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Correlation to State Content Standards
7.4.4 Trace the growth of the Arabic language in government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa.
7.4.3 Describe the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa.
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able to:
1. Analyze the importance of strong leadership and government organization to the rise of the Songhai empire.
2. Review the rise and fall of African empires and its geography.
Common Core Literacy
RH 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH 7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Anticipatory Set (5 min.)
Journal: Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, with its sentimental, festive and transformative story about Christmas is one of the most enduring holiday classics. Published in 1843 − the same year the first Christmas card was sent − it became one of the most popular books of all time, and has been adapted countless times for stage and screen, including arguably the greatest 1951 film version, starring Alastair Sim as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.
Direct Instruction (5 min.) I DO…
SDAIE: Think a loud: Songhai Empire: Teacher will guide students thinking by using the Think a Loud strategy to help comprehend their reading.
SDAIE: Procedures: Kahoot: Teacher will go over the rules of jeopardy and how to play the game. Also will discuss the in class procedures.
Guided Practice (10 min.) We Do…
SDAIE: TPS: Decline in Mali: Teacher and students will go over the answers to the section.
Independent Practice (35 min.) You Do…
SDAIE: Cornell Notes: Songhai Empire: Students will read pages 167-168 and complete their Cornell Notes.
SDAIE: Metacognition: Kahoot: Students will play Kahoot and answer questions that will appear on tomorrow test.
SDAIE: Table Talk: Trade: Students will discuss in their tables the impact trade had on Africa.
Homework.
N/A
Closure (2 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Dismiss Class.
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