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8th grade Women's History Month african history handouts
West Africa Empires Web Quest! Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mansa Musa, Salt Gold Trade
West Africa Empires Web Quest! Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mansa Musa, Salt Gold Trade!This West Africa lesson is included in the larger unit on Islam and West Africa, located here:Islam and West Africa Unit Bundle!Purchase this and save significantly!--------------In this highly-engaging web quest on West Africa, students investigate the West African Empires of Axum, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, as well as the impact and legacy of Mansa Musa and the Salt and Gold Trade that popularized West Africa.Sever
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4th - 8th
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Harlem Renaissance and Great Migration Activity and Reading | 2 activities!
In Harlem Renaissance and Great Migration student reading and research activity, students learn the origins of (and contributors to) the movement that resulted from the Great Migration. Students begin with an introductory text on the Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance with guided questions to review the essential material. Then, students transition to an activity that allows them to learn more about 7 of the major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance. Students will use QR codes to inves
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5th - 10th
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Yayoi Kusama Inspired Abstract Eye Painting - Women's History Month Art Lesson
This Yayoi Kusama watercolor painting art lesson has students make an abstract eye painting in the style of female Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Students will learn how Kusama used her signature dot to become the "princess of dots" while creating an abstract painting of their own. This is a perfect lesson to celebrate Women's History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month or any time of the year. Students will learn how to create an abstract eye painting that uses pattern to
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5th - 9th
African Kingdoms and African Geography PowerPoint Notes Activity
In this African Kingdoms and geography PowerPoint and notes activity, you receive a jam-packed 17-page PowerPoint presentation and a 3-page guided notes packet for instruction on African geography and the medieval African kingdoms on Djenne-Djeno, Askum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, and Great Zimbabwe. This unit PowerPoint is synced to work very well with my Africa resources located here!Students are instructed on the geography of Africa, including the Sahara Desert, Nile River, Congo River, Kalahari
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5th - 8th
Hidden Figures Movie Guide Black Women's History Month STEM
This product includes 25 comprehension questions and detailed answer keys to go along with the 2016 movie Hidden Figures. The questions feature the time next to each question so the teacher can easily pause or stop the movie, or rewind to specific questions to discuss. Makes for easy grading or emergency sub plans.High level thinking questions make this assignment guilt-free for the teacher! This is a great movie to show in class because it shows how diversity in the workforce was handled back
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6th - 10th
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African Kingdoms Stations Timeline Activity | Kush Ghana Mali Zimbabwe Aksum
In this African Kingdoms stations and timeline activity, students learn the history, culture, rise, and fall of six of the most famous African Kingdoms, such as Kush, Aksum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, and Great Zimbabwe. Students record details on each African Kingdom while they engage with a timeline assignment to understand each kingdom's place in history in relation to each other. Students are introduced to a variety of cultural achievements from all over the continent of Africa, such as the Ge'
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5th - 8th
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Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Painting Inspired by Lois Mailou Jones - Black History & Women's History Month
This artist inspired watercolor painting lesson is perfect for middle school art students. This lesson can be taught anytime or during Black History Month to introduce your students to influential artists and heroes of Black History. This is also a perfect lesson for Women's History Month to teach your students about the struggles Jones faces as a female artist. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the importance of African Masks and identify characteristics of African Masks and ap
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Celebrating Black Artists & People Art Lessons for Black History Month
Transatlantic Slave Trade Student Map and Questions
I designed this map activity along with accompanying questions to engage students in actively recreating a historical map, fostering both spatial understanding and critical thinking skills. Students are tasked with recreating the map on their worksheets, using colored pencils with attention to detail. To facilitate this process, I project the map at the front of the classroom, allowing students to reference it as they work and providing assistance to those who require closer examination. I have
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â World History Maps: 1750-1900: Bundle of 20 Maps with Questions
Invictus Movie Questions with ANSWERS | MOVIE GUIDE Worksheet
Invictus movie questions (released 2009) help keep students engaged throughout the film by providing 29 questions for them to answer to keep them on track. The Invictus movie guide comes with a key that has suggested answers provided at the end.The Invictus Worksheet follows along as Nelson Mandela faces the task of unifying a country divided by race. With only months since the end of Apartheid, divisions still exist between the country's whites and blacks, something Mandela notices during an i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Harriet Movie Guide Questions
This is a 40 question movie guide for the 2019 hit movie Harriet. This movie is rated PG-13 and perfect to show your middle school or high school students when teaching the Civil War, the Underground Railroad, slavery, and Harriet Tubman. The questions go in order of the movie and are simple for students to answer. The questions help keep students engaged throughout the film and also pick up on key parts. Answer key included. Available in both pdf and google doc form. Perfect for distant l
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7th - 12th
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Rwandan Genocide Reading Assignment and Research Activity
In this Rwandan Genocide assignment and research activity, students answer guiding questions while learning about the Rwandan Genocide (also known as the Rwandan Holocaust). Students read a guided text that highlights the role of European colonizers (Germany and Belgium) in reinforcing (and perpetuating) a divide between Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa members of Rwanda. Students learn about the 1884 Berlin Conference, the social structure of the Hutu and Tutsi, the 1959 Hutu Revolution, the creation of t
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7th - 10th
