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Pbs Learning Media: The Dogon and the Dama WebsitePbs Learning Media: The Dogon and the Dama Website
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Pbs Learning Media: The Dogon and the Dama

Curated by ACT

In this video segment from Africa, learn about the Dama, a rare event and rite of passage for the Dogon in Mali.

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Concepts

culture, africa, mali

Additional Tags

identifying information, irrelevant information, manhood, middle school literacy, reading language arts, relevant details, rite of passage, rla, dama, dogon, teachers' domain, wgbh

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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