Integrated Literacy Assignment

By: Jenna Lawson

GLCE 5-U1.3.2 Describe the life and cultural

development of people living in western Africa before the 16th century with respect to the economic (the ways people made a living) and family structures, and the growth of states, towns, and trade.

Artwork 1)

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Before the 16th century, much of the artwork surrounded Benin face pendants/masks made of materials such as brass, iron, copper, ivory, and were created for the Kingdom of Benin in Western Africa. _______________________________1) Head of an Oba- A king in Nigeria, West Africa during the early 16th century. It is made of brass and iron.

2) Benin Kingdom People- The face pendant was created for the court of the Kingdom of Benin, a highly centralized state founded in the 13th-14th centuries in southwestern Nigeria. It’s made of brass, copper, and iron.

3) Iyoba- a pendant mask that represented the Edo people. It is made of ivory and iron.

Tradebooks

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/african-history-for-kids

Websites Teaching Module on Early African Historyhttp://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m7a/ Early African History Website http://

www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/bantu.htm

World History For Us All http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/units/five/closeup/Era05_closeup531.php

Our Africa http://www.our-africa.org/

Videos/Music

Empire of Ghana http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30300-assignment-discovery-the-ghana-empire-video.htm

Udu Drums http://www.ninestones.com/potdrum.html

African Musical Instruments http://www.folkways.si.edu/bilal-abdurahman/african-musical-instruments/african-american-music-childrens-islamica/music/album/smithsonian

Games

Africa Geography http://www.star.newham.sch.uk/resources/africa_map.swf

Expedition: the game http://www.history.com/games/action-adventure/expedition/play

The Quest for the Magic Calabash http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm

Benin Plaque http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/worldhistory/benin_bronze/

Citation http

://www.randafricanart.com/Benin_hip_masks.html http://www.adlib.uea.ac.uk/ http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/cu

rriculum/m7a/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/bantu.htm

http://www.our-africa.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/worl

dhistory/benin_bronze/

http://www.ninestones.com/potdrum.html