African History Unit for Middle School | Ancient Africa, Colonization & Apartheid | 6th-8th Grade

With this comprehensive African history unit, you have everything you need: lessons, activities, readings, and slides. Study ancient Africa, the Scramble for Africa, the Pan-African movement, Apartheid, and more with this complete unit.

✅ Perfect For...

• Teach middle school history

• Develop a strong understanding of African history

• Emergency sub plans or supplemental classroom activities

• Supplement a lackluster curriculum that doesn't acknowledge Africa
  

This History of Africa Unit is ready to use! It includes FIVE detailed lessons that your students will enjoy.

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5 complete lessons
Ready-to-use lesson plans with objectives, materials, vocabulary, and teaching instructions.

81 instructional slides
Visual, classroom-ready presentations covering the major concepts and historical events.

11 student activities
Worksheets, readings, timelines, and activities that give students opportunities to analyze and apply what they're learning.

Multimedia resources
Students learn through podcasts, videos, images, primary/secondary texts, and timelines.

Pacing guide + answer keys
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Students will:

• Explore major civilizations and developments in ancient Africa.

• Explain how European colonization reshaped the African continent.

• Analyze the effects of the Scramble for Africa and artificial political boundaries.

• Describe the Pan-African movement and African independence movements.

• Explain the origins and end of apartheid in South Africa.

• Analyze the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk.

Aligned to Standards:

This unit supports Georgia 7th Grade Social Studies Standard SS7H1 and helps students analyze continuity and change in Africa through:

a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries in Africa today.

b. Explain how the Pan-African movement and nationalism led to independence in Kenya and Nigeria.

c. Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W.de Klerk.

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Total Pages 5 Lessons | 25 Pages | 11 Activities | 81 Slides