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Grades 6 through 12 · Five day interdisciplinary inquiry with assessment extensions
Ghana, Mali and Songhay
Wealth, Geography, Scholarship and Atlantic Exploration
Investigate West African civilizations through the five themes of geography. Connect gold and salt trading networks, government and the Niger River with Mansa Musa’s wealth and Timbuktu’s contributions to world learning.
Explore the historical narrative
- Ghana and the Soninke communities of Wagadu
- Mali, Sunjata and Mansa Musa’s 1324 pilgrimage
- Salt’s essential uses, scarcity and costly desert transportation
- Timbuktu’s scholars, manuscript libraries and international learning networks
- Songhay, Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad
- The Atlantic expedition attributed in popular accounts to Abubakari II, with careful distinctions between the recorded 2,000 vessel account and unconfirmed names, routes and destinations
Included in your purchase
- 17 page print student packet
- 17 page fillable digital student packet with 1,000 character written response fields
- 8 page separate teacher guide with answer key, exemplars and 19 point RACE rubric
- NJSLS and CCLS on the first page of all three PDFs
- Five daily Do Nows and Quick Writes, plus gold, salt and Timbuktu evidence tasks
- Coordinate map with legend, compass directions, approximate scale and source note
- Mathematics calculations and a controlled science model comparison
- 15 assessment questions arranged five per page
- Two final RACE pages with 40 ruled writing lines in print
Middle grades standards anchor the inquiry. The teacher guide includes extensions for older students and scheduling guidance for additional assessment time.
$39.99
Three separate PDF downloads after payment
Receive the print packet, fillable digital packet and teacher guide after confirmed payment. No ZIP is required. One educator license covers use with your own students.
Digital classroom use
Open the digital PDF in a compatible PDF reader, type, save and submit the saved copy through Google Classroom. The digital map is plotted for interpretation; the print map is a plotting exercise. Written work and objective questions require teacher scoring. Automatic grading is not included.
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