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West African Kingdoms for Middle School

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. Literature

Easy

Calliope. Jan/Feb 1994, two articles: “Sundiata of Mali” and “ A Continuing Tradition: The African Griot”.

Sundiata. Wisniewski, David. (New York: Clarion Books). 1992.

Average

The African Mask. Rupert, Janet E. (New York: Clarion Books) 1994.

II. History for Students

Easy

Ancient Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Wahl, Catherine. (Ohio: Modern

Curriculum Press) 1992.

Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu. Brook, Larry. (Minneapolis:

Lerner) 1999.

Mali: Land of Gold & Glory. Masoff, Joy. (Waccabuc, New York: Five Ponds Press)

2007. (newly revised)

Average

A Glorious Age in Africa: The Story of Three Great African Empires. Chu,

Daniel & Skinner, Elliot. (New Jersey: Africa World Press) 1990.

Ancient African Town. Macdonald, Fiona. (New York: Franklin Watts) 1998.

Benin: An African Kingdom and Culture. Elliott, Kit. (Minneapolis: Lerner) 1979.

Footsteps Sept/Oct 1999, "Mansa Musa" (whole issue of the magazine).

Gold. Meltzer, Milton. (New York: Harper Collins) 1993.

Kings and Queens of West Africa. Diouf, Sylviane Anna. (New York: Franklin

Watts) 2000.

The Empire of Mali. Thompson, Carol. (New York: Franklin Watts) 1998.

The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick. (New York: Henry Holt & Co.) 1994.

Challenging

Ghana, Mali and Songhai. Mann, Kenny. (Parsippany, N.J.: Dillon Press) 1996.

Ibn Battuta in Black Africa. Hamdun, Said & King, Noel. (New Jersey: Princeton Press) 1994.

Oyo, Benin, Ashanti. Mann, Kenny. (Parsippany, NJ: Dillon Press) 1996.

The Kingdom of Benin in West Africa. Millar, Heather. (New York: Benchmark

Books) 1997.

The World in 1492. Fritz, Jean, et. al. (New York: Henry Holt & Co.) 1992.

Empires of West Africa: Ghana, Mali, Sanghai. Gorden, David (Facts on File 2005).

III. Curriculum Resources for Teachers

African History on File. The Diagram Group. (New York: Facts on File) 1994.

Ancient Ghana: Pre-Colonial Trading Empire. Major-Parrish, Joan.

(UCLA: National Center for History in the Schools,1992) for grades 5-8.

Empires and Kingdoms of Sub-Saharan Africa. Middle School World History
Development Team. (Mountainview, California: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute)
         1993, for middle school.

Ibn Battuta: A View of the Fourteenth-Century World. Arno, Joan & Grady, Helen.
         (University of California: National Center for History in the Schools) 1998.

Mansa Musa: African King of Gold. Palumbo, Joe. (UCLA : National Center for          History in the Schools)1991,for grades 7-9.

Through African Eyes.v. 1, Clark, Leon E. (New York: Cite Books) 1988.

Through African Eyes: Teaching Strategies, v. 1. Clark, Leon E. (New York: CITE
         Books) 1988.

The Travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. eds., Scheverman, Richard & Ellis,

Arthur. (Madison, WI: DEMCO)

Medieval Africa: Barbara Brown. (Social Studies School Service) 2007.

IV. Audio-Visual

"Africa: A Voyage of Discovery" (part 3: 'Caravans of Gold') Davidson, Basil. 1-800-421-4246: available through the Social Studies School Service. video; challenging, but excellent when short segments are used. (The video breaks easily into such segments.)

"TimbakTu" (DVD). TimbukTu Educational Foundation.

"The Ink Road: Teaching Methods of TimbukTu" (DVD). TimbukTu Educational Foundation.

Barbara B. Brown, Ph.D

Director of the African Outreach Program 12/03

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