Chapter 13 (Ghana: A West African Trading Empire) . . .
Content Objectives: SWBT describe the importance of the gold and salt in trans-Saharan trade.
Language Objective: SWBT explain how the taxes collected on these goods (gold and salt) made Ghana wealthy and powerful. *Week 7 of Quarter 2 . . . stay alert, not excuses, & don’t fall behind! Only 3 weeks remaining until the ‘end’ of the 2nd Quarter . . . stay focused!
Monday, December 15, 2014
Today’s Agenda: Class work . . . Day 79
TFT (8 of 10): “Every time an old man dies, if is as if a library has burnt down.” West African Proverb . . . 5 minutes.
Role Play 2 . . . Pope Urban II incendiary call to arms: Clermont, France 1095 thus launching the crusades. . . . 6 minutes. Role Play 3 . . . While Justinian ponders Theodora acts: A speech that saves an empire . . . 12 minutes.
Motivational videos continued. . . Period 5 only. . . . 20 minutes.
ICR #1 (In Class Reading)--will take place EVERY MONDAY! . . . 15 minutes.
Photo Analysis (Literature Circles)—Group activity. . . . 15 minutes.
Video: “Africa” (3 of 4) . . . 15 minutes. Completed videos are due on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
Mr. Fulumirani