{"id":300089,"date":"2010-02-09T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2380"},"modified":"2010-02-09T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T16:27:49","slug":"teaching-history-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-daily-life-in-ancient-and-modern-timbuktu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/300089","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History with Children\u2019s Literature: Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu<\/a>, written by Larry Brook and illustrated by Ray Webb, is an informative book that gives children facts and illustrations about life in Timbuktu.\u00a0 The book begins with an overview of the history of Timbuktu and leads the reader through the different eras in Timbuktu’s history.\u00a0 The reader can learn about the roles of men, women, and children in Timbuktu.\u00a0 The pictures show the layout of the city, life in the desert, and people at the local markets.\u00a0 The maps show how Timbuktu became a great meeting place for trading goods as a result of its strategic location between trade routes and its proximity to the Niger River.\u00a0 Timbuktu was once a thriving city in Mali with schools, universities, hotels, mosques, and a booming trade market.\u00a0 Recently, the city and its people have suffered greatly as a result of war and increasingly drier conditions.\u00a0 The final pages show life today in Timbuktu.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book is a great reference for\u00a0 teaching students about the early West African empire of Mali (VA SOL 3.2).\u00a0 It shows students the importance of trade and introduces the reader to the different people groups that have populated Timbuktu throughout time.\u00a0 Although the book is too wordy for younger elementary students, teachers can summarize the words and show the descriptive illustrations.\u00a0 Each two-page spread begins with a title, so teachers can easily choose which pages are most relevant to their audiences.\u00a0 Older elementary students can use this book to provide information for a report on Timbuktu but may find some of the names of the leaders, people groups, and places to be a challenge to read.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

For additional facts about Timbuktu, visit the History Channel<\/a> online or the International Museum for Muslim Cultures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to traditional Malian music played on the kora by Mamadou Diabate.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here for\u00a0 lesson plan ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book:<\/strong>\u00a0 Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu<\/a>
\nAuthor:\u00a0 <\/strong>Larry Brook
\nIllustrator:\u00a0 <\/strong>Ray Webb
\nPublisher:\u00a0 <\/strong>Runestone Press<\/a>
\nPublication Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>1999
\nPages:\u00a0 <\/strong>64
\nGrade Range:\u00a0 <\/strong>2nd-6th
\nISBN:\u00a0 <\/strong>0-8225-3215-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu, written by Larry Brook and illustrated by Ray Webb, is an informative book that gives children facts and illustrations about life in Timbuktu.\u00a0 The book begins with an overview of the history of Timbuktu and leads the reader through the different eras in Timbuktu’s history.\u00a0 The reader […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}