Mande/Mali/Timbuktu deep-dive with West African own-voice sources (statutory KS2 non-European study)
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~2 min
hist.g3.s.ex_25
Open Response
Prompt
Why is Timbuktu famous? Use the lesson 10 vocabulary.
How it's presented
mode
card
prompt audio ID
audio.g3s.ex 25.stem
Answer criteria
type
open response
rubric
Identifies Timbuktu as a center of scholarship/learning/manuscripts during the Mali Empire era (1300-1500); identifies the Sankore University; identifies the thousands of preserved medieval manuscripts at the Mamma Haidara Library / Ahmed Baba Institute today
Hints
- Look at MG-11 photo 6 (manuscript conservator).
- Look at MG-9 Trans-Saharan caravan routes meeting at Timbuktu.
Misconceptions to watch
- Saying 'because Mansa Musa went there' (he went via there - the scholarship is the deeper reason)
- Saying 'because it was a desert' (the scholarship is the reason)
Used in lessons