Mande/Mali/Timbuktu deep-dive with West African own-voice sources (statutory KS2 non-European study)
Exercise
Difficulty 1
~2 min
hist.g3.s.ex_22
Open Response
Prompt
Who is Sundiata Keita?
How it's presented
mode
card
prompt audio ID
audio.g3s.ex 22.stem
Answer criteria
type
open response
rubric
Identifies the founder of the Mali Empire c. 1235 CE; can mention the Sundiata epic transmitted by jelis; identifies Sundiata as Mande/Mandinka
Hints
- Listen to MG-16 audio 1.
- Look at MG-2 Band 3.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Sundiata with Mansa Musa (Mansa Musa came later, in the 1300s)
- Saying 'a jeli' (Sundiata is the subject of the epic, not a jeli himself)
Used in lessons