The selection is about Ghana, an ancient culture that was one of Africa’s great trading empires in the third century A.D.  Gold mines, extensive trading, and advanced farming villages all contributed to the rise and success of Ghana. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Medallion, 2010)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.