World History (12/8)
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Now: Imagine that over the next fifty
years, the average temperature in the
Milwaukee area rises and rainfall
becomes non-existent.
 What effect would this have on the area?
 How would you handle these
environmental changes?
The desertification of Africa
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Farming dominated Africa
from 5500 BCE
By 2500 BCE the Sahara
region had turned to desert
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Desertification
Reaction?
Movement of people north
(Mediterranean region) and
south
Between 500-1500 CE
another migration known as
the Bantu Migration (this was
the root language of the
migrating people)
Shoulder partner-What
effects might this migration
have had on Africa?
Where are these places?
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Use your textbook (pg. 285 and
295) to locate and label the
following on your outline map
The Sahara Desert
The Great Rift Valley
The Zambezi River
Niger River
Congo River
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Ghana (800-1000
CE)
Kingdom of Mali (1200-1450 CE)
Kingdom of Songhai (14501600 CE)
World History (12/9)
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Do Now: What does
the picture to the right
have to do with the
kingdom of Mali?
What does the story of
Sundiata (the Lion
King) tell us about the
values/beliefs of Mali?
What characteristics of
an empire builder are
present in this story?
Influences on Africa
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Resources-in the
kingdoms of West
Africa gold and salt
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What else is traded
from Africa that ends
up having a huge
impact on America?
Trans-Saharan
network (supply and
demand)
Islam-education and
trade connections
Welcome to beautiful…
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Imagine that you are a member of the
chamber of commerce from one of the three
West African kingdoms
It is your job to promote your kingdom and
show why people would want to live there or
trade with it
Use pp. 289-293 in your textbook to acquire
background information on each of the three
kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai)
Welcome to…example
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Watch the following video and take notes on:
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Social features (if any)
Political features (if any)
Religious features (if any)
Intellectual features (if any)
Technological features (if any)
Environmental features (if any)
Record at least THREE examples from the
video
How do the visuals encourage people to visit
this place?
World History (12/10)
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Do Now: What is this
map attempting to
show?
What do the red lines
indicate (hint: look at
the years)?
Why might this be
occurring
(inference)?
How is it similar to this?
Beringia
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Ice age land bridge between Siberia (Russia)
and Alaska (North America)
Theory: This is how the first people arrived in
North and South America
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Paleolithic people made their way across this
bridge following herds of animals
Climate warms ice melts bridge under
water game animals decrease people
adapt by developing farming techniques
migrate east and south
World History (12/11)
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Do Now: Read the quote below:
“This drink is the healthiest thing, and the
greatest sustenance of anything you could
drink in the world, because he who drinks a
cup of this liquid, no matter how far he walks,
can go a whole day without eating anything
else.”
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Member of Hernan Cortes’s crew (circa 1510)
What do you think this person is describing?
Why?
What WAS he talking about?
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beverage made
from cacao pulp
 Cacao beans are
used to make
chocolate
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connection to the
Americas and to
their empires?
From An Uncommon History of
Common Things
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First harvested and used by the Maya, chocolate was
initially a beverage, and not a particularly sweet or smooth
one. A Spanish missionary said of it in the 16th century:
“Loathsome to such as are not acquainted with it, having a
scum or froth that is very unpleasant to taste.”
Despite its off-putting taste…the chocolate drink was
intriguing enough to be brought back to Europe. While
Columbus did discover cacao pods, their appeal was only
recognized in 1510 by Hernan Cortes, who brought three
chests of pods back…For the next 250 odd years, chocolate
would increase in popularity and availability in Europe.
Unfortunately, this also meant that the English, French, and
Dutch growers relied heavily on slave labor to cultivate
crops.
FQR=Fact/Question/Response
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the assigned reading and the FQR handout
 As you read, record facts
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Whatever you find important or interesting
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the question section, record questions you
have about the facts
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The question should not be answered by the fact
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the response section, record something that
pops into your mind when reading this
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Make a connection to your own
life/experiences/prior knowledge/etc.
Part One: The Olmec
What is THAT thing?
World History (12/12)
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Do Now question: Based on what you have read
so far, what is the answer to the question below?
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Which of the following BEST explains the
Mesoamerican civilization’s practice of human
sacrifice?
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A. They were harsh and brutal people.
B. It was part of their religious beliefs.
C. It was part of their political beliefs/practices.
D. They hated the Spanish and used this as a way
to get back at them.
Part Two: The Mayans
What are they doing?
Part Three: The Aztecs
What is he doing?
Part Four: The Incas
What happened to her? What have scientists
discovered about her?
The Incas (part two)
What was this place?
World History (12/15)
 Do
Now: Record two similarities and two
differences about these Mesoamerican
empires at the bottom of your FQR sheet
 Show these to me before you leave the
classroom today
How are empires created?
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conditions
must exist?
 Power vacuum
 Environmental
mosaic (variety of
resources)
 Military strength
 Strong leadership
Where are the ancient
civilizations?