Chapter 15 (The Cultural Legacy of West Africa) . . .
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 for Islam rapid expansion
Language Objective: SWBT construct an essay detailing at least three reasons why Islam spread so quickly from its birth place on the Arabian Peninsula to far reaches of the globe that included three continents, Africa, Asia & Europe.
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 is Week 2 of the third Quarter 3! Here we go again! . . . All right, young scholars stay focus, alert and on top of your schoolwork, life, organization and time management protocol! I know you can do it so, please do not procrastinate and just do it!
**Even though I set the schedule weeks in advance, it is not ‘etched’ in stone and is subject to change! . . . So, do not stress!:)
*This is Week 2 of the third Quarter 3! Here we go again! . . . All right,
Monday, January 22, 2018
Today’s Agenda: Class work . . . Day 93
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 . . . 5 minutes.
TFT (2 of 10): “You do not become chief simply by sitting on a big stool.” Ewe Proverb . . . 5 minutes.
View EDpuzzle video: “The Cultural Legacy of West Africa” . . . 8:40 minutes.
ICA 14 (Image Analysis) . . . 10 minutes.
SSSA 1 (Solving Problems Activity), Group . . . 12 minutes.
CTC 6 (Analyzing) . . . 8 minutes.
After completing the necessary background information about on DBQ 2, students begin writing their 5-paragraph essays . . . 30 minutes . . . 30 minutes.
Mr. Fulumirani