Tuesday, April 16, 2019

92 minutes

    1.   SSR 

    2.   Watch and take notes on episode 3 (“Empires of Gold”) of Africa’s Great Civilizations (32:00-51:00)  This portion of the documentary examines trade and empire in pre-colonial west Africa   

    3.   Handout: SOAPSTone: review and discuss—practice applying this reading strategy to Africa’s Great Civilizations 

    4.   Introduction to Binyavanga Wainaina

https://planetbinya.org/  + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uMwppw5AgU&t=9s 

    5.  Read “How to Write About Africa” by Binyavanga Wainaina

Homework DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 18: Finish reading “How to Write About Africa” and complete the SOAPSTone chart