This ToolBook is the best introduction to Africa. It's comprehensive lessons include: geography, regions, political systems, and the region's economy. It also presents an interesting thought process asking, "How are you connected to Africa?" And don't be surprised if you hear your students speaking a little Swahili at lunch!
The "Africa" ToolBook is rich with discussions, maps, photos, and games. It includes lessons on:
- How are you connected to Africa? The world in a chocolate bar.
- Geography: When it came to geography, Africa had its share of hardships. (Deserts and rainforests are not suitable for farming.) The five themes of Africa's geography.
- Terms: migration, ethnic conflicts, plateau, continental drift, the Great Rift Valley, and more
- Regions: The Sahara Desert, Rainforest, Savanna, and South Africa
- Political System: Types of government; how to determine whether a country is democratic; key topics such as One-party rule v. multi-party system, political instability; human rights.
- Economy: Is Africa rich? How to analyze any country's economy. How to determine a country's level of economic development. Terms: GDP, exports and imports, per capita income, standard of living, literacy rate, life expectancy, market vs. command economy, rural and urban, subsistence farming.
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| 1. How are you connected to Africa? | ||
| #1 Mapping | The World in a Chocolate Bar | |
| #2 Mapping | Cocoa Beans & Chocoholics | |
| 2. THE GEOGRAPHY | ||
| #3 Mapping | Map Africa according to climate zones. | |
| #4 Game | s Geography Jumble and The Bell Game | |
| #5 Mapping | What can you do with a political map of Africa? | |
| #6 Game | Learn names of places in Africa with the Forehead Game | |
| #7 Game | s Four games to help learn directions and locations | |
| #8 Mapping | What can you do with a blank map of Africa? | |
| #9 Mapping | Learn the names and locations of all the countries in Africa. | |
| #10 Game | s Two games to help learn countries and capitals | |
| #11 Mapping | What is the shape of the country? | |
| #12 Game | The Great Mapmaster! Form a human map. | |
| #13 Game | s Two games to help students learn geography terms | |
| #14 Group Analysis | Determine physical and human characteristics. | |
| #15 Game | The Bell Game | |
| #16 Mapping | The Atlas Mountains | |
| #17 Lecture | w/ game Name that River! | |
| #18 Mapping | Where the river meets the sea... | |
| #19 Game | Don’t look up! Memorize countries and capitals. | |
| #20 Chart | The most populous countries in Africa | |
| #21 Game | Types of Interactions and The Bell Game | |
| #22 Group Analysis | What caused this spot to become a city? | |
| #23 Research | How does this city rate with you? | |
| #24 Student Projects | Crossing the Continent, Passports, Migration and the tsetse fly | |
| #25 Graphic Organizer | Movement and Migration | |
| #26 Chart | Countries with the highest level of HIV infection | |
| #27 Lecture | w/ mapping The Impact of Europeans, the Conference of Berlin | |
| #28 Graphic Organizer | The Europeans | |
| #29 Lecture | w/ mapping What can you do with a physical map of Africa? | |
| #30 Game | Regions of Africa and The Bell Game | |
| #31 Student Projects | Habitat costumes and a game with mobiles | |
| #32 Mapping | Two ways to Re-regionalize Africa | |
| #33 Game | Red Rover, Red Rover | |
| #34 Mapping | Draw your mental map! | |
| #35 Game | Where am I? | |
| #36 Student Projects | Students Teach the Class! | |
| #37 Game | The ABCs of African Countries | |
| #38 Game | The ABCs of African Cities | |
| #39 Game | The ABCs of the African Landscape | |
| #40 Game | Can you speak African? | |
| 3. THE ECONOMY | ||
| #41 Game | Is Africa Rich? and The Bell Game | |
| #42 Chart | The wealthiest countries in Africa | |
