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Chapter 6 Section 4 Storytellers Maintain Oral History

Chapter 6 Section 4 Storytellers Maintain Oral History. By Rachael Donahue, Pascale Jabbour, and Christina Scutti. Last Section…. Don’t Copy ( : Last section we talked about Songhia Falls to Morocco now we are going to talk about Africa’s oral history. . Copy Intro to Oral History

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Chapter 6 Section 4 Storytellers Maintain Oral History

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  1. Chapter 6 Section 4Storytellers Maintain Oral History By Rachael Donahue, Pascale Jabbour, and Christina Scutti

  2. Last Section… Don’t Copy ( : Last section we talked about Songhia Falls to Morocco now we are going to talk about Africa’s oral history.

  3. Copy Intro to Oral History • No written language • Thought they didn’t know their history • Passed down through oral history

  4. The Griots Copy ) : • Griots = Storytellers • Very respected, usually elders • Stories explained past empires • Acted scenes out • Proverbs = lessons • Stories = history • Show a lot about African history

  5. West African Epics Copy • Collected in Dausi and Sundiata • Some epics historical fiction • Dausi = Ghana • Sundiata = Mali • Epics are long poems

  6. Proverbs “Talking doesn’t fill the basket on the farm.” This proverb warns people that you actually have to work to get things accomplished. “A hippopotamus can be invisible in dark water.” This proverb reminds people that sometimes there are unforeseen problems that may lie ahead.

  7. Quiz Questions If you took the notes all the answers are in your notes!!! What are griots? A. a tribe B. storyteller C. entertainers D. warriors

  8. B. Storytellers

  9. Questions How did Western Africans keep track of their history? A. wrote it down B. cave paintings C. oral history D. written in stone 

  10. C. Oral History

  11. Quiz Questions The answers are still in your notes! What are proverbs? A. short sayings of wisdom B. long poems, books C. the holy book of Africa 

  12. A. short sayings of wisdom

  13. Quiz Questions What book was Mali talked about in? A. Bible B. Torah C. proverbs D. Sundiata 

  14. D. Sundiata 

  15. Quiz Questions What are epics? A. long stories B. long poems C. short sayings

  16. B. long poems

  17. Conclusion Oral History was important because it passes on information from generation to generation. Next we will talk about Visitors Write Histories.

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