5th grade african history thematic unit plans for Google Apps

Music of Africa Google Slidedeck with Images/Videos/Prompts

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This "Music of Africa" is Unit 2 in my World Music Survey course, that begins in Asia and ends in Europe. While originally designed for asynchronous learning, it works perfectly for projection-based music classes in which students have either their own copy alongside, or a place to write down their answers for submission. There are several formative tasks within, and a summative wrap-up assignment that could easily be optional. When taught in full (full videos, discussion, etc.), this unit takes

Subjects:

African History, Instrumental Music, Music

Grades:

4th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Mini Unit: History of Quilting and Slavery in America

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Jada Schmidt

This mini unit plan includes a few lessons that provide an in depth understanding of quilting in America and its history that roots in African culture. It provides information on the history of weaving in African cultures (specifically including Ghana's kente cloth and its production using natural resources as well as the jobs needed to create the fabric), the historic events that led to slave trade in America, and the way African slaves used their talents and skills from their work before becom

Subjects:

African History, Black History Month, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Cultural Activities