{"id":516357,"date":"2010-04-05T11:09:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2634"},"modified":"2010-04-05T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:09:48","slug":"teaching-ancient-civilizations-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-mansa-musa-the-lion-of-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/516357","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children\u2019s Literature: Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Introduction and Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Mansa Musa:\u00a0 The Lion of Mali<\/a><\/em>, by Khephra Burns,\u00a0 tells the story of young Kankan Musa, who vanishes from his village in Mali after slave traders kidnap him.\u00a0 His mother and brothers were devastated.\u00a0 Kankan was only fourteen when he was sold to a mysterious man dressed so heavily in robes that only his eyes could be seen.\u00a0 The mysterious man befriends Kankan and shows him the ways of living and surviving in the desert.\u00a0 Kankan goes on a journey of self-discovery while traveling thousands of miles with him around Africa.\u00a0 He learns about the pyramids in Egypt, confronts genie’s that transform themselves into lions, and learns about self-control and maturity.\u00a0 Seven years later, when he is twenty, he makes a journey back to his village to find that his brother has been named King.\u00a0 He approaches his family and they learn that Kankan has finally returned to the village after all these years.\u00a0 Kankan becomes a great adviser to his brother and later he himself becomes King.\u00a0 Many parts of the story are true while the author, Khephra Burns, used fictional stories to detail parts of Kankan Masa’s life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Mansa Musa:\u00a0 The Lion of Mali<\/em> would be great for a third grade class learning about Ancient Mali.\u00a0 A teacher could read Mansa Musa:\u00a0 The Lion of Mali<\/em> aloud to students as it is a long book with some difficult words.\u00a0 Students could go online and do a webquest to learn about the journey that Mansa Musa took and about the culture of Ancient Mali.\u00a0 (Va SOL 3.2)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n