Wednesday, January 18, 2012

M7: Kwaheri! Nimefurahi kukutana na wewe.


Due: February 2nd-A Group / February 9th-B Group

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:
  • Choose one of the possible missions from M6 that you didn't do. Revisit your AINAC Country and complete that mission.
  • You are serving as an assistant/apprentice with a professional in Medieval West Africa (government official, scholar, artist, architect). They are unhappy with your work because it doesn't include the "new ways of Islam." You have to fix your work or risk being punished severely. (Historical Task: Describe the ways Islam influenced West Africa.)
  • While visiting with friends in Medieval West Africa, you are mistaken for a Griot. Since you have an adventurous spirit, you go along with their misunderstanding and decide to tell them a griot tale about their culture. (Historical Task: Explore the oral traditional & research a culturally accurate story.)
  • The village elder of a village in Medieval West Africa has asked you to honor him with a song. You decide to write a song that will please the elder. (Historical Task: Explore the musical traditions of West Africa by writing a culturally accurate song.)
Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 15-18.


If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).