“On
the way to Timbuktu with her father, Wututu
sometimes walked and sometimes rode the oxen.
She was so excited that she never felt tired, just impatient to
arrive. Wututu’s
aunt had invited Wututu to come and live with
her. She needed help in the market,
where she had a stall. There she sold
the elephant tusks and lion skins that Wututu’s
father and brother brought her after their hunts. Wututu did not
think that she would be homesick. She
would see so many new things. Her father
had told her about foreign people with pale skin who came to Timbuktu from across the great desert. They rode ugly beasts with humps on their
backs and spoke a strange tongue. They
brought shining cloth and delicate cups to trade. Still, she would miss her family and the
other villagers. Of course, she would
come back home for visits. Then she
would astonish everyone with her tales about the great city. How her friends would envy her! (AMSCO,
PG.355).”
WELCOME
TO THE TIME PERIODS OF A.D. 300 -1500 IN THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT IN THE
WORLD! THE THREE EMPIRES OF GHANA, MALI AND SONGHAI ARE THE TRADING CENTERS OF THE EASTERN
HEMISPHERE. SEEN AS AN ATTRACTIVE
MAGNET AS A RESULT OF SAFE CARAVAN ROUTES AND THE WEALTH OF NATURAL RESOURCES
(GOLD AND IVORY), THESE EMPIRES THRIVED WITH TRADE. HOWEVER, AS POWERFUL AS EACH EMPIRE WAS, ALL
THREE DECLINED. WHY? YOUR JOB IS TO
SELECT ONE EMPIRE AND RESEARCH WHY THE SELECTED EMPIRE DECLINED. YOU ARE TO TYPE A THREE PAGE MINIMUM ESSAY FOLLOWING
THE BELOW TASK AS YOUR GUIDELINE. THIS WILL BE COUNTED AS AN EXTRA CREDIT
ASSIGNMENT (All completed essays should be turned in no later than June 10).
Identify Problem Research
what the problem was. Was it one specific reason or several reasons for the
empire to decline?
Gather the Evidence Use the various resources available to you: Your
textbook, handouts from class, websites given below.
Evaluate the Policy As a
result of the empires declining, what would you have done differently? You are to draft your own policy as an
alternative to what was going on.
http://motherearthtravel.com/mali/history.htm
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mali.html
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
WWW.ALTAVISTA.COM
WWW.ASKJEEVES.COM
WWW.REFERENCEDESK.COM
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Walton
High School
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“AFRICAN EMPIRES”
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Name: ________________________
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Teacher: Ms. Smith
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Date Submitted: ____________
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Title of Work: ___________________
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Organization
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-Conclusion
-Body
-Introduction?
Huh??
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Reader has difficulty
following work because student jumps around.
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Student presents
information in logical sequence which reader can follow.
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Your writing should
have been a blender because your report was smooth.
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_5___
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Content Knowledge
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This report was about the African empires, however, you
wrote about Jay Z.
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Student is
uncomfortable with content and is able to demonstrate basic concepts.
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Student is at ease with
content, but fails to elaborate.
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I hope the principal
does not see your report, because you might take my job.
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_5__
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Grammar and Spelling
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WAT HAPEND?!.
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Presentation has three
misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
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Presentation has no
more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
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Are you sure you are
not an A.P. of the English Department?.
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Neatness
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Aargh!!
What is this??
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Work has three or four
areas that are sloppy.
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Work has one or two
areas that are sloppy.
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Work is neatly done.
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_5_
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References
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No, your classmate’s
finished paper cannot be a reference!.
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Work does not have the
appropriate number of required references.
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Reference section was
completed incorrectly
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Work displays the
correct number of references, written correctly.
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__5__
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Total---->
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_25___
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Teacher
Comments:
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Your project will fulfill:
E.L.A. Standards One, Two, and Three
&
Global Studies Standards Two and Three
Conclusion: After completing this assignment, you should
have A) increased your skills as a researcher and B) have a better
understanding as to why these powerful empires declined. Good LuckJ
