Week 29: Consent, African Societies and Empires

Math:

Science: Sex Ed: Consent (Quizlet, Videos:1, 2, 3, When Your Date Doesn’t Hear the Word No,  ) Essay: Write a small essay about what body sovereignty means to you.

Geography: Chapter 15 Societies and Empires of Africa,
Unit 1 North and Central African Societies (Quizlet),
Supply and Demand Video, The Almoravids, Crash Course 16,

1. What elements are necessary for mutually successful trade?
2. How do scarcity and abundance affect trade?
3. What was the effect of the Almohad rule on the Maghrib?

Spanish: Review -ER verbs and write 20 sentences

Writing:

US History: A Young People’s History Part 2, Chapter 20, “Under Control?”

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 6-11 (Vocabulary: 6-10, 11) Is Atticus a Good Father?

After Chapter 6, take a quiz.

Chapter 6 Questions:
Why does Scout disapprove of Jem's and Dill's plan of looking in at one of the Radleys' windows?
What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden?
Why does Miss Stephanie refer to a “negro” over whose head Mr. Nathan has fired?
Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?

After Chapter 11, do a review.

Africa for Middle School Social Studies

Africa contains a rich history of culture, civilization, city-states and kingdoms that predate European colonization. These chapters focus on geography and climate, anthropology and human adaptation and interaction, and trade and economics. It begins with early African societies, West African ironworking and agriculture and the spread of technology, language, and religion. 

Some of the art presented:

• Nok Sculpture
• Aksum Architecture and Christian Murals
• Benin Sculpture
• Great Zimbabwe Architecture
• Selection of Bantu speaking masks

I. Ch 8, African Civilizations,

• Unit 1 Diverse Societies in Africa (Quizlet)

Videos: The Nok, Djenne Cities and Art,

Project: Create 3D map of Africa
Essay Questions (Choose one). You may need to use the internet for research:

1. What advantages would iron tools give a civilization?
2. What is the history of ironworking, what improvements have been made and how do they benefit life today?
3. Compare Djenne-Djeno and Nok culture.
4. How is the African Iron Age different from that in other regions?

• Unit 2 Migration: Bantu Speaking People (Quizlet)

Videos: Push-Pull Factors in Migration, Khan Academy, Bantu Migration



 Essay Questions (Choose one). You may need to use the internet for research:

1. How does migration shape the modern world?
2. How did the migration of Bantu speaking people shape Africa?

• Unit 3 The Kingdom of Aksum

(Quizlet, Video)

Essay Questions (Choose one). You may need to use the internet for research:

1. How did Aksum's location and interactions with other regions affect its development?
2. Why did the kingdom of Aksum decline?
3. Which of Aksum's achievements have continues into modern times?

II. Chapter 15 Societies and Empires of Africa

• Unit 1 North and Central African Societies

(Quizlet) Scarcity and Abundance Affect Trade: Supply and Demand Video, The Almoravids, Crash Course 16,

Choose an Essay Question:

1. What elements are necessary for mutually successful trade?
2. How do scarcity and abundance affect trade?
3. What was the effect of the Almohad rule on the Maghrib?

• Unit 2 Western African Civilizations

(Quizlet), Mansa Musa, Empires of West Africa

Unit 3 Eastern City States and Southern Empires (Quizlet)