Interactive Notebook for Middle Ages Africa (Ancient Africa) ~ Common Core 5-9

This resource for Middle Ages West Africa (Ancient Africa) is ideal for 5th – 9th grades. This is NOT simply a product full of templates and organizers. You will find that all of the lessons and pages in my notebooks are truly interactive, not just worksheets to color and glue into notebooks.

Here you will find some of my student’s favorite foldable projects that cover the following lessons:

Each of the 13 lessons plus 2 bonus lessons (and over 125 pages!) includes photos of the finished product, teacher’s notes, detailed teacher’s instructions (with many photos), and student pages (templates). You will find that all of the information needed to begin teaching these concepts is in here. This is NOT simply a product full of templates and organizers that require hours of research and prep time - I have included all of that information for you! I have also included many differentiated versions of each lesson to help you meet the needs of all your students from challenge to at risk.

In the preview you file, you will also find a table of contents and several sample pages of a lesson. I’ve included the Common Core alignment for grades 5-8 and included these in the preview file as well.

Here is what’s included:

Lesson 01 – Unit Key Vocabulary

Lesson 02 – Africa’s Regions Geography

Lesson 03 - Early Societies of West Africa

Lesson 04 – Early Trade in West Africa

Lesson 05 – Importance of the Niger River

Lesson 06 – Africa’s Mineral Wealth

Lesson 07 – The Kingdom of Ghana

Lesson 08 – The Gold-Salt Trade

Lesson 09 – The Kingdom of Mali

Lesson 10 – 3 Kingdoms Comparison (Ghana, Mali, Songhai)

Lesson 11 - The Influence of Islam

Lesson 12 - West African Creation Stories (Oral Tradition)

Lesson 13 - Cultural Legacy of West Africa

Bonus Lesson 1 – Anansi

Bonus Lesson 2 – Mansa Musa

Everything that you see in the preview thumbnail pictures is included in this notebook, ready to teach in your classroom right away. Also, included in this purchase will be a link to a Google Slides page extracts of the student handouts. These pages are not intended as a true digital notebook, but may be helpful if you need to post them in your Google Classroom for student access. If you need a digital interactive notebook, I am presently working on resources for all of my units.

As always, if you have any questions about this product or using this product, I am continuously seeking to improve the quality of my materials. Every effort has been made to make this unit error free. Should you find any errors, please contact me. I will ensure that you receive a corrected copy. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Key Words: Ancient Africa, West Africa, Medieval Africa, African Studies, World History