Fantastic Job Grade 6! I very much enjoyed all of the presentations, and every group did a magnificent job.
Make sure to write a full paragraph describing your feelings in response to the following questions/statement. Make sure to spell check, grammar check, read out loud, and format with paragraph spacing before you click publish.
What did you [...]
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Block B: Explain how the following two rulers impacted Shonhai:
Askiya Muhammad The Great
Sunni Ali The Greats
Block C: Write a brief summary of the history of the Songhai Empire, or write a time line. Start at the birth of the empire at 750 CE and end around 1600 CE with the downfall of the empire. [...]
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Block D: How did trade affect the religion, culture, and art of the Swahili Coastal Trading States?
Block C: Write a Paragraph explaining why the Swahili were a important to the history of Africa. Include trade, history, culture, and religion. Include an introduction, 4-8 sentences explaining why they were important and what their life was like, [...]
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Block H: When do you think Mali was at its greatest and why?
Block C: Write a few sentences about what you think was the most important idea from each students presentation.
Block D: Choose one of the questions form Block H, B or C to answer.
Block B: Explain five different facts from the presentation (make sure [...]
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Block D: What made Great Zimbabwe so great?
Block C: If you could go back to when Great Zimbabwe was a great and popular place what would you like to see?
Block B: Why do you think Great Zimbabwe was politically strong but economically weak, and how did Great Zimbabweans feel about religion.
Block H: What makes the [...]
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Block D: Choose one of the questions form Block H, B or C to answer.
Block H: Write a few sentences about what you think was the most important idea from each students presentation.
Block B: If you were the ruler of Ancient Ghana what things would you change and what would you leave the same? [...]
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Next week we will begin our Ancient African Project presentations. If you want me to make copies of anything for your presentation you must get it to me this week so it is ready on the day of your presentation. I should have a one page 10-question quiz form every group so [...]
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Review the following terms for the quiz next class.
A mountain is a natural elevation of the land. A mountain is larger than a hill.
A mountain range is a series of mountains or natural elevations of the land.
A hill is a small natural elevation of the land. A hill is smaller than a mountain.
A river is [...]
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