by kirstentimmons

The Week of October 31-November 3 in Ms. Timmons’ Classes!

This week, we will be working on our Facing the Lion Projects, which are due for Quarter 2 on November 10th.

In Social Studies, students will focus on comparing Ghana, Mali, and Songhai and create a West African Kingdoms slideshow, which is also due for Quarter 2 on November 3rd.

DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st: ALL LATE WORK and REGRADES by 4:00 p.m.!!!

DUE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd: West African Slideshow (in class, on Canvas)–(this grade is for 2nd Quarter)

Three of the World's Most Influential Empires: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai - America's Black Holocaust Museum
This video tells the true story of the libraries of Timbuktu.

News article that describes the fight to keep Timbuktu manuscripts alive: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/africa/timbuktu-mali-manuscript-digitization-google-spc-intl/index.html

This video captures the importance of beadwork in the Maasai culture of east Africa.