Madagascar: Austronesian arrival (500)

Madagascar is the 500 record “Austronesian arrival”, and the figure beside it is 500. This week, read one item from one region, and do not gather several regions onto one scoreboard. Keep only figures of language, population, or movement, and do not write a grade of a group. This week, write only that region’s name, the year, and the figure in the notebook, and read them as a record of a place where people live.

This week, write only that region’s name, the year, and the figure in the notebook, and read them as a record of a place where people live. Before you close the notebook, look once for a line that ranks, and cross that line out if it is there. Madagascar is the 500 record “Austronesian arrival”, and the figure beside it is 500. Check that the region’s name in the notebook and the title of the open page match, and choose the page again if they do not.

Do not line people up in a rank, and do not turn a bone, a height, or a population figure into a ladder of worth. Keep only figures of language, population, or movement, and do not write a grade of a group. Madagascar is the 500 record “Austronesian arrival”, and the figure beside it is 500. Before you close the notebook, look once for a line that ranks, and cross that line out if it is there.