North and Central African Societies - Societies and Empires of Africa (800-1500)

This colorful presentation illustrates how north and central Africa developed hunting-gathering societies, stateless societies, and Muslim states. Modern African nations often must find ways to include these various peoples and traditions in one society. This lesson includes concepts like hunting-gathering societies, forest dwellers, social structure, stateless societies, lineage, family descent, age-set systems, Muslim states, the Maghrib, Islamic law, Almoravid reformers, Almohads, and more.

I've created many interactive Google Slides presentations. If you like this one, know there are many others.

You can use these in your classroom and/or post on any LMS (learning management system). I use this with Google Classroom and "give each student a copy." This allows each student to type in their answers individually. When they're finished, they simply click "TURN IN." These can also be printed off for students who prefer to hand write their answers in the boxes provided versus clicking and typing. You can also use these for direct instruction, where the students simply answer the questions through class discussion or on a piece of notebook paper. However, the best way to use these is with technology, where each student can interactively enter their answers into the presentation itself.

I spent a lot of time on each of these. They're colorful and concise. My students love them!