Mansa Musa

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Mansa Musas Famous Pilgrimage

• Cross-Curricular
• Reading and Writing Assignment

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Assignment Objective

• Read about Mansa Musas famous pilgrimage to
  Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
• 2. Write a paragraph to describe his journey.
• 3. Cross-curricular assignment reading
  comprehension and writing paragraphs

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Assignment

• Read aloud as a class
• Brainstorm and write down ideas to write about
• We have already learned about this, so we will
  use our lecture notes and tap into a prior
  knowledge of this topic
• Practice responding to a writing prompt
• or a quote

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Mansa Musas Famous Pilgrimage

• Preview the writing prompt before we read
• Mansa Musas hajj was one of the grandest grand
  tours ever recorded. The spectacular wealth
  displayed by his entourage so dazzled the people
  on his line of march that their descendants still
  talked about it one hundred years after it
  occurred.

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Textbook reading pgs. 138-141
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Class Supplement, read pg. 53-57

1. Read together as a class
2. Brainstorm together using the textbook and class
   notes
3. Create a graphic organizer to gather our thoughts
4. Discuss the topic sentence
5. Discuss the important details (3-5)
6. Discuss the concluding sentence

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Assignment

• Please turn in your graphic organizer with your
  assignment
• Write one paragraph describing the famous
  pilgrimage on notebook paper
• Trim off the holes on your paper located along
  the left-hand margin
• Draw and color a picture to go along with the
  writing assignment
• Glue the paragraph to the bottom of the page

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Assignment Checklist

• Completed graphic organizer
• Create a well-written paragraph describing the
  pilgrimage
• Use your best writing
• Draw and color a picture to go along with the
  paragraph
• Glue the pargraph to the picture. Make sure it is
  located at the bottom of the picture

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Due Date TBA
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Write your ideas Cornell Notes

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• 2.
• 3.
• What are we writing about?
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

Topic sentence Supporting Details
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
What was he going to do?
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Where was he going?
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Who did he bring with him?
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
What did he bring with him?
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Where was his first stop?
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 5.
What did he do here? What things did he give
away Other facts
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Developing the Paragraph
1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 5.
Why did he go on the pilgrimage? Where was he
going? Other facts
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Mansa Musas Famous Pilgrimage
Camel Caravan 1.How many men? 2. Who did he
bring with him? 3. 4.
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Brainstorming
What did he bring with him? 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Class Brainstorm write these ideas on the white
board. Students take notes in your spiral
notebook.

• Where was his first stop?
• 2. Why did he stop?
• 3. Where was he going?
• 4. What did he do here?
• 5. Other ideas

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• Where is this mosque located?
• country?
• city?
• 2. Define hajj or pilgrimage
• 3. It is one of the ____ Pillars of _________
• 4. The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day
  of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar

video clip
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Mansa Musas Famous Pilgrimage

• Preview the writing prompt before we read
• Mansa Musas hajj was one of the grandest grand
  tours ever recorded. The spectacular wealth
  displayed by his entourage so dazzled the people
  on his line of march that their descendants still
  talked about it one hundred years after it
  occurred.

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Mansa Musas Famous Pilgrimage
write your name, per. and date on the back of
your paper
Glue your paragraph here. You may write it on
white lined paper or write directly onto the
paper. You should have the following 1. Title
centered at the top of the paragraph
2. Create a topic sentence 3. Have
3-5 complete sentences describing the pilgrimage
4. Write a concluding sentence
5. Be neat and picture must be colored
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California History and Social Studies Standards
HSS 7.4.3 (assignment idea taken from teachers
edition, pg. 138) and HSS 7.2.3

• Dear Parents and Students,
• The purpose of this lesson is to re-teach two
  important standards that students will be tested
  on for the up-coming CST (California Standardized
  Test) for history. The second objective is to
  teach students how to respond to a writing prompt
  which is also part of one school district and CST
  test for English. Please know that my objective
  is to teach students how to respond to a prompt
  and tap into prior knowledge about two topics we
  have already studied in this class. I am not
  trying to impose religious views onto my
  students. This is information taken directly from
  the textbook for the purpose of delivering
  textbook curricula. I am re-teaching and
  reinforcing main ideas and objectives to help
  improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
• Mrs. Mazurie