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African history worksheets for Microsoft Word
Triangular Trade Routes: Map Reading Activity
This product helps students understand the basics of the Triangular Trade during the 17th and 19th centuries. The product comes with a complete teacher key. Ready to use - no prep! You might also be interested in this product:Map Activity: Aztecs, Mayan, and IncasMap Activity: Columbus's First Voyage
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course #24 & Mapping Activity
Informational Reading Text - Ancient Africa Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
A bundle of 8 assignments about the ancient civilizations of Africa, the culture, the leaders, and the rise and fall of these kingdoms. See the preview slide for a complete listing.Supplemental Assignments:"10 Key Historical Topics" assignment that can be used as an end of the unit project, assessment, or as a research project to introduce your unitA crossword puzzle based on terms from the readings.A venn diagram/comparison chart to compare empiresA great way to introduce the subject. The readi
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7th - 12th
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The History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Reading Comprehension
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text explores the history of the Transatlantic Slave trade and the effects it had on the development of the African continent.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match and a fun crossword. This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. T
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Roots - History Channel (2016) - Episode I - Movie Guide
This three page, 25 question movie guide is intended to support Part I of the History Channel's remake of Roots. This product would fit will in a unit of study which examines the origins of the Atlantic slave trade.
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9th - 12th
A Brief History of the British Empire, Colonisation & Slave Trade - Reading
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the history of the British Empire, from the first expeditions to the scramble for Africa and the later de-colonisation process after the end of WWII.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a fill-in-the-gaps exercise
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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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Grades:
9th - 10th
Also included in:Â Global 1: Complete Curriculum
Great African Civilizations - Episode 5 - The Atlantic Age Video Questions
AFRICAS GREAT CIVILIZATIONS (PBS), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history - Episode 5 deals with the 15th & 16th centuries with the arrival of European powers and the beginning of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - https://www.pbs.org/show/africas-great-civilizations/. Full versions of the episodes are available on Amazon P
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6th - 12th
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West African Civilizations Golden Age
The lesson begins with an introduction of the Trans-Sahara Trade and the Golden Ages of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Next, students complete a DBQ to gather specific evidence about those golden ages. The documents include one primary and three secondary sources that describe the civilization. There are also two extension documents (one primary and one secondary) for students that finish the documents early.Finally, students gather three pieces of evidence from the documents to prove that the civili
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9th
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Harriet Tubman Primary Source Stimulus Based Questions
This assignment contains 3 primary source documents and 1 secondary source covering Harriet Tubman's fight against the institution of slavery.
The sources includes; (1.) San Francisco Call, Volume 102, Number 121, 29 September 1907 (2.) Letter from Thomas Garrett; Source: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah Hopkins Bradford. (3.) Letter from Fredrick Douglas to Harriet Tubman 1868 (4.) Interview of Harriet Tubman by Rose Belle Holt.
Each document has 1-3 questions each to help stud
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Civil War and Reconstruction DBQ Bundle
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
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9th - 10th
High On the Hog Episode 1 Our Roots Movie Guide 2021 TV-14 with Answer Key
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021 ‧ Social and Cultural Documentary ‧ 1 season – TV-14Food writer Stephen Satterfield traces the origins of African-American cuisine, tracing its through lines from Africa to Texas. E01 · Our Roots - May 26, 2021 – 58 minutesThe hunt for African American food's roots goes to Benin, where okra and yam rule the market and pre-enslavement fish and corn plates reign at the table.25 questions with time stamps (2 pages) Answer Key (2
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8th - 12th
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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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Grades:
9th - 10th
Also included in:Â Global 1: Complete Curriculum
Berlin Conference Reading & Cartoon Analysis
Enhance your lesson on European imperialism with this reading comprehension & cartoon analysis activity that asks students to think critically about the impacts European colonization had on Africa.This worksheet includes a political cartoon depicting the Berlin Conference and a reading about the impact of the Berlin Conference, both with accompanying questions.Great as a homework or introductory activity! Only $1!*******************************************************************************
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7th - 12th
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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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Abolitionist WebQuest
This assignment will help students research a number of different Abolitionists from all different walks of life during the mid-1800's. Students will use hyperlinks for each of the featured Abolitionists that will take them to www.biography.com where they can see pictures, review personal information about each of them, read their biographical information, and even watch short video clips. Students will then fill out a graphic organizer including finding a picture, identifying where they have
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7th - 11th
Clotilda Last American Slave Ship - National Geographic - Movie Guide Africatown
Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship – National Geographic – Documentary – TV-14 – 2022 – 44 minutesIn July 1860, on a bet the schooner Clotilda carried 110 kidnapped Africans to slavery in Alabama. The traffickers tried to hide their crime, but now, archaeologists explore the sunken wreck. In a dangerous dive, they find physical evidence of the crime. Descendants of the passengers tell the story of how their ancestors turned a cruel tragedy into an uplifting story of courage and resilience. 22 qu
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9th - 12th
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Hidden Figures - video notes
24 questions in order that they occur in the movie. Hidden Figures is PG and addresses the history of the Space Program with a significant emphasis on the racial and gender equality issues faced by the main characters.
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9th - 12th
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This Day in History - July 2 Mutiny on the Amistad slave ship (no prep/sub plan
This is an informational reading article about the slave revolt aboard the Amistad and the results of this event. This is a perfect assignment to use as a "Bell Ringer" or "5 Minute Reading/Writing" type of activity. It also works well as a substitute teaching assignment or extra credit. The information is from the History Channel's website, the questions are mine. Can also be used as a web quest using the history.com website. MS Word doc for easy editing.
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6th - 12th
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Rwandan Genocide Handout
This handout takes students through the imperialist history of Rwanda up to the genocide. There are several primary and secondary source documents used to help students analyze what happened, including a link to a clip from Hotel Rwanda.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â African History Bundle
Non-violent Protests and the Early Civil Rights Movement: DBQ
This assignment contains 4 separate primary sources examining non-violent protest strategies, and the early civil rights movement.The sources include;(1.) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee statement of purpose1960(2.) Martin Luther King Jr. letter from a Birmingham Jail1963(3.) President John F. Kennedy in a radio and television report to the American people. 1963(4.) Estimated Percentage of Voting-Age African Americans Registered in 1960 and 1968. 1960 and 1968 Each document has 1-4 que
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American History (Suburbia, Civil Rights, Cold War) 1946-1990. DBQ Bundle
King Leopold's Ghost video Questions
These are movie questions go to go along with the documentary "King Leopold's Ghost" about the colonization of the Belgian Congo.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandela reading and questions
A wonderful introduction and overview of the Apartheid laws, Nelson Mandela, the ANC, and the end of Apartheid. Vocabulary is defined and highlighted in the reading to make it an easy visual for lower level readers.
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6th - 11th
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Info Reading Text - Ancient Africa: The Kingdom of Mali (no prep/sub plans)
A reading assignment about the ancient African kingdom of Mali. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Informational Reading Text - Ancient Africa Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
African Imperialism
Adapted from New York State standards a reading/viewing/question and answer worksheet for students. Focus is on Imperialism in Africa.
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10th
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