Chapter 15 (The Cultural Legacy of West Africa) . . . continued
Content Objectives: SWBT describe the importance of written and oral traditions in the transmission of African history and culture.
Language Objective: SWBT explain how African cultural achievements of the past continue to shape the world today.
DBQ (Document Based Questions) . . .
Content Objectives: SWBT to analyze documents examining the reasons and justification for the Crusades, series of holy wars called by Pope Urban II in 1095.
Language Objective: SWBT construct an essay detailing at least three reasons why the Crusades lasted nearly two-hundred years and its impact on the Jewish, Muslim and Christians communities today.
Essential Question: Why were griots and their stories important to West African societies?
Essential Question: How did West African music affect modern American music?
**This week 3 of the 3rd Quarter young scholars! Therefore, keep your foot to the pedal, do not let up, remain focused and always do your best work!
**Even though I set the schedule weeks in advance, it is not ‘etched’ in stone and is subject to change! . . . So, do not stress!:)
Monday, February 4, 2019
Today’s Agenda: Class work . . . Day 102 . . . Week 22
Check website, Power School Pro, Google Classroom, & Remind.com & bring tablets to class everyday (fully charged) . . . review today’s agenda; announce assignments and activity updates . . . 5 minutes
Journal entries (daily) . . . 3 minutes.
Tablet & Lanyard check . . . 2 minutes.
TFT (2 of 9): “Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.”—West African proverb . . . . 5 minutes.
Class Debates 1 continues (Periods 2 & 7) . . . 25 minutes.
Mr. Fulumirani