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Abd al- Rahman Ibrahima from Now is Your Time! By Walter Dean Myers

Abd al- Rahman Ibrahima from Now is Your Time! By Walter Dean Myers. Mr. Ochoa Mountain View Middle School Language Arts. Connect to your life. What do you imagine West Africans left behind when they were forced into slavery?. Background information.

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Abd al- Rahman Ibrahima from Now is Your Time! By Walter Dean Myers

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  1. Abd al-Rahman Ibrahimafrom Now is Your Time!By Walter Dean Myers Mr. Ochoa Mountain View Middle School Language Arts

  2. Connect to your life • What do you imagine West Africans left behind when they were forced into slavery?

  3. Background information • The story takes place long ago when the Songhai Empire ruled West Africa. • The Songhai ruled for 125 years. • Their wealth came mostly from gold.

  4. What is a biography • A biography is a individuals life events written by another person using several sources.

  5. Story Objectives • Understand chronological order • Identify tone • Recognize, clarify, and connect to the main ideas of the story

  6. Fouta Djallon Guinea • A small mountainous region in Guinea, which is a small nation in the west coast of Africa

  7. Islam Moslems • The Moslem merchants who traveled the gold-salt routes of wealthy West African empires and introduces Islam to the world

  8. Pastoral • Having a way of life raising livestock

  9. Timbuktu • A city in Africa now know as Mali

  10. Songhai • An African empire that thrived in the 1400’s and 1500’s

  11. inhabitant • Someone living in a particular place

  12. dynasty • A series of rulers who are members of the same family.

  13. chaos • A state of great disorder

  14. status • Ones position society; rank

  15. Mandingo • A member of any of various peoples of West Africa’s

  16. In full rout • In complete retreat

  17. Do someone else's bidding • Following someone's orders

  18. Trek • A slow difficult journey

  19. Natchez • An early settlement of what is now Mississippi

  20. Bondage • Slavery

  21. Prosper • To be successful; thrive

  22. procedure • Course of action

  23. abolitionist • Favoring the end of slavery

  24. Premise • An idea that forms the idea of an argument

  25. Reservation • A doubt; an exception

  26. Questions • If you could say one thing about Ibrahima’s life what would it be? • How does Ibrahima come to be sold into slavery? • What happens to Ibrahima in the United States? • Why doesn’t Ibrahima return to his homeland?

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