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Correlation to State Content Standards
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. Describe the rise and fall of the Mali Empire.
2. Identify and Describe Mansa Musa and impact he had on Western Africa.
Correlation to State Content Standards
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. Describe the rise and fall of the Mali Empire.
2. Identify and Describe Mansa Musa and impact he had on Western Africa.
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 (10 min.)
Journal: During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers, however the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. After the war ended, these grievances ripened into an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and enmity. Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world through Communism, thus creating a period known as the Cold War.
SDAIE: TPS/Table Talk: Mansa Musa: Students will be shown a picture of Mansa Musa and they will be asked to analyze the picture and infer any information based on the picture alone.
Direct Instruction (10 min.) I DO…
SDAIE: Cornell Notes: Mali Builds on Ghana’s Foundation: Teacher will review the notes that students should have gotten from the reading. Teacher and students will read the passage together.
Guided Practice (10 min.) We Do…
SDAIE: Close Read/Talk 2 Text: Mansa Musa Expands Empire: Teacher will close read the section on page 166 with the students. Teacher will then guide students as they fill in their cluster graphic organizer with example of Mansa Musa and the important role he played socially and economically.
Independent Practice (25 min.) You Do…
SDAIE: TPS: Mali Terms: Students will define 6 tier 3 words to help out with this upcoming section.
SDAIE: DBQ: How Rich was Mansa Musa: Students describe Mansa Musa’s wealth after reading the description from Al-Umari and his visit to Cairo years after Mansa Musa had visited.
Homework.
Read the article about Mansa Musa and answer the three questions based the reading.
Closure (2 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Dismiss Class.
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