Do Now: How does trade and Do Now: How does trade and environment effect a environment effect a

kingdom?kingdom?

Aim and Do Now ~10min Notes ~15min

(Vocab, maps, other stuff) Video/Animation 2min Discussion question 5min Groups make skits related to task ~20min Share out skits-10min Exit slip (together) 5min

Agenda

Griot- Professional poet who recited ancient poems Lineage- A group of households who share a common

ancestor Matrilineal- Families with inheritance with their mother

side Nuclear family- Parents and their children Patrilineal- Families with inherence through their father

side Slash and burn agriculture- Clearing forest, and then

burning the remains to fertilize the soil

Vocabulary

Migration

Bantu-speaking peoples migrated across Africa for over thousands of years

They carried farming skills and knowledge of iron working to many regions

They adapt to local environments and absorbed ideas from people they encountered

Migrations pushed many hunting and food-gathering peoples of Africa to fringe areas

The Khoisan people, adapted to the Kalahari desert

Gathered roots and herbs Hunted small game

Hunter-gathers lived in small bands of 20-30 people because of scarce food Had the ability to track animals across long distances Can identify the food and healing properties of many plants

Hunting and Gathering

People raise herds of cattle in areas where it’s free from

tsetse flies Societies were often nomadic to protect cattle

Basic food source were fishes Fish were traded for grain, animals skins, and other tradable

goods Mostly used technique for settled farms was Slash and

burn agriculture to fertilize the soil and reduce waste When land lost its fertility villages clear another land.

Fishing, herding, and Farming

Slash and Burn Agriculture

Power Was usually shared among a number of people Villages often made decisions know as consensus Kingdom of Kongo, 1500

limited power King was chosen by board of electors Governed by traditional law King collected taxes either in goods or in cowrie shells

Development of government

Kongo Kingdom

Nuclear families would live and work together as a unit

Patrilineal families would have the wife move with husband Matrilineal families would have the husband move with the

wife Forged strong ties between brothers and sisters

Each family belonged to a lineage. Several lineage formed clans giving a since of community

Age grades gave responsibility and privileges to children of all ages

Family Patterns

Many African people believed that there was one single

unknowable supreme being who stood above all the other gods and goddesses This supreme being was the creator and ruler of the

universe Believed that the sprits of their ancestors could help them,

warn, or punish their descendents on earth

Religious beliefs

Traditions came from ancient rock paintings of the Sahara

Created works from ivory wood and rocks Art gave a connection between makers and users of the works African art was mostly tied with religion

During rituals, masks were made up of cowrie shells and grass African Muslim scholars gathered in cities in Africa

Griots preserved historical and traditional folk tales orally from generation to generation

Literature encouraged a sense of community and common values

Artistic traditions

Create a skit based on what you have learned today and

share out those skits

SKITS

1)Connect, How has these traditions affected the world

today? 2)Compare the skills of the Africans with another village

or kingdom

Exit Slip