Announcements:
1: New Six Weeks on Weebly, 2rd Six
Weeks Vocab due
You need:
1: Spiral/blank sheet of paper, 2: DBQ
packet
Bell Ringer: November 6(7), 2017
1. Pick up a copy of the “Bell Ringer: Islamic Caliphates
2. In the summary space, describe how the Islamic caliphates were formed and some effects of their rule
Announcements:
1: New Six Weeks on Weebly,, 2rd Six
Weeks Vocab due
You need:
1: Spiral/blank sheet of paper, 2: DBQ
packet
Bell Ringer: November 6(7), 2017
1. After Muhammad died, he left no successor, so the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs took over. After them, the Umayyads took power (leading to the Sunni/Shi’a split) and then the Abbasids took power
2. Some effects were increase in trade and political unity
Housekeeping
• Pass back papers
• Monday/Tuesday: TOP TEN GRADES FOR EACH CLASS- CANDY
• Monday/Tuesday: Failing-to-not failing: CANDY
• Take this time to set up your Cornell notes, turn in homework, and grab your clickers
Announcements/Materials
Announcements
• New six weeks on Weebly, begin clicking the Renaissance picture
• 2nd Six Weeks Vocab due
• 3rd Six Weeks Vocab ready to be picked up
Materials
• Spiral/paper
• DBQ packet (class set)
Lesson Objective
• Explain how the African gold-salt trade facilitated the spread of ideas
1. What are we learning?
• Rewrite the LO into a question. • How would
• How will
• How might
• Why would
• Why will
• Why might
Word Wall Vocabulary:
• Berbers: descendants of the people who lived in North Africa
• Ghana: kingdom in west central Africa
• Gold-Salt Trade: describing the trade of gold and salt between Arabs/Berbers and Africans
• Niger River: river in west central Africa
• Sahara: desert in north Africa
The Gold-Salt Trade
• The Sahara covers a large portion of northern Africa
• Because of underground water and camels, trade was possible
• West Africa had gold, but no salt
• Northern Africa had salt, but no gold
• Salt and ideas (such as Islamic beliefs) were brought to West Africa
Turn and Talk
How might the gold-salt trade facilitate (assist) the spread of Islam?
ANS: When traders met to trade gold and salt, they also traded ideas. Islam was one of those ideas.
Why Did They Need Salt?
• Replace the salt lost from their bodies when perspiring
• Preserve food
• Feed livestock
• Flavor food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPj9E1xKi-U
Trade Along the Gold-Salt Network
• Arab and Berber traders took saltfrom the Sahara to West Africa in exchange for gold
• African traders also crossed the Sahara to trade gold for salt in North Africa
Who Controlled the Gold?
• Cloth and weapons from Mediterranean ports taken to West Africa
• Powerful rulers in Ghana, Mali, and later, Songhairegulated the gold trade in West Africa and were able to tax gold and salt traders
Turn and Talk
How might the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefit from the gold-salt trade?
ANS: They controlled the trade routes and were able to tax salt and gold traders for their transactions
Fun Fact:
• Gold is used in window glass and astronaut helmets: it allows sunlight to pass through and keeps things cool, but reflects infrared rays that could be harmful.
• Gold can be liquefied and injected into patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment is successful seven out of ten times.
Independent Practice Part 1: Arab Trader Choose-Your-Own Adventure
• You are going to go through the steps of being an Arab trader in Africa
• Begin at the GOLD-SALT TRADE: ARAB BEGINNINGS page
• As you read, you’ll be faced with several decisions
• Follow the path to find out what happens to you and your group
Independent Practice: Gold-Salt Trade DBQ
• Get out your “Gold-Salt Trade” DBQ
• On a separate sheet of paper, answer the questions
• Be prepared to share out
