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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrekking to Timbuktu
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: World History, Geography, Engineering & Design, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsIn the eight lessons of this EDSITEment curriculum unit, students learn about the geography of Mali and the cultures and economi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrekking to Timbuktu: Trade in Ancient West Africa
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students learn about the trade routes of the ancient kingdom of Ghana....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrekking to Timbuktu: Timbuktu -- A Center of Trade
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students learn about the origins of Timbuktu. They explore the importa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Travels of Ibn Battuta
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, World HistoryIn this Xpeditions lesson, students work in groups to research the different areas that the 14th-century Islamic traveler Ibn Ba...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Country Study: Ghana
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, World History, EconomicsRead about the geography of Ghana in this country study, provided by American Memory at the Library of Congress. Included is inf...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: What Is Currency? Lessons from Historic Africa
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: No subjects selected.In lesson plans, students gain a basic understanding of money and economics by exploring the currency system of the Akan people ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMali Empire and Djene Figures
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Curriculum resource, developed for use in the classroom, that examines the history, art, and culture of the ancient Mali Empire....Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Traditional Religion
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Sociology, Electives, History-Social Science, World HistoryThis web page from Afrika World provides extensive links to resources on African traditional religion. Links are also included ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory Repeats Itself
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Electives, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from Annenberg Media, features information about how archaeological discoveries can sometimes provide information...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Road To Timbuktu
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, World HistoryThis page, from PBS, provides an overview of the history of the West African city of Timbuktu and the Sudanic empires of Mali an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Road To Timbuktu: Uncovering a Scholarly Heritage
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, World HistoryThis page, from PBS, provides an overview of the history of the West African city of Timbuktu and the Sudanic empires of Mali an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Edge, Timbuktu
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Islam, Religion, Electives and 5 additional..This page, from NPR, describes the ethnosphere project, which will use technology and powerful images to raise consciousness abo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReclaiming the Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Islam, Religion, Electives and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about Timbuktu. Starting in the 12th century, scholars flocked to Timbuktu, follo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMansa Musa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World HistoryThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Mansu Musa, a 14th-century ruler of Mali. His famous pilgrimage t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0