Mesoamerica and African Empires Study Guide and Unit Packet

This thorough packet on African Empires and Mesoamerican civilizations is a perfect unit guide to help students understand all of the key concepts, people, and events they need to know about the Aztec, Inca, Mayan, Ghana, Mali, & Songhai kingdoms.

The 11-page independent work packet includes engaging pages on all every aspect of these empires and civilizations for your World History classroom. There's also standards-based Essential Questions to guide your whole unit!

It starts off with a short overview reading on this era in history, followed by the standards-based essential questions. Then, pages are dedicated to each of the following:

• Vocabulary
• Geography
• People to know
• A Timeline of the Era
• Key Concepts
• Visual Literacy

Content covered includes early Mesoamerican civilizations like the Olmec and Toltec people along with the major empires (Aztec, Inca, & Mayan). Students also analyze African civilizations like those in Axum and Great Zimbabwe, as well as the empires of Ghana, Mali, & Songhai.

There are engaging analysis questions throughout the packet so that students are not just copying information, but thinking about the key concepts. Pages feature primary source excerpts and quotes, images for students to analyze, a map activity on Asia to improve geography skills, a timeline, and more. The resource can be split up and used as worksheets or as a complete packet!

Also included is an editable Google Docs version of the entire packet. This version features links to great online sources and is perfect for those of you who have gone paperless or use Google Classroom. A link to online readings to use with the printed version is included as well!

A complete answer key is also included for your convenience.

This resource can also be downloaded as part of my complete Mesoamerica and African Civilizations Unit Plan Bundle.

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