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Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine what it means to have wealth-a concept that turns out to be philosophical as well as economic-and examine the importance of music. They examine the concepts of wealth in Mali and in the United States and consider the...
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Using Effective, Evocative Writing as a Model

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the author's style to learn techniques for strengthening their own writing. They re-read "Music in the Fields" and highlight images that create vivid pictures in their minds-places where Young "shows, not tells" and...
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Empires of Early Africa

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the Nile's role in the birth and growth of Egyptian civilization.  In this World History lesson plan, 9th graders explore how archaeologists have learned about life in Ancient cities.  Students present a report on...
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills instructional activity, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a...
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The Trans Saharan Trade Route

For Students 6th - 9th
For this trans Saharan trade route worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions about African trade routes after they read the included article.
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Ordinal Numbers and Roman Numerals

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ordinal numbers worksheet, students color the ordinal numbers in people and write the ordinal number for different one and two digit numbers. Students complete 10 problems.
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Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read two short text items, which describe different approaches to agriculture. They describe the likely advantages and disadvantages of each approach for farmers, commercial peanut buyers, the government, nomadic herdsman and...
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MAPPING THE BLACK ATLANTIC

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the geographic characteristics of Western and Central Africa, the impact of geography on settlement patterns, cultural traits, and trade. They compare political, social, economic, and religious systems of...
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The Civilization of Mali

For Students 6th - 8th
For this ancient African civilizations worksheet, middle schoolers respond to 7 short answer questions about the civilization of Mali.

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