West African Trading Empires - GHANA, MALI, SONGHAI - COMPLETE LESSON W/ NOTES

Everything you need for a great introduction or review of West African Trading Empires: GHANA, MALI, and SONGHAI (includes short bonus with current pictures of the gold and salt industry in Ghana today)

Lesson Includes:

• Lesson Purpose/objectives
• End of Lesson Questions (can be used as a Ticket out the Door, formative assessment, and as a study guide!)
• Scaffolded Student Note-taking guide
• Key/Critical vocabulary terms highlighted for testing purposes - students then highlight them in their notes
• Beautiful maps, charts, graphs and pictures that illustrate each concept
• Content-related launch to end the lesson/class
• Further reading and viewing suggestions (could be used for extra credit) as well as corresponding chapters from McDougal Littell's World History textbook (but this book is not needed for the lesson)

All content is based on state and Common Core standards!

This lesson includes everything you need for a comprehensive and engaging lesson that can be completed in 1 day or broken up into 2 or even 3 shorter lessons!