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Sahara Desert covers 1/4 of African
continent, lies in the North
Geographic features of
Africa
Equator
Physical Features of Africa
Opening AssignmentAfrica Vocabulary:Choose 24 of the following terms and randomly place on your BINGO sheet. Leave room to define the terms or define them on the back.
• Plateau• Sahara• Sahel• Savanna• Tropical Rainforest• Jungle• Congo Basin• Great Rift Valley• Bantu• Bantu Migration• Oral Tradition• Griots• Matrilineal• Kush• Aksum
• King Ezana• Swahili• Great Zimbabwe• Shona• Ghana• Tunka Manin• Soninke• Mali• Mansa Musa• Timbuktu• Sonni Ali• Songhai• Mohammed I Askia• Sundiata
Reasons
for
Migration
Causes of the Bantu Migration
Bantu people spread throughout SubSaharan Africa
Equator
Bantu Migration Patterns
Shade where the Bantu originate.
Draw arrows to indicate where the Bantu migrated.
Opening Assignment
Work on defining one row of terms on your Africa Bingo Sheet
Impact of the Bantu Migrations
Bantu peoples migrate throughout SubSaharan Africa
spread and evolution of the Bantu language throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
spread of Bantu culture as evidenced by folk tales, (Griots)
development of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa & spread of farming techniques
development towns and villages in areas previously inhabited by nomadic hunter-gatherers
hybridization of crops and introduction of new crops to new areas
spread of tools and weapons made of metal
"Headliner"On a separate sheet of paper, write a 12 phrase news headline explaining the
connection of trade routes and migration patterns.
Thinking Like a Historian
Language Diffusion
mixing of different words and grammar structures between multiple languages
Learn about cultural values
folk tales and stories passed down from generation to generation (oral traditions), the Griots (traditional African story tellers)
Evidence of crosscultural interactions
Musical instruments from AsiaTrade goods from different areas such as India & AsiaBlending of religious ideas
Evidence of agricultural development
Hybridization of different cropsIntroduction of crops from different areas (ex. bananas from Asia to Africa)
Evidence of a complex society complex towns & villages
Ticket out The door
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Explain how Bantu contributed to settled agriculture.
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Language & Literature
CrossCultural Exchange
Agricultural Developments
Discovering SubSaharan Africa's Past
Patterns of Lifethe Culture of
SubSaharan Africa
Settlements Role of Women
Religious BeliefsGoverning & Authority
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Opening Assignment
On a sheet of paper, list everything you already know about Ancient Egypt and civilizations along
the Nile River
Kush Aksum
Kush
• along the Nile, region known as Nubia
• Important trade corridor from Red Sea to Nile
• Capital Napata• close trade ties with Egypt• governed by a pharaoh for 500 years
• frequent conflicts with Egypt• taken over by the Assyrians (80 years)
• City of Meroe known for iron working
• build pyramids• develop written language• absorbed into kingdom of Aksum
Aksum
• along Nile, in the Ethiopian highlands
• controls trade between Red Sea and the Nile River
• known for trading:> ivory> gold> rhinoceros horns> glass
• minted its own coins• King Enzana converts to
Christianity (Christianity comes to dominate Ethiopian highlands)
• strong military power• plagued by problems with
agriculture & loss of farmland• loss of trade & territory first to
Persia then to Islamic states
Learning Log
1. What did I learn today?
2. What did I find Interesting?
3. What was the point of todays lesson?
Benefits
of
Trade
Kingdoms of Africa Features of Africa
Kush
Aksum
Great Zimbabwe
Swahili States Region
Ghana
MaliSonghai
Mark and label the following cities:
> Napata> Meroe> Aksum> Timbuktu> Goa> Mogadishu> Mombasa> Kilwa
Swahili States Great Zimbabwe
Location
in
Africa
Important
Features
Important
Achievements
East African Trading States
State Location in Africa Important Features Important Accomplishments
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
West African Trading States
Influential Leaders of Africa
Sundiata Mansa Musa