Third Period: 10:27am to 11:17am
Fourth Period: 11:20am to 12:09pm
Medieval Africa Readings & Checkpoints
Over the course of the unit, we will be going through different sections of the textbook in class. Whenever we start a reading, the questions will be due the next day and there will be a reading checkpoint made available after school for homework (unless there are other instructions). The Google Forms online correspond to a specific topic/lesson in the textbook.
Mali and Songhai
After the fall of Ghana, even larger empires rose in West Africa. With people’s movements along trade routes, news of these wealthy West African empires spread to distant places.
Proverb Project
What are Proverbs?
Are part of the oral tradition in Africa
Are wise sayings
Provide a quick way to transmit wisdom
Deal with all aspects of life
Were passed down orally
FOR EXAMPLE:
“It takes a village to raise a family” focuses on child rearing
or
“Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burnt down”
ASSIGNMENT:
Choose a proverb (see list below) and follow these directions to make a Proverbial Picture Page:
Pick a proverb from the list.
Write the proverb on the bottom half of a sheet of computer paper
Write the proverb's meaning beneath the proverb.
Draw a picture to illustrate the proverb.
Decorate the page
LIST OF PROVERBS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Talking doesn't fill the basket in the farm
Don't insult the crocodile until you cross the water.
A big blanket encourages sleeping in the morning.
A bird that is eating guinea-corn keeps quiet.
Rats don't dance in the cat's doorway.
A hippopotamus can be made invisible in dark water.
If your house is burning, there is not time to go hunting.
One who tells you about others will tell others about you
A bad coconut spoils the good ones
A boat doesn’t go forward if each is rowing his own way
Not all that have claws are lions
He who walks in silence quarrels with nobody