African Empires - Process

Step #1 - Basic Information

Everyone in your group should start here. All of the links below contain information about each of the African Empires and their geographic factors, history, economic, and social characteristics. Play the video for your assigned African Empire below. You should have one iPad/Laptop play the video for everyone in your group. You need to take notes from the video.

WHO	WHAT	WHERE	WHEN	WHY
Who were the participants (people involved)? Who were the groups involved? Who were the leaders involved?	What happened/occurred? What were the sequence of events? What is the significance?	Where did the event(s) occur? Where was the region/area/continent/city/country?	When did the event occur? It is okay to not have a specific date. You can use time period, century, etc.	Why did the event occur? Why is based upon causes/reasons. Why does it matter?

Texts:

The West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

Video:

Worksheet

Assignment Notetaking Worksheet