1. Learning Challenge (Acquiring Information About Your Civilization)

Welcome to Survivor AFRICA!!! Soon you will find yourself in a tribe of 3-4 members stranded in the unforgiving deserts and plains of Africa. Your tribe will compete in several challenges that will test you strength, knowledge, and survival instincts. Challenges are broken into four categories: 1. Learning Challenge (Acquiring information about your civilization) 2. Tribal Council (share your discoveries and knowledge with your tribe) 3. Knowledge Challenge (taking various tests to show your understanding) 4. Skills Challenge (earning extra points for random projects involving teambuilding activities).

Contest Rules and Directions 1) The challenges always go in the order listed above. 2) Each tribe member must do his/her part during the Learning Challenges in order to participate in Tribal Council If they fail to help the tribe, they must complete the challenges by themselves. 3) Any member removed from the challenges may return to the group after the next Skills Challenge. 4) If a tribal member is absent, they can get all information from the Reward Challenges from the teachers’ website. 5) Knowledge Challenges are the only challenges that directly affect your class grade. *The final test will as well. 6) All tribes will compete against one another to declare which team is the ultimate survivor.

Your tribe #______Your Tribe Name______

Tribe Member 1______Tribe Member 2______

1 Table of Contents: Africa

ASSIGNMENT TITLE DATE STARTED DATE DUE PAGE# LEARNING CHALLENGE #1

1. Introduction to Africa 3-4

2. Key Terms 5

Tribal Council #1..meet with your tribe to share your information

Knowledge Challenge #1 (10pts)

Skill Challenge #1

LEARNING CHALLENGE #2

3. Trade in West Africa 6-7

Tribal Council #2…meet with your tribe to share your information

Knowledge Challenge #2

Skill Challenge #2

4. Development of Cities and the Role of Families 8

5. A Changing Culture 9-10

6. Growth of Islamic Influences 11

Tribal Council #3

Skill Challenge #3

Transmission of African History and Culture 12-13

Skills Challenge #4

Final Challenge

2 Learnin g Challen ge #1

Directions: Use the green placards to help you complete the introduction fill in the blank paragraphs. The reading does go in order but is not word for word the same as the fill in the blank. You MUST read and understand to complete this assignment.

Saharan Desert

3 Learnin g Challen ge #1 Converting to Islam

4 TRADE IN WEST AFRICA

Directions: Use the bold headings to help you find the correctLearnin wall placards g Challen ge #1 Learnin g Challen DIRECTIONS: Use the small “Key Term” placards to help you complete this assignment. ge #2

Also list the ways in which the king maintained his power.

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7 ______8 ______STOP!!! 9 ______10 ______Meet with your tribe for “Tribal Council”. Share 11 ______12 ______your answers. Get ready for Knowledge 13______Challenge!!!

5 TRADE IN WEST AFRICA Learnin g Directions: Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards Challen ge #2

Use your Map It assignment to trace in Ghana and Mali. From the reading identify two reasons for the decline of Ghana. Also explain how Mali gained control of the region and describe what affect that had on the region.

STOP!!! Meet with your tribe for “Tribal Council”. Share your answers. Get ready Taghaza: A Village Built with Salt: On the back side of page 9 summarize the importance of salt to the region and the role it played in the economy of Ghana. for Knowledge Challenge!!!

6 DEVOPMENT OF CITIES & THE ROLE OF FAMILIES Learnin Directions: Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards g Challen ge #3

Early Communities & Villages 1. What are some reasons that family-based communities joined together to form villages?

Early Communities & Villages 2. Who made the decisions in a family-based community? Why?

Devolpment of Towns & Cities 3. How did the ability to work with iron affect food production and the types of jobs that villagers performed in West Africa?

Ancient City of Jenne-jeno 4. How did the location along trade routes affect the development of cities?

Ancient City of Jenne-jeno 5. How did the location of the Jenne-jeno lead to its becoming a large, busy city?

Rise of Kingdoms & Empires 6. How were trading cities able to develop into kingdoms?

Rise of Kingdoms & Empires 7. List one advantage and one disadvantage of being a part of a kingdom.

Summary

7 A CHANGING CULTURE: Part 1: read the directions and complete the graphic organizer. Part 2 : Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards

Learnin g Challen ge #3

Traders Spread the Message of Islam

Describe how traders affected the spread of Islam in West Africa. Draw a symbol that illustrates a portion of your notes.

Explain how why Islam was accepted over time in: Ghana, Mali, & Songhai.

8 Learnin g Challen A CHANGING CULTURE: Directions: Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards.ge #3 In the space provided write two bullet points that describe how that area of Islam influenced West Africa

9 GROWTH OF ISLAMIC INFLUENCES: read the directions below and complete this assignment based on what you have learned in this challenge…THIS CAN ONLY BE COMPLETED AFTER TRIBAL COUNCIL!!!

Learnin g Challen ge #3

10 STOP!!! Meet with your tribe for “Tribal Council”. TRANSMISSION OF AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE Share Directions:your answers. Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards Get ready for Knowledge Challenge!!! Learnin g Challen ge #4

11 TRANSMISSION OF AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE Learning Challenge Directions: Use the bold headings to help you find the correct wall placards #4

12 STOP!!! Meet with your tribe for “Tribal Council”. Share your answers. Get ready for Knowledge Challenge!!!