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WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE & 19th AMENDMENT RIGHTS Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Use this engaging word search as a no prep way to review the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States and worldwide. Puzzles make great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files.The 27 hidden vocabulary words are: Abolition, Amendment, Anthony, Arrested, Cady Stanton, Convention, Declaration, Democracy, Demonstration, Equality, International,
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â NO PREP US & WORLD HISTORY Word Search Worksheet Mega Bundle
Imperialism Primary Source Analysis of Menelik II Letter
This primary source worksheet features a letter from Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II to the Europeans meeting at the Berlin Conference in 1884 regarding Imperialism and the "Scramble for Africa". The resource includes an introduction with background information on Emperor Menelik II, the Battle of Adwa, and Ethiopia's victory against the invading Italian army. The primary source letter from Menelik requests help from the European powers gathered at the Berlin Conference, where they would go on to d
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7th - 10th
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The Travels of Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading
The Travels of Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading - Great for Distance LearningThis is an excellent resource to include with your unit on West Africa or Mali! In this reading, students will read two excerpts from Ibn Battuta's travels. The first excerpt is from The Saltworks at the Oasis of Taghaza and the second is Ibn Battuta Meets the King of Mali. Using Google Classroom in your class? NO PROBLEM! A link to the Google Slides version of this resource is included in this purchase. Just look at
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Islam Unit Bundle
Faith Ringgold Inspired Memory Quilt - Black History & Women's History Month
This Faith Ringgold inspired drawing lesson is perfect for middle school art students. This lesson can be taught in February for Black History Month to teach your students about the importance of the Harlem Renaissance and artists during that time or her accomplishments as a female artist during Women's History Month. Students will be able to create an artwork inspired by Faith Ringgold, that incorporates the importance of artists, community and music during the Harlem Renaissance. Students will
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6th - 8th
14 COWS FOR AMERICA: 9/11 Reading & Activities
This lesson for C.A. Deedy's "14 Cows for America" is perfect for a wide range of grade levels. It is a picture book with a serious message - a true story about the Maasai people and their contribution of 14 cows to help the citizens of the United States after the September 11 disaster.
I've made this lesson rather simple, in accordance with the book itself. The unit contains -
- Three board pages to introduce the 9/11 topic and the people of the Maasai area of Kenya
- Teacher ideas for a rev
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5th - 12th
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Ruby Bridges Unit
If you're willing to have your students discover the story of Ruby Bridges this unit, full of different activities, built with engaging documents, will offer them 4 great projects.Your Ruby Bridges Unit in detail:This packet comprises 62 pages and offers a color and B&W version. It enables you to work on Ruby Bridges' life using a variety of documents and engaging activities with your students.You will find:Step 1: Discover•Describe primary sources documents•Describe and analyze a painting (
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Women History Month Units Bundle
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Women's Suffrage: Iron Jawed Angels [Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources]
This resource will have students explore the arduous journey of how women came to have the right to vote in the United States. The Slide Presentation is full of interactive visuals, discussion & debate topics, and engaging video clips from the movie 'Iron Jawed Angels'-- all of which will encourage students to delve deeper into examining the events & factors that led to suffrage. The core of this lesson involves cultivating critical reading skills by having students compare two different
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7th - 12th
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West African Kingdoms Timeline
This handout will help students learn how to read and understand a timeline using information about the West African Kingdoms (Ghana Empire, Mali Empire, and the Songhai Empire). Students will apply their knowledge by answering the questions below the timeline. Events on the timeline cover the beginning and end of each empire, the Gold and Salt trade, and important leaders such as Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa, and Sunni Ali.
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4th - 12th
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Lorna Simpson Inspired Zentangle Collage Art Lesson - Black History Month
This collage and drawing art lesson will teach students about Lorna Simpson and how she uses her artwork to make a statement about hair discrimination. Lorna Simpson is a Jamacian-Cuban and African-American woman, making this is a perfect lesson to celebrate artists for Black History Month, Women's History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month or any time of the year. Students will learn how to create a magazine collage, as well as learn the art of Zentangles. This is a great elementary or middle schoo
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4th - 8th
Shade by Number Art Activity, Women's History 1, Early Finisher/Sub Activities
Want to celebrate WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH in the art room while teaching great shading techniques? Check out this fun packet of SHADE BY NUMBER activity portrait sheets!SHADE BY NUMBER allows students to learn shading and value in a simple, easy way by matching value tones inside the portrait. A great introduction activity to shading. No prep required except provide a few shading pencils! Great for cold winter days, coming back from a long break and even for an emergency sub lesson!These SHADE BY
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Shade By Number Art MINI Bundle, Women´s History, Art History, Sub Lessons
The Kingdom of Ghana Reading & Trans-Saharan Trade Reading: Print & Digital
The first reading covers the history of the Kingdom of Ghana starting in the year 750 CE. It explains the wealth of the nation and how they achieved it by collecting tolls and how the outside world was discussing the abundance of gold in the country. It then discusses the introduction of Islam to the region. There are five questions at the end with an answer key on the next page.The next reading discusses the trans-Saharan trade route and the technology that made it happen. It comes with fou
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7th - 12th
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Ancient Egypt's Old, Middle, & New Kingdoms Informational Text and Mini-Book
What's included?1. A one-page informational text that describes the highlights of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms and the intermediate periods in between (PDF)2. A corresponding 4-page (fill-in-the-blank) mini-book that summarizes the informational text (PDF)3. Instructions for folding the mini-book (PDF)4. A key for the mini-book (PDF)The mini-book summarizes what was read. Students will fill in the blanks with information found in the informational text. They are also directed to draw pictur
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4th - 9th
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