Thursday, January 30

Today’s Learning: How did Africa contribute to global trade?

Warm Up: Close read – underling, highlight, annotate – The Nation of Zimbabwe. Then write a gist statement of this article on  the bottom of p. 3.

Class Work: Share your gist statements with your table partner.

Use the atlas, p. 122,  on your table to help you locate and label the following cities of Africa on your Afroeurasian Trade Map:

• Tripoli
• Cairo
• Timbuktu
• Mogadishu

Class Work: On the Afroeurasian Trade Chart, for “Goods Produced” and “Africa”, write:

• Gold
• Ivory
• Precious Gems
• Exotic Animals

On the chart, in the box for “Trade Routes” and “Africa”, write:

• Tripoli to Genoa (sea)
• Tripoli to Timbuktu (land)
• Timbuktu to Cairo (land)
• Mogadishu to Cairo (sea)
• Cairo to Baghdad (land)
• Mogadishu to Mumbai (sea)

Then, use a colored pencil to trace those routes on the trade map, using dashed green lines for land routes and solid blue lines for sea routes.

Use the sources on the white board (listed below) to help you complete the Standards 5.3/5.4 Review.

• The Silk Road SR
• Silk Road Notes, notebook p. 13
• Han Dynasty SR
• Han Dynasty Notes, p. 15
• Tang Dynasty SR
• Tang Dynasty Notes, p. 16
• Song Dynasty SR
• Song Dynasty Notes, p. 17
• China: Dynasties of Power video questions, p. 20
• Trans-Saharan Trade SR
• Currency Notes, p. 22
• Mansa Musa Primary Document SR
• Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin SR
• Kilwa/Zimbabwe SR
• East Asian Trade: Swahili Notes, p. 23
• Kilwa/Great Zimbabwe Notes, p. 23

Standards 5.3/5.4 Quiz, Friday, January 31.