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African history handouts for homeschool
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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Ancient Egypt - The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone lesson includes facts about the Rosetta Stone and the story of the Rosetta Stone. The activities included are a reading response, find the definition, find the synonym and crack the code.Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets)Contents:Information PageStory of the Rosetta Stone (Close Reading)Reading Response QuestionsFind The Definition ActivityFind The Synonym ActivityCrack The Code ActivityMore DecodingAnswer SheetsAll photos, illustrations and text by Christa Galloway / Primar
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt
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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Kente Cloth Designs and Meanings
Recently I did an "Art Around the World" Unit and fell in love with Kente Cloth from Ghana. My 3rd graders made Kente Cloth and we used this handout to create their pieces! There are 20 designs featured here and each design's meaning is included as well. Each design and color is full of meaning and symbolism. By the end of the project your students will have Kente Cloth full of meaning. This handout is simple and easy to read. I know your students will love it!
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2nd - 7th
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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: The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course #24 & Mapping Activity
Middle School Weaving Kente Cloth-Inspired by Textiles of Africa! Cardboard Loom
Weaving is a student favorite! Middle School and High School art students will enjoy combining yarns to create dazzling patterns with this easy textiles lesson!⭐Introduce your students to gorgeous African Kente woven fabrics! Your students will learn about the symbolic colors and meanings that the designs in these traditional fabrics represent. Students will learn how to weave specific designs into their own woven "fabric" using yarn and inexpensive cardboard looms. The step-by-step instruct
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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
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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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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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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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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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: Islam Unit Bundle
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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Ancient Egypt - Hieroglyphs
This resource explores the history of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, types of glyphs, the hieroglyphic alphabet, the cartouche and hieroglyphic numbers. There is plenty of information, reference pages for hieroglyphic letters and numbers and activities including art, math and reading response.Pages: 10 (including 2 answer sheets)Contents:Information Handouts with photosDecoding Hieroglyphics ActivityReading Response QuestionsDecode the Cartouche ActivityDesign Your Own CartoucheHieroglyphic Numbe
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt
African Nations Gain Independence worksheet
African Nations Gain Independence worksheetAIM: How did African nations gain independence from imperialist nations?Common core-compliant worksheet focusing on two case studies - Kenya and Ghana - as examples of methods used by Africans to free themselves from colonialism. Includes several activities designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement, and class discussion such as:Do now that appropriately sets up the worksheet - cartoon analysis reviewing the reasons and process of African
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #7 Africa - Geography Through the End of Apartheid
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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Remember the Titans Movie Guide with Quiz
This is a 65 question movie guide for the popular Disney movie, Remember the Titans, staring Denzel Washington. This also includes a 10 question quiz to give to students afterwards. All questions on quiz and movie guide are open ended and include an answer key. Comes in pdf and google doc form, so this is great for distant learning (online learning, digital learning). This is a great movie show students of any grade level. And is really great for any subject matter. It is great for History
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6th - 12th
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The Impact of Imperialism on Africans worksheet
The Impact of Imperialism on Africans worksheetAIM: To what extent did imperialism hurt Africans?Common core aligned worksheet on the impact of European imperialism on Africans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes a variety of student-centered activities designed to promote class discussion, active engagement, and critical thinking such asDo now that appropriately sets up the worksheet - European motivations for imperialism. Secondary source reading - Scramble for AfricaTurn
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #7 Africa - Geography Through the End of Apartheid
EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM and AFRICAN COLONIALISM Activities/Distance Learning
As students study the many countries whose imperialism extended to colonizing African nations, these activities assist in driving home the concept of the large areas of land some European countries occupied in Africa. In addition, students realize the specific areas in Africa colonized by particular European countries. This file contains -- a country shape puzzle, that causes students to look at borders and compare them with the shapes given, then write the name of that country and its occupy
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6th - 10th
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Roots (2016) DVD/Video Guide (ALL FOUR EPISODES)
Use this video guide along with all four episodes of Roots (2016). Each guide includes a character analysis chart with questions along with an answer key.Sons of Liberty DVD Guides (ALL EPISODES)Roots (2016) DVD/Video Guide (ALL EPISODES)Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen Bundle (ALL EPISODES)U.S. History Simulations:Civil War Simulation GameGold Rush Simulation GameGilded Age Simulation GameOregon Trail Simulation GameLewis and Clark Simulation GameWorld History Simulations:Vikings Simulation
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8th - 12th
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 Trading Empires worksheet
West African Trading Empires worksheetAIM: How did the empires of West Africa become great? To what extent did the empires of West Africa develop complex civilizations before the arrival of Europeans?Common core aligned worksheet on the West African trading empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Contains a variety of student-centered activities designed to promote class discussion, active engagement, and critical thinking such as:Do now - Primary source reading with questions – sets up the w
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle #7 Africa - Geography Through the End of Apartheid
The Rise of Apartheid in South Africa Reading with Questions
The Rise of Apartheid in South Africa Reading with QuestionsPerfect for a Global or World History class!Includes a thorough secondary source reading and an informative chart on the rise of apartheid in South Africa. Followed by 10 reading comprehension and critical thinking questions perfect for class discussion and active engagement.This product can be used as an in-class reading or as a homework assignment.Answer key included!Note: This reading does not mention Nelson Mandela or attempts by th
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Apartheid in South Africa Bundle
African Kingdoms Bundle
This resource contains reading passages and activities (over 90 pages) for the following Kingdoms and Empires:Kingdom of KushKingdom of AksumKingdom of GhanaMali EmpireGreat ZimbabweDon't forget to check out my Ancient Egypt Resources:Ancient Egypt: King Tutankhamun Reading Passage and ActivitiesAncient Egypt: Mini Reading Passages and ActivitiesAncient Egypt: Ramses the Great Reading Passage and ActivitiesAncient Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut Reading Passage and ActivitiesAncient Egypt: Queen Nefert
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5th - 9th
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