Unit 6- Islamic and African Civilizations 500 BC-AD 1650. In the 600s a man named Muhammad introduced the religion of Islam to the people of Southwest Asia. One hundred years later, Islam had spread throughout the region, across North Africa, and into parts of Europe. Later, Islam spread into West Africa, the home of rich and vibrant trading. Unit 6 Student Guide; Unit 6 Topics Outline Unit 6 Study Guide; Imperialism Graphic Organizer; Global Migrations Activity; African Imperialism Video Questions (PBS Great Civilizations of Africa, Episode 6) Indigenous Responses to State Expansion Mini Project (Example & Rubric Included).

The Exploring Africa! curriculum is divided into units, modules, and learning activities. Each unit covers a major topic or theme in the study of Africa, which is then divided into thematic, disciplinary, regional, or country modules. Each module is comprised of learning activities, which are each aligned to the Common Core State Standards. The learning activities in each module vary in length of time needed for completion. Both students and teachers should feel free to navigate through the units, modules, and learning activities autonomously, or communally with a class, study partner, or teacher. Feel free to select one or two learning activities from a module, or complete all of the learning activities in the order in which they are presented.

For students, Exploring Africa!can be a wonderful learning tool, right at your fingertips. You may guide yourself through the informative lessons and interactive learning activities.

For teachers, we offer an Exploring Africa Lesson Plans digital booklet in our store if you want to bring Exploring Africa! into your classroom. The Exploring Africa Lesson Plans digital booklet consists of numerous lesson plans designed around our curriculum, and includes homework sheets, information sheets, and additional helpful text and information to supplement your lesson plans. Each lesson plan is only one way to teach this curriculum, so please feel free to adapt each lesson to your unique classrooms as needed. Once you have purchased the lessons you can access them here: http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/curriculum/lesson-plans-3

Unit One: Why Study Africa

Module One	Exploring the Diversity of Africa
Module Two	Learning about Africa
Module Three	Examining Africa’s Diversity
Module Four	Examining Africa’s Global Connections
Module Five	Looking Back

Unit Two: Studying Africa through the Social Studies

Module Six	African Geography
Module Seven	A. African History until 1500
B. African History 1500 to the Present
Module Eight	Culture and Society in Africa
Module Nine	African Economies
Module Ten	African Politics and Government

Unit Three: Studying Africa through the Humanities

Module Eleven	African Literatures
Module Twelve	African Art
Module Thirteen	African Music
Module Fourteen	Religion in Africa
Module Fifteen	Africa and the World

Unit Four: Regional Perspectives

Module Sixteen	North Africa
Module Seventeen	West Africa
Module Eighteen	Central Africa
Module Nineteen	East Africa
Module Twenty	Southern Africa

Unit Five: Country Case Studies

Module Twenty One	Egypt
Module Twenty Two	Ethiopia
Module Twenty Three	Senegal
Module Twenty Four	Ghana
Module Twenty Five	Nigeria
Module Twenty Six	Tanzania
Module Twenty Seven	Congo
Module Twenty Eight	Kenya
Module Twenty Nine	South Africa
Module Thirty	Zimbabwe

Additional Curriculum

South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy

The African Studies Center and MATRIX digital humanities center at Michigan State University have created an online curriculum resource about South Africa with multimedia primary materials, including many interviews and video clips.

U.S. Africa Command, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, is one of 11 U.S. Department of Defense combatant commands, each with a geographic or functional mission that provides command and control of military forces in peace and war. AFRICOM employs the broad-reaching diplomacy, development, and defense approach to foster interagency efforts and help negate the drivers of conflict and extremism in Africa.

A full-spectrum combatant command, AFRICOM is responsible for all U.S. Department of Defense operations, exercises, and security cooperation on the African continent, its island nations, and surrounding waters. The area of responsibility consists of 53 African states, more than 800 ethnic groups, over 1,000 languages, vast natural resources, a land mass of 11.2 million square miles (three-and-a-half times the size of the U.S.), and nearly 19,000 miles of coastland.

AFRICOM began initial operations Oct. 1, 2007, and became fully operational Oct. 1, 2008.

The following link provides information on the History of U.S. Africa Command.

Leadership

Mission

U.S. Africa Command, with partners, counters transnational threats and malign actors, strengthens security forces and responds to crises in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security, stability and prosperity.

Personnel

U.S. Africa Command has approximately 2,000 assigned personnel, including military, U.S. federal civilian employees, and U.S. contractor employees. About 1,400 work at the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Others are assigned to AFRICOM units at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and RAF Molesworth, U.K. The command's programs in Africa are coordinated through Offices of Security Cooperation and Defense Attaché Offices in approximately 38 nations. The command also has liaison officers at key African posts, including the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre in Ghana.

AFRICOM is part of a diverse interagency team that reflects the talents, expertise, and capabilities within the entire U.S. government. The command employs Senior Foreign Service officers in key positions as well as more than 30 personnel from more than 10 U.S. government departments and agencies, including the Departments of State and Homeland Security, and the U.S. Agency for International Development - the senior State Department official serves as the deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement.

Interagency partners bring invaluable expertise to help the command ensure its plans and activities complement those of other U.S. government programs and fit within the context of U.S. foreign policy.

Location

U.S. Africa Command is located at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany.

Our Team

U.S. Africa Command’s components and subordinate units set the conditions for the success of security cooperation programs and activities on the continent. They perform detailed planning, provide essential command and control, establish and sustain positive relationships with African partners, and execute the bulk of the programs, exercises and activities directed by AFRICOM.

U.S. Army Africa - Operating from Vicenza, Italy, U.S. Army Africa conducts sustained security engagement with African land forces to promote security, stability, and peace.

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U.S. Naval Forces Africa - Headquartered in Naples, Italy, U.S. Naval Forces Africa's primary mission is to improve the maritime security capability and capacity of African partners. Personnel are shared with U.S. Naval Forces Europe.

U.S. Air Forces Africa- As the air component of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Air Forces Africa conducts sustained security engagement and operations to promote air safety, security, and development in Africa. Located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, U.S. Air Forces Africa personnel are combined with U.S. Air Forces Europe

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa - Located in Stuttgart, Germany, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa conducts operations, exercises, training, and security cooperation activities throughout the African continent. Its staff is shared U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe.

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa - Headquartered at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is the U.S. Africa Command organization that conducts operations in the region to enhance partner nation capacity, promote regional security and stability, dissuade conflict, and protect U.S. and coalition interests.

U.S. Special Operations Command Africa - Co-located with U.S. Africa Command at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa aims to build operational capacity, strengthen regional security and capacity initiatives, and eradicate violent extremist organizations.

Contact

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U.S. Africa Command

Unit 29951

APO AE 09751

(International)

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U.S. Africa Command

Kelley Barracks, Unit 29951

Plieninger Straße 289

70567 Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany

To contact a directorate or staff agency by phone, please call Stuttgart Military Community Assistance:

DSN: 314.430.1110

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Commercial: +49 (0)711.680.113