1. Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab a your student log and notebook from the crates. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Take out your homework – (yesterday’s timeline activity!) Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: There are currently over 380 million Christians in Africa, but by the year 2525, it is estimated that there will be 633 million. How do you think Christianity became so important to so much of Africa? Write one full paragraph.

2. Happy ½ day, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab a your student log and notebook from the crates. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Draw an X through today’s homework box. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: What do you think the object in this picture is? What purpose could it serve? (Remember, don’t worry about right or wrong answers right now – I’m just asking what you think!) Write as much as you can!

3. World History with Mr. Golden __________________________________________________________ East Africa – Ezana and Aksum

4. Objective: ________________________________________________________ FLWBAT describe the emergence of Aksum in Eastern Africa and its impacts on the region

5. Agenda: ________________________________________________________ - Review - Intro to Aksum - Aksum Jigsaw (poster creation) - Gallery walk - Mystery image… - We’re done!

6. Intro to Aksum: ________________________________________________________ Let’s see where we’re heading today!

7. Intro to Aksum: ________________________________________________________ Let’s see where we’re heading today! o Aksum was the name of a city and a kingdom which is essentially modern-day northern Ethiopia o The peak of Aksum’s power came with the invasion of Meroe around 320 CE, which caused the final decline of the Kushite kingdom AXUM conquers KUSH!

8. Intro to Aksum: ________________________________________________________ Let’s see where we’re heading today! o Despite its power and reputation – (it was described by a Persian writer as one of the four greatest powers in the world at the time) – very little is known about it. Aksum had written scripts, but no full histories or descriptions have been found… …YET! Just remember, X never, ever marks the spot.

9. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ RESPONSIBILITY ALERT! Today is going to be a little different from usual… And here’s how: YOU’RE TEACHING THE CLASS! ME… YOU…

10. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ USE YOUR TIME WISELY! Remember, YOU’RE teaching the class today! Your peers are counting on you… Poster creation: Using the provided ½ sheet, work with a partner to pull out two key points from the reading. Then make an informational poster that will tell the class the two most important things from your reading.

11. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ USE YOUR TIME WISELY! Remember, YOU’RE teaching the class today! These are your notes, so please… Gallery Walk: Find a lonely patch of wall and hang your poster up. When everyone’s is up, start making your way around the room, using the posters to fill in the Key Points column of your handout!

12. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ Stele:

13. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ Stele:

14. Aksum Jigsaw: ________________________________________________________ Coinage:

15. Mystery Image: ________________________________________________________ What the heck is this?

16. Mystery Image: ________________________________________________________ What the heck is this?

17. Mystery Image: ________________________________________________________ What the heck is this? ARE YOU READY TO KNOOOOOOOOW? ARE YOU SUUUUUUUUUURE? OKAAAAAAAAY…

18. Mystery Image: ________________________________________________________ The Church of St. George

19. Mystery Image: ________________________________________________________ The Church of St. George

20. How do you get in? ________________________________________________________ The Church of St. George

21. Bet Giorgis: ________________________________________________________ o One of the eleven Rock-Hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia o Carved entirely from one piece of stone o Workers chiseled their way down to cut out the building, then up to create the space inside it

22. Exit Ticket: ________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your hard work today! Use the all of today’s notes and handouts to answer the listed questions on the provided paper.

23. We’re done! ________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your hard work today! Make sure to put your notebooks in the crate and your folders in folders, please!