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, including cities such as Djenne and Timbuktu as centers of tr
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: World History Curriculum Bundle
African Empires and Kingdoms Webquest
Many students enter World History classrooms unable to name a single African Empire other than the Egyptian Empire. They often hold stereotypes of pre-colonial African societies as having been small, violent, technologically deprived, poor, quaint people who were tragically destined to be dominated by more “civilized” European groups. This webquest is designed to debunk those impressions as it familiarizes students with the grandeur of the Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Aksum, and Zimbabwe civilization
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9th - 12th
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African History to 1700 Unit: PPT, Activities, Readings & More: Print & Digital
This is all of the materials I use to teach the history of Africa up to around 1700. It contains all you need including a PowerPoint with note sheets for students, readings, activities, a map assignment, projects to pick from, exit slips, and more!Topics: Bantu Migration, Nubia, Axum, Ghana, Mali, Mansa Musa, Songhai, Swahili Coast, Great Zimbabwe, King Lalibela, and more!Multiple Formats: The reading comes as a PDF, Microsoft Document, and Google Document. The reading is editable! The link to
Grades:
7th - 12th
Haitian Revolution
The assignment contains 25 questions about the causes and effects of the Haitian Revolution. Students will use an internet article to answer the question. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐ Engaging!⭐ No textbook required⭐ Editable Word Document⭐ The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key Vocabulary: Saint Domingue French Revolution Social classes & ethnicities i
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6th - 11th
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Virtual Field Trip to Southwest Asia and North Africa
Send your students on a virtual field trip to some of the most interesting places in SW Asia and N. Africa using Google Earth! I use these at the beginning of my social studies units to help generate interest in the area we will be studying. I usually upload the assignment into Google Classroom, then let them start exploring. Most of the info is right there in Google Earth, but occasionally, they may need to use additional internet resources to learn more. Happy exploring!
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5th - 6th
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Imperialism Unit Bundle: PPT, Activities, Test with Study Guide, Projects & More
This unit contains 4 different PowerPoint presentations covering the Age of Imperialism for a World History, AP European History, or AP World History course. It covers all the necessary definitions and covers Africa, India, China, and Japan in-depth. Each comes with a note sheet to help the students follow along. There are two types of note sheets, one is completely filled in (great for students on an IEP) and the other has fill-in-the-blanks if you would like to see if the students are follo
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8th - 12th
Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions and Key
Students will watch the film Hotel Rwanda and answer questions that are listed in the order that they occur in the film. The teacher will be required to buy or rent the movie.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Scramble for Africa
The assignment contains 29 questions about European imperialism in Africa. Students will watch a 10-minute video clip and use an internet article to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *Engaging!*No textbook required*Editable Word Document*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key Vocabulary: Africa before European domination Imperialism Motivation
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7th - 11th
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Nelson Mandela and Apartheid in South Africa
The assignment contains 27 questions about the life of Nelson Mandela and the apartheid in South Africa. Students will use kid-friendly websites to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *No prep lesson!*Engaging!*Editable Word Document*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Topics/Key Vocabulary: The Early Life of Nelson Mandela Apartheid Segregation Civil Righ
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5th - 8th
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African Proverbs: Culture of Africa
African tribes developed an extensive collection of oral literature long before Muslim traders brought an emphasis on written records to the region. Even after that point, oral traditions were viewed as the more authentic “African” way and they persisted as the primary method of teaching morality, reasoning, debating skills, community values and African religious values to the young. Proverbs are short sayings designed to impart wisdom. In African culture, knowledge and mastery of proverbs ea
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8th - 12th
Life in Bondage: The Slave Narratives
This activity/project has students explore the Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 through the Library of Congress. Students will select a narrative to read, analyze, and reflect upon using a series of guiding questions. There is also a KWL activity included along with tips on how to utilize this activity. It can be used in the classroom, as a project at home, or in virtual learning.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Triangular Trade Map African Slavery Activity
Students need to draw and label what products where exchanged between Europe, Africa, the Americans.
Students need to draw arrows of the pathway, label continents, identify what was being exchanged, and place "Middle Passage" in the triangle that will be drawn.
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6th - 8th
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Global 1: The Bantu Migrations
Packet includes comprehensive yet compact paragraphs summarizing key data. Worksheet includes space for students to write their answers right on the page. Each worksheet is complete with images for visual learners and multiple reading comprehension questions.
