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African history rubrics
Black History Month: Digital Biography Report---Google Slides (TEMPLATE)
Google Slides Template for students to create a presentation on a Famous African American.Just Make a COPY of this document and share it in your google classroom. Be sure to click *Make a copy for each student Includes: Student directionsTeacher Scoring RubricPre-made template slides: Slide 1Â COVER SLIDESlide 2Â Title SlideSlide 3Â Background: ChildhoodSlide 4Â Background: Becoming FamousSlide 5Â ImpactSlide 6Â What Can We LearnSlide 7Â Other InformationSlide 8Â Source
Grades:
4th - 10th
Engaging "Homegoing" Unit Plan (30 Days)
Product Description:Discover a comprehensive and captivating unit plan for Yaa Gyasi's compelling novel, "Homegoing," designed for 12th-grade students. This thoughtfully crafted unit provides a deep dive into the novel's rich themes, complex characters, and historical context, fostering critical thinking, discussion, and reflective writing.Key Features:Detailed Pacing Guide: A 30 day step-by-step pacing guide ensures seamless instruction, including pre-reading activities, engaging discussions, r
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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7th Grade West African Griot Project
Students become griots in this engaging project that touches on multiple skills:*observing skilled storytellers and what makes them good*reading authentic West African folktales about Anansi, Brer Bear, and more*summarizing plot and identifying a moral*using a menu of options to create a unique project*synthesizing learning to create a polished and engaging videoThis resource includes links to a variety of West African folktales, as well as a complete rubric. You can edit the document to specify
Grades:
6th - 7th
Group Presentation Project: Apartheid + South Africa (Born A Crime)
If you are planning to teach Born A Crime by Trevor Noah, this group presentation resource is a perfect way to kick off the Unit.Inside:1. Two-Page Rubric for Presentation Quality2. Digital Notebook for Sourcing and Note-Taking3. Credible Internet Resources to Get Students Started (for each topic)4. An Introduction Page that breaks kids into four groupsA. The Causes, History, and Laws of Apartheid in South AfricaB. Apartheid and the Struggles in Life of the Black PeopleC. The Factors that Brough
Grades:
7th - 12th
Civil War Website Project
This is a project that students will complete about the Civil War. It focuses on the use of Google Sites to create a collaborate class website about a variety of topics (list included) about the Civil War. This is designed for students to work on the website as a class where each student will complete a portion of the topics listed. However, the topic list and directions can easily be modified by the teacher as needed. A rubric is also included to score students, but this can also be modified as
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Africa Geography: What Can Africa Teach Us About Government Types and PowerPoint
(Includes Detailed Lesson Plan + Student Activity + PowerPoint) Zip file reader needed to access folder.What can Africa teach the world about government? Africa's government system has experienced various types of government from democracies to republics to autocracies. This is a comprehensive cooperative activity for students to explore the various governments of Africa while learning or reviewing the government systems. It can also be completed individually if the instructor chooses not to hav
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â NEW! Geography: Types of World Governments Bundle + FREE RESOURCE
NEW! Africa Geography — Africa Rift Valley: Breakin Up Is Hard (MUSIC INCLUDED)
A zip file reader is needed to open the file. This is a fun and musical way to discuss a tough subject on plate boundaries and how they affect the African Rift Valley along a divergent plate boundary where the Somali Plate and African Plate are drifting apart. In millions of years, this could cause not only East Africa to become a new small continent, but would create a new ocean. This lesson incorporates music as a learning tool. Students will enjoy the new rendition of the song Breaking Up is
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â NEW! Africa Geography Bundle + 2 Freebies
Rwandan Genocide Social Media Project with Digital Resources: Grades 6-12
Students create social media posts to demonstrate their understanding of social and historical concepts.Phases:Students work on their projects creating their social media posts.Students engage in a Gallery Walk and nominate their favorite projects.Students reflect upon the experience.The social media project can be used for various areas, including:Summary (What, Where, When, How, Why?)TimelinesKey FiguresGeographical InformationGeographical CircumstancesHistorical CircumstancesHistorical Analys
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Not Grade Specific
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Create a Magazine Cover Rubric
OverviewLooking for a way to teach students how to use their knowledge of media literacy and graphic design while also providing students with an opportunity to become more aware of important African-American figures in society today?! This digital rubric, suitable for grades 5-8, is dedicated to the Create Your Own Magazine Cover assignment about topics that are interesting and enjoyable for students to understand, research and reflect on. Within this file, the success criteria and rubric are i
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4th - 8th
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African Kingdoms Social Media & Gallery Walk Project with Digital Resources
Students create social media posts to demonstrate their understanding of social and historical concepts.Phases:Students work on their projects creating their social media posts.Students engage in a Gallery Walk and nominate their favorite projects.Students reflect upon the experience.The social media project can be used for various areas, including:Summary (What, Where, When, How, Why?)TimelinesKey FiguresGeographical InformationGeographical CircumstancesHistorical CircumstancesHistorical Analys
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Not Grade Specific
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Black History Social Media & Gallery Walk Project with Digital Resources
Students create social media posts to demonstrate their understanding of social and historical concepts.Phases:Students work on their projects creating their social media posts.Students engage in a Gallery Walk and nominate their favorite projects.Students reflect upon the experience.The social media project can be used for various areas, including:Summary (What, Where, When, How, Why?)TimelinesKey FiguresGeographical InformationGeographical CircumstancesHistorical CircumstancesHistorical Analys
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Not Grade Specific
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African Independence Social Media & Gallery Walk Project w/ Digital Resources
Students create social media posts to demonstrate their understanding of social and historical concepts.Phases:Students work on their projects creating their social media posts.Students engage in a Gallery Walk and nominate their favorite projects.Students reflect upon the experience.The social media project can be used for various areas, including:Summary (What, Where, When, How, Why?)TimelinesKey FiguresGeographical InformationGeographical CircumstancesHistorical CircumstancesHistorical Analys
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Not Grade Specific
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Ancient Egypt Social Media & Gallery Walk Project with Digital Resources
Students create social media posts to demonstrate their understanding of social and historical concepts.Phases:Students work on their projects creating their social media posts.Students engage in a Gallery Walk and nominate their favorite projects.Students reflect upon the experience.The social media project can be used for various areas, including:Summary (What, Where, When, How, Why?)TimelinesKey FiguresGeographical InformationGeographical CircumstancesHistorical CircumstancesHistorical Analys
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Not Grade Specific
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West Africa DBQ-Style Essay: Did Geography or Islam Build Mali into a Power?
