Migrations Assignment---Polynesia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Migrations Assignment:

Compare Migrations in Polynesia and Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Essential Question:

What are the common factors that prompted human migration up to 1200?

 

Focus Questions: ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN TWO SHORT PARAGRAPHS

• What are the similarities and differences in the factors that prompted migrations within Polynesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
• What are the similarities and differences in the issues historians have in analyzing those factors?

 

Directions:

1. Mark Polynesian migration routes on the SE Asia and Australia map.
2. Use information from the research to identify the factors that prompted migrations within Polynesia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. Mark Bantu migration routes on a map of Africa you create.
4. Create a Venn diagram or T-chart to compare the evidence you find about both regions.  Are the factors more similar or more different?
5. Discuss with the class the issues historians have in analyzing those factors.

 

Polynesian migrations

http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/polynesian2.html -- full webquest

http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/game.html#

http://maaori.com/people/maoriara.htm -- map

 

http://solo.manuatele.net/facts.htm -- DNA debate

 

http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~oal/background/polyhist.htm -- archaeology in Polynesia

 

http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/index.html -- Polynesian voyaging society

 

http://www.camelotintl.com/world/oceania.html -- timeline

 

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/02/oc/ht02oc.htm -- timeline

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g68/index.html -- National Geographic site with links to other web quests

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Bantu migrations -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1624_story_of_africa/page95.shtml

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_languages

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_expansion

 

http://www.ischool.zm/plans/Grade10HistoryBantuMigrations.pdf