Supplemental Resources
Here is a list of other web sources to aid in further research.
Museum Links
http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm
http://www.epa-prema.net/abomeyGB/resources/amazons.htm#
http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dahomeys-women-warriors-88286072/
Encyclopedia links
https://www.britannica.com/place/Dahomey-historical-kingdom-Africa
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kingdom_of_Dahomey
Primary Sources
Dahomey as it is : being a narrative of eight months' residence in that country ...
by Skertchly, J. A. (J. Alfred) https://archive.org/details/dahomeyasitis00sker
Dahomey and its neighbours, 1708-1818, by Akinjogbin, I. A
https://archive.org/details/dahomeyitsneighb00akin
A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome : with notices of the so-called "Amazons" the grand customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade and the negro's place in nature by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, https://archive.org/details/missiontogelelek01burtuoft
Dahomey and the Dahomans being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 by Frederick Edwyn Forbes
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ngLr7B6zBM8C
General
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Dahomey-historical-kingdom-Africa
Specifically for Elementary (This site is very easy to navigate for younger students. It could also be a starting point for middle or high school students.)
http://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/women-soldiers-dahomey/pedagogical-unit/4
Museum Links
http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm
http://www.epa-prema.net/abomeyGB/resources/amazons.htm#
http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dahomeys-women-warriors-88286072/
Encyclopedia links
https://www.britannica.com/place/Dahomey-historical-kingdom-Africa
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kingdom_of_Dahomey
Primary Sources
Dahomey as it is : being a narrative of eight months' residence in that country ...
by Skertchly, J. A. (J. Alfred) https://archive.org/details/dahomeyasitis00sker
Dahomey and its neighbours, 1708-1818, by Akinjogbin, I. A
https://archive.org/details/dahomeyitsneighb00akin
A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome : with notices of the so-called "Amazons" the grand customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade and the negro's place in nature by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, https://archive.org/details/missiontogelelek01burtuoft
Dahomey and the Dahomans being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 by Frederick Edwyn Forbes
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ngLr7B6zBM8C
General
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Dahomey-historical-kingdom-Africa
Specifically for Elementary (This site is very easy to navigate for younger students. It could also be a starting point for middle or high school students.)
http://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/women-soldiers-dahomey/pedagogical-unit/4