| #43 Chart | w/ questions Africa is mineral-rich. | |
| #44 Game | African Industries and The Bell Game | |
| #45 Lecture | Levels of economic development | |
| #46 Chart | Compare and Contrast Africa’s top five countries. | |
| #47 Group Analysis | Pick a country. What is the level of development? | |
| #48 Lecture | Industrialization | |
| #49 Graphic Organizer | The ingredients for industrialization | |
| #50 Graphic Organizer | What does this country export? | |
| #51 Chart | Per capita income | |
| #52 Graphic Organizer | Whatis this country’s standard of living? | |
| #53 Debate | The Great Debate on Africa’s economic future | |
| #54 Game | The ABCs of the Economy | |
| #55 Game | Can you talk like an economist? | |
| #56 Student Project | A little math in Africa | |
| 4. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM | ||
| #57 Lecture | Types of Government | |
| #58 Graphic Organizer | Does this country have democracy? | |
| #59 Lecture | The history of the Congo with graphics | |
| #60 Game | The ABCs of the Political System | |
| 5. THE SAHARA DESERT | ||
| #61 Mapping w/ Lecture | Kingdoms of the Sahara, Hannibal, the Moors, Othello | |
| #62 Group Analysis | w/ mapping Interpret the poster of The Sahara Desert. | |
| #63 Chart | w/ game What’s the weather like in Timbuktu? and This is Your Life | |
| #64 Chart | The desert spread and killed Timbuktu: compare Timbuktu and Bamako | |
| #65 Chart | w/ discussion Famine: compare the Sarhara Desert to the Sahel grasslands | |
| #66 Chart | w/ questions Use Sahara Math to Compare & Contrast the Deserts | |
| #67 Game | Geography Jumble and The Bell Game | |
| #68 Game | Is Mali rich? | |
| #69 Group Analysis | What would YOU do to improve life in Mali? | |
| #70 Mapping w/ Lecture | Kingdoms of the Savanna | |
| #71 Group Analysis | What caused the rise of the Empire of Mali? | |
| #72 Group Analysis | Determine the origins of Timbuktu. | |
| #73 Game | A Trip to Timbuktu board game | |
| #74 Essays | Learn to write and edit 4 types of essays. | |
| #75 Game | The ABCs of the Sahara and Sahel | |
| #76 Game | Can you speak desert? | |
| 6. THE RAINFOREST | ||
| #77 Group Analysis | Interpret the poster of the Village in the Rainforest. | |
| #78 Game | Geography Jumble and The Bell Game | |
| #79 Mapping | Color the Congo! | |
| #80 Lecture | w/ mapping Outbreak! The story of the Ebola virus. | |
| #81 Chart | w/ game What’s the weather like in the rainforest? and This is Your Life | |
| #82 Lecture | African Masks: a mask helps you cope with the scary forest. | |
| #83 Student Projects | Four projects about African masks | |
| #84 Game | Is the Congo rich? and The Bell Game | |
| #85 Lecture | w/ mapping Kingdoms of the Rainforest | |
| #86 Lecture | w/ mapping Why were Africans enslaved? | |
| #87 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group | |
| #88 Game | The ABCs of the Rainforest | |
| #89 Game | Can you speak rainforest? | |
| 7. THE SAVANNA | ||
| #90 Group Analysis | Interpret the poster of Mt. Kilimanjaro | |
| #91 Research | What if you lived at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro? | |
| #92 Mapping | The Great Rift Valley | |
| #93 Writing | Activity Write a story: “The Legend of the Leopard.” | |
| #94 Group Analysis | Interpret the poster of Nairobi | |
| #95 Graphic Organizer | Symbolic buildings | |
| #96 Game | Geography Jumble and The Bell Game | |
| #97 Research | What caused Nairobi to become a major city? | |
| #98 Chart | w/ game What’s the weather like in Kenya? and This is Your Life | |
| #99 Game | Is Kenya rich? and The Bell Game | |
| #100 Lecture | Four tidbits, including National Geographic articles and films | |
| #101 Mapping | w/ lecture Kingdoms along the coast of the Indian Ocean | |
| #102 Game | The ABCs of the