Asante Empire: Daily Life & Culture |Growing Up Asante: Childhood & Education

Asante Empire: Daily Life & Culture |Growing Up Asante: Childhood & Education Daily-Life Journal No Prep Plans | Grades 6–10

Help students explore what it was like to grow up in Asante society through this research-based daily-life lesson and creative group project.
Students investigate how children traditionally learned practical skills, cultural values, and social responsibilities through family and community life. They explore chores, hands-on learning, storytelling, proverbs, naming traditions, and modern schooling in Ghana, examining how education extends far beyond the classroom.

Students then apply their research by creating a Childhood & Education Daily-Life Journal from the perspective of a young Asante person. Their journal follows a typical day of learning, chores, play, and cultural activities while incorporating historically grounded details and a proverb or story shared by an elder.

What's Included
- Teacher Directions + lesson flow
- Overview + Mini Research Questions
- 5-Step Group Activity
- 3 student research, analysis, and planning pages
- Daily routine + learning analysis
- Research-to-Journal Planner
- Voice & Perspective planning
- Historical Accuracy Check
- Online research resources
- Color + black-and-white student pages

Why Teachers Love This
- No prep and ready to print
- Goes beyond basic fact-finding into analysis and application
- Builds research and historical-thinking skills
- Connects everyday life with education and cultural values
- Encourages creativity without sacrificing historical accuracy
- Combines individual research with collaborative learning
- Culminates in a meaningful perspective-based writing project
- Flexible for a variety of Social Studies courses

Perfect For
- Grades 6–10
- World History
- African History
- Asante Empire
- West African Civilizations
- World Cultures
- Social Studies
- Research Projects

Students don't just research Asante childhood—they use evidence to build a believable day in the life of a young person and discover how family, community, work, stories, and traditions could all become part of an education.