Synopsis of activity:This three-day activity serves as a great assessment introduction to document-based essays. This could be appropriate for middle school and high school students. This essay is an effective way to check for understanding and build writing skills in a World History or African History course. Through an examination of resources, the students will take a stand and construct an essay response supported by evidence. Role of the teacher:After introducing the assignment and setting
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â World History: Ancient West Africa WHOLE UNIT BUNDLE!
Poster Project- Apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandela
Students will use their prior knowledge and research to create a protest poster. They can choose to highlight the end of Apartheid in South Africa or to protest to release Nelson Mandela from prison. There is a detailed rubric included.
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7th - 12th
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Medieval Africa Student Jigsaw Presentation Project
This activity asks students to divide into small groups. Each group will research a particular topic over Medieval Africa (or background)—Bantu Migration, Aksum, Swahili Trade, Trans Saharan Trade, Ibn Battuta, Mansa Musa. They will explain their type of topic to the class, specific facts, and its importance.Students will take notes over the presentations, complete a map and timeline activity, and the teacher can use the student-created questions from the exit tickets to create a quiz for studen
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7th - 10th
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Relative Location of North Africa Mapping & Writing Activity WITH KEY
Relative Location of North Africa Mapping & Writing Activity WITH KEYThis activity allows your students to practice using a map to label their political map of North Africa. After they label their own maps they will describe the relative location of at least THREE of the seven total countries.This activity includes a KEY with point values! (YES, FOR THE WRITING SECTION TOO!!!) I wrote out acceptable answers, potential things students could use to earn points, AND MORE!
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8th - 11th
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Kingdoms of West Africa Travel Brochure
This project is a learning-based project that will allow your students to create a travel brochure to West Africa visiting the six different kingdoms.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Griots of Medieval Africa - Oral History Project
This project is meant to explore the crucial role the griot played in preserving the histories and stories of many great African kingdoms. Historians continually point to the importance oral histories played in medieval Africa. This strong tradition of oral history is not as common in the histories of European civilization. This is one reason why African history seems to slip through the cracks in a world dominated by European historians. However, European historical accounts—which your textbook
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Urban Symphony: Crafting Collages in the Style of Romare Bearden
"Urban Symphony: Crafting Collages in the Style of Romare Bearden" is an engaging art lesson package designed for grades 5-8. Through studying the work of Romare Bearden, students will create a collage that represents a neighborhood or city scene, reflecting on the integration of elements of art and principles of design. The package includes a comprehensive eight-day lesson plan, a list of materials, a project rubric, a 5-question quiz with an answer key, and guidelines for student presentations
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5th - 8th
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AP Art History African Art Test
Up to date and meets the current/latest College Board AP Art History requirements Access to all future versions and updates of this product for life!Contains fully editable PowerPoints and Word Documents; for Google Drive access, email thedandyhistorian@gmail.com with order ID#!Original hour-long exam based on College Board AP format. Click on the Preview above to read a detailed description of my tests, their structure, and how you would administer in your classroom.Assesses student knowledge o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â AP Art History Complete Content (Whole Year)
NEW! Africa Geography — Africa Rift Valley: Breakin Up Is Hard To Do (SONG ONLY)
A zip file reader is needed to open the file. For the FULL VERSION of the lesson, click here.This is a fun and musical way to discuss a tough subject on plate boundaries around the African Rift Valley. It sits along a divergent boundary where the Somali Plate and African Plate are drifting apart. In millions of years, this could cause not only East Africa to become a new small continent, but would create a new ocean. This lesson incorporates music as a learning tool. Students will enjoy the new
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Grades:
7th - 12th
TedEd - Black History - Student Taught Lessons - FULL MONTH *NO PREP*
This bundle contains 16 "3 part mini lessons" on TedED "Hidden Figures" in Black History and a Rubric. This provides at least one month worth of Black History Lessons where the students are not only facilitating discussions but are teaching each other through video worksheets and kahoots.This takes the load off of you as a teacher and honestly teaches you alot of history that you may have never known such as the full story of Rosa Parks, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and The Great Dismal Swa
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
7th Grade SS - GA Africa Final Project
Based on Units 8-10 of the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 7th Grade Social Studies, this final project gives students the chance to demonstrate mastery of their standards for all three units. Jump into the persona of a travel agent and pick one of the many countries of the amazing continent of Africa. Students will have a chance to prepare with a thorough rough draft packet perfect for differentiation and scaffolding. After completing all the rough draft preparation, students get to pick th
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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