9/5 & 9/6_Cultures Meet in America (African & European Peoples)

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT analyze causes and consequences of trade between West Africa and Europe, including the establishment of the slave trade.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

• Essential Question: In what ways were the cultural traditions of Native Americans, Europeans, and West Africans alike and different?

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Agenda

• Section 8 AN AGE OF IDEAS
• GREASES graphic organizer (ISR pg. 20)
• Section 9 THE REFORMATION AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
• Venn Diagram --- Catholic//Protestant (pg. 21)
• Section 10 TWO AFRICAN KINGDOMS
• Section 11 DAHOMEY SOCIETY & CULTURE
• Section 12 ASANTE SOCIETY & CULTURE
• Venn Diagram --- Dahomey//Asante (pg. 22)

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1. video: Gutenberg's Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas (2:40min)
2. video: Renaissance Humanism, Reason, and Art (1:30 min)
3. read: Section 8 AN AGE OF IDEAS
4. complete GREASES graphic organizer (pg. 20)

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1. Criticism of the Church: Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses video (1:45 min)
2. read: Section 9 THE REFORMATION AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
3. Venn Diagram --- Catholic//Protestant (pg. 21)

The painting, Martin Luther (1483-1546) Translating the Bible, Wartburg Castle, 1521 by Eugene Siberdt.

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1. map: West African Kingdoms and Empires Around 1600
2. read: Section 10 TWO AFRICAN KINGDOMS
3. complete Venn Diagram --- Dahomey//Asante (pg. 22)

West African Kingdoms and Empires Around 1600

The Asante and Dahomey kingdoms were major traders in West Africa and major sources of the enslaved people who were shipped to the Americas.

The King of Benin and his retinue, as depicted in a 1686 European print. At the head of the procession are chained leopards, symbols of the Benin state in southwestern Nigeria. The wealth created by the trade in gold, and in slaves who provided the labor for extracting the gold, enabled kings such as this one to build substantial cities and states. The kingdom of Benin reached its height at the time the first Portuguese visited the city in 1486. Because of its proximity to the coast and early contact with Europeans, Benin is one of the best-documented forest kingdoms of Africa.

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1. images: Female Dahomey Soldiers & Voodoo Art
2. video: The Dahomey Mothers, the all-female army trained to kill (2:00 min)
3. read: Section 11 DAHOMEY SOCIETY & CULTURE
4. complete Venn Diagram --- Dahomey//Asante (pg. 22)

Female Dahomey Soldiers

 This painting of the fierce Mino soldiers decorated a wall of the Dahomey royal palace.

Voodoo Art

This statue represents the spirits of the Woman, the Snake, and the Ocean. Enslaved Africans brought their magical religion with them to the Americas, where it blended with other influences.

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1. image: Palace of the King of Asante, 19th Century & The Coming of the Asante Golden Stool
2. video: A History of the Ashanti (6:00 min)
3. read: Section 12 ASANTE SOCIETY & CULTURE
4. complete Venn Diagram --- Dahomey//Asante (pg. 22)

Palace of the King of Asante, 19th Century

The Coming of the Asante Golden Stool

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EXIT TICKET: 

1. What cultural practices did the Dahomey follow?

2.  How was Asante society structured? What cultural practices did they follow?