Build a 5-region comparative chronology strip c. 600-1500 CE
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~2 min hist.g3.s.ex_03

Open Response

MG-2 Chart
Mounted along one full classroom wall at child-eye-height. The INTENTIONAL 5-band parallel structure is the unit's most

Mounted along one full classroom wall at child-eye-height. The INTENTIONAL 5-band parallel structure is the unit's most distinctive chronological move - it corrects the common 'rest of the world stopped while Europe did things' framing by showing 600-1500 CE synchronously across five regions. Children add localized events to the timeline lesson-by-lesson. Teacher Localization Note: Band 1 (local place) must be replaced with locality-specific events; the four other bands are universal. Date ranges are presented with circa-precision honoring the actual state of the scholarship.

Prompt

On the 5-Region Comparative Chronology Strip (MG-2), what was happening in West Africa in the 1300s?

How it's presented
mode card prompt audio ID audio.g3s.ex 03.stem
Answer criteria
type open response
rubric
Identifies Mansa Musa's hajj c. 1324 OR Mali Empire under Mansa Musa OR Timbuktu's scholarly height OR similar 14th-century Mali Empire event
Hints
  1. Look at Band 3 of MG-2.
  2. Find the century marker for the 1300s.
  3. Mansa Musa's hajj was c. 1324.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Confusing 1300s with 1200s (1300s = 14th century)
  • Naming Sundiata (he founded the empire in the 1200s, not 1300s)
Used in lessons