IntroductionOn your journey, you and your team of explorers will visit one of the following African kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, or Songhai. Each group will explore the kingdom using the Internet, textbook, and library resources. Teamwork is necessary for the expedition to succeed. The role of each explorer is to examine one important aspect of their kingdom.Guiding QuestionWhat characteristics influenced your African kingdom?Process1. Meet as a team and assign each team member a role: Geographer, Historian, Economist, or Anthropologist
2. Each role will be responsible to research and answer a set of questions targeted to that role. Explorers should independently read the information in the links provided to answer all questions assigned.
3. Go to Edmodo.com to share your new information learned with your teammates.
4. Stay focused on the role you have chosen. The group can only succeed if each explorer completes its task.
5. Re-group and decide how you will combine your research to create a team presentation. You may choose any style to present your information to the class. Remember to incorporate the Guiding Question as your main focus for your presentation.Student Questions and ResourcesQuestions by Student Roles and Resource Links Student RolesGeographer: Study the geography of the kingdomUse the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to geography:
1. Where was your kingdom located? Show where your kingdom is located on a map.
2. What were its natural surroundings?
3. How did geography affect your kingdom?
4. How did your kingdom change its environment? Economist: Investigate the economy of the kingdomUse the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to daily life in the kingdom:
1. Was agriculture important in their economy? Why?
2. Did they use money? Was trade important?
3. Who were their trading partners? What did they trade?
4. What were the roles/jobs of women and how were they treated?
5. What were the roles/jobs of men?
6. How important was farming to the economy? Historian: Research the history of the kingdomUse the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to history:
1. How did your kingdom begin? Provide specific dates.
2. What factors led to the growth of your kingdom?
3. Who were the important people?
4. What caused the decline of your kingdom? When? Anthropologist: Research the religion and art of the kingdomUse the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to religion and art.
1. Were the people religious?
2. What were their beliefs?
3. What types of art was created? Find examples of that type of art.
4. Identify the architecture of the kingdom. What types of buildings did they have? How were they used?
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