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Room for complete responses
RST packages include labeled response pages for daily work and short answers. Each digital written-response field allows 1,000 characters. Each final RACE task has two dedicated writing pages with 48 ruled lines in print and digital continuation fields. Use the original questions and the matching page labels.
Grades 6–12 pathways
Purple Ma’at headers appear throughout the PDFs. Included grade band pathways connect evidence analysis and argument to NJSLS and Common Core for Grades 6–8, 9–10, and 11–12. Original readings and advanced content are retained, with scaffolding or extension by grade band.
Geography of Africa
Maps included Geographic activities include reference maps with a compass rose, scale, and legend. Modern reference maps are distinguished from historical maps. Updated October 15, 2026.
Explore location, physical features, climate, resources and African trade networks through maps, source reading and evidence-based writing.
Daily teacher notes and an answer key are included with this RST in PDF at no additional charge.
Five day lesson sequence
- Day 1 · Locating Africa. Read map reference lines, identify surrounding waters, and distinguish absolute and relative location.
- Day 2 · Physical features and water systems. Compare the Sahara and Sahel, locate major rivers, and explain the Nile’s influence on ancient Egyptian settlement and irrigation.
- Day 3 · Climate, resources and human choices. Compare regional adaptations and examine the benefits and costs of environmental modification.
- Day 4 · Trade and movement. Analyze caravan networks and gold and salt exchange, connecting physical environments with African knowledge and decisions.
- Day 5 · Assessment and RACE writing. Complete a separate Do Now and Quick Write before 15 multiple choice questions and a comparative RACE response scored with a 19 point rubric.
Student RST
The packet includes a distinct Do Now and Quick Write on all five days, exit responses on Days 1 through 4, four informational readings, vocabulary definitions and selected word origins, name and section fields, and continuous full width response lines. The final RACE response asks students to use at least two sources and an accurate reference map observation.
Teacher materials
Five pages of daily teacher notes include 40 minute instructional sequences with I Do, We Do and They Do, daily standards, checks for understanding, accommodations, Amistad connections and reteaching guidance. The separate three page answer key includes response guidance, selected response answers, a RACE exemplar and scoring criteria. An optional two page assessment response sheet is also included.
View a sample
View the Day 1 reading and lined response pages
Materials to prepare
Use classroom world and Africa maps, plus ancient and modern Egypt maps, alongside the packet. Full reference maps are not included.
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