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9th - 10th
Also included in: Global 1: Complete Curriculum
Ancient Egypt Webquest-The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Is it right for archaeologists and historians to disturb the dead? What if they gain new knowledge about an ancient culture in the process?In this webquest your students will be answering questions to multiple tasks that will guide them through primary source photographs and secondary source readings in order for them to form an opinion on whether King Tutankhamen's tomb should have been opened. Students do not have to address the supposed curse in the final essay, but it is in there as a resou
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt bundle
Jomo Kenyatta & Kwame Nkrumah
The lesson begins with an introduction to the problems nations in Africa faced as they fought for independence. Next, students work in groups of two and each student reads an overview of the independence movements in either Ghana (Nkruhma) or Kenya (Kenyatta). Students fill out a graphic organizer summarizing the problems the nation faced, how they fought for independence, and what the leader promised, and then they share their findings with one another.After both students have shared, they work
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10th
Global/World History: The Rwanda Genocide
Complex and detailed description of the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990's.
Packet includes reading comprehension text, room for students to answer questions right on the sheet and review questions to wrap up the assignment
Grades:
9th - 10th
Slavery in America Webquest
The assignment contains 36 questions about the history of slavery in America. Students will use a kid-friendly website to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐ Great review of key information!⭐ The assignment will take at least 1 class period to complete.⭐ The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected. Topics/Key Vocabulary: Beginnings of slavery in America Reas
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: 8th Grade American History Resources
Global 1: Mesoamerican Civilization of the Olmecs
Packet includes comprehensive yet compact paragraphs summarizing key data. Worksheet includes space for students to write their answers right on the page. Each worksheet is complete with images for visual learners and multiple reading comprehension questions.
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9th - 10th
Also included in: Global 1: Complete Curriculum
Africa Geography Gallery Walk-SS7G2,SS7G3,SS7G4 (DBQ)- No Prep!
This is a very interactive project where students walk around the room in groups and view documents relevant to the GSE standard. Georgia standards: SS7G2,SS7G3,SS7G4. There are DBQs (Document Based Questions) with each "exhibit." I have included detailed instructions on how to conduct the class project. This is great to preview the standard or review.SS7G2 Explain environmental issues across the continent of Africa.SS7G3 Explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on p
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Not Grade Specific
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Bantu Migration
*Requires printing/cutting cards before classThe lesson begins with an introduction to African geography and the Bantu migration. Students are given a map with the years of migration and they have to draw in the migration pattern with arrows. For the main activity, the teacher should print and cut out the descriptions of the causes and effects and put them in envelopes to give the students (the first three are the causes and the last three are the effects). Next, have students organize the cause
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9th
Reconstruction: Crash Course Black American History #19
At the end of the Civil War, the United States was still a very divided place. 700,000 people had died in a bitter fight over slavery. Reconstruction was the political process meant to bring the country back together. It was also the mechanism by which the country would extend the rights of citizenship to Black Americans, particularly those who had been recently emancipated. Today we'll learn about the Reconstruction amendments, the Freedman's Bureau, and the election of 1876, among other things
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Crash Course Black American History Bundle #1-51
Ancient China Brochure
Students review everything they learned about Ancient China by creating a travel brochure. The lesson includes a brochure template with each labels for each topic to cover. Directions tell them specifically what to include in each section. The entire lesson is editable so you can adapt the topics to fit your textbook.
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5th - 8th
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American Slavery: The Middle Passage Primary Source Accounts
Students read three different primary source accounts of the Middle Passage, which brought millions of Africans to the Americas against their will. Each account is from a slightly different perspective, but all go into detail concerning the horrors of the slave trade. Students analyze the experiences and feelings of each participant and then compare their accounts in a summarizing Exit Ticket.
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8th - 12th
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ENL U.S - Slavery and Middle Passage (English and Spanish)
Attached is a literacy based ENL lesson introducing the Transatlantic Slave Trade. There will be far more deeper discussions of slavery in future lessons. This lesson, like all of my lessons, is 100% translated in English and Spanish. I regularly include leveled texts to assist students with language development, images to assist with understanding, and translations to assist our newest students.Are you looking for more ENL materials?Full Global curriculum, ancient history to modern day:https://
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: US History Lesson Bundle - 1600s to Modern Day (English/Spanish)
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