Mrs. Barrett's Projects

Kingdoms of Africa

Web sites to Explore after the Ancient History Database
See Introductory Sheet on the Research Process for username and password for Ancient History Database.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/index.htm
African History
This site describes the various cultural changes that took place on the African continent from 6000 B.C and 1500 AD. Be sure to click on the underlined words in the text to link to even more information.

http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html
Ancient Africa
Learn about traditional African history tellers, the Nok Culture, trade, and other cultures of Ancient Africa.

http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/sh/
Sahara Trade: a Link Between Europe and Africa
Learn about the different types of trade that took place across the Sahara between West Africa and Europe.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/mali/
Mission to Mali
Undertake a webquest to learn more about ancient Mali, and create a board game, too.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mali.html
Collapse-Mali & Songhai
Why did the Mali and Songhai kingdoms collapse? Find out at this site.

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/um/umn.html
Ancient Horn of Africa: Axum
This site has photographs of ruins from the ancient Red Sea state of Axum. Click on the photos to see larger images.

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
African Voices
Click on "History" at the bottom of the screen to learn about early human history in Africa, an ancient city in Mali, and about Muslim Africans, the Almoravids, who ruled Spain in the twelfth century.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/zimbabwe.html
Mystery of Great Zimbabwe (Nova Online)

(From Multonomah County Site: http://www.multcolib.org/)

Electronic Book Available: Middle Ages Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
See Introductory Sheet on the Research Process for User ID.