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\"How<\/a>How Big is Africa Map<\/a><\/h2>\n

Our popular How Big is Africa Map<\/strong><\/a> is a great tool to introduce the immensity of African geography, and through that immensity, students can reflect on Africa’s cultural, political, historical, geographical diversities. The accompanying lesson plan also engages students in comparing the Mercator and Peters projections to assess distortion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Middle-High School<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>The Gold Road<\/a><\/h2>\n

For 6th to 12th grade teachers.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Gold Road<\/a> <\/strong>Interactive Map highlights the people, places, and items related to the medieval Sudanic empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai. Gold, the region\u2019s most valuable resource, moved along regional and trans-Saharan routes reaching as far north as France. The Gold Road invites users to explore hundreds of topics related to the empires and their role in global history.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Fallou Ngom (PI), Mouhamadou L. Diallo, David Glovsky, Abubakar Jalloh, Elhadji Djibril Diallo, Ndieme Sow, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cThe Life of Cerno Ibraahiima Hoore Do\u014bol.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why Teach about Ajami literacies?<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

For 6th-12th grade teachers.<\/em><\/p>\n

You will be interested in teaching about Ajami if you teach about:<\/em><\/p>\n