Today’s Agenda: Class work . . . Day 98 . . . Week 21
Journal entries (daily) . . . 5 minutes.
Tablet & Lanyard check . . . 2 minutes.
QFT (1 of 9): Mansa Musa’s 3,500-mile epic journey (pilgrimage) to Mecca in the 14th century may have been a death knell for the peoples of West Africa. Why or why not? On the other hand, was his ostentatious display of wealth, power, and prestige, which drew the attention of Mediterranean merchants to Mali’s economic importance? Hmm, that is a possibility . . . Maybe. How do you see it young historians? . . . 6 minutes.
QFT (2 of 9): “In your opinion, what was Mansa Musa’s most lasting achievement? Why? (extra-credit) . . . 5 minutes.
Collect Journals . . . 10 minutes.
LTT 2 (Music from Mali to Memphis), complete in your journals . . . 12 minutes
Students continue writing their DBQ 2 essays (5-paragraphs) . . . 40 minutes.
Release time for debates, 2nd Quarter Projects and News briefs 1 (solo) . . . 12 minutes.
Mr. Fulumirani