History of Zanzibar: An International Trade Center on the East Coast of Africa

This fascinating class will cover the dynamic history of this Swahili island on the East Coast of Africa, why it was chosen as a World Heritage site and how it became a thriving center of international trade, as well as interesting features for tourists. Teacher Liz lived in Zanzibar for three years while teaching at South East Coast International School in the touristic, picturesque fishing village of Jambiani on the East Coast. 

We will follow this schedule over 4 sessions.

Session One- The focus will be on the flora and fauna of Zanzibar as it pertains to tourism, including ecotourism.
Session Two- The focus will be on Zanzibar's Stone Town and the reasons why it was chosen as a World Heritage Site.
Session Three- The focus will be on the influence of different countries on Zanzibar.
Session Four- The focus will be on how Zanzibar became an international trading center, including the topic of slavery as a commodity.

Students must come prepared for each class by bringing the packet of papers designated for that day (attached to this listing as a pdf), and a writing utensil with a ruler. They will take notes on the packet, such as: definitions, causes and effects, timelines, map diagramming.

Each of the 4 sessions will be run with the same schedule of activities:
1. Warm up- The teacher will guide students to share experiences, guessing and predicting that will help students connect to the subject matter.
2. Interactive Slide Show- The teacher will use her own Google Slides, accompanied by questions, chat answers, quizzes, videos, photos, and websites. 
3. Note-taking review- Students will have a chance to share their notes and compare wit the teacher's maser copy.
4.  Interactive activity- Students will work in small groups, monitored by the teacher, to complete creative, cooperative tasks.

We will follow a teacher-prepared slide show that will include discussion topics, photos, videos, and shorts quizzes, proceeding backwards in time from 2020 to around 1000 BC. Students will be encouraged to communicate their responses either through speaking or in the chat area. They will be alerted when they will need to take notes on a timeline or in tables in their packet. The teacher will model the note-taking as well.

Following each lesson, students will work collaboratively in small groups in Zoom break-out rooms on interactive activities that allow them to review and synthesize the material covered that day and on previous days.

Although the majority of the time in the sessions will not be covering slavery, there will be times when slavery will be mentioned. Occasionally, black and white drawings will be shown, and photos of a slave monument, that may include nudity. This class will not cover the experience of being a slave, but it will answer the questions of where slaves who came through Zanzibar came from, what type of work they were involved in, where they were transported to, why the trade of slavery occurred, and what is stopped.