Kingdoms of Ancient Africa Interactive Lesson

This interactive lesson is a great tool to use for students to learn about the Ancient West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. This lesson includes a table of contents, a plan outline, modified handouts, a timeline, a note taking flip book, a chart highlighting important people from each kingdom, a crossword puzzle, and informational slides for students to copy. This lesson covers the following topics; the gold and salt trade, iron weapons, Mecca, Mansa Musa, the Soninke people, Tunka Manin, Sundiata Keita, Ibn Battuta, Sunni Ali, Askia the Great, the Berbers, and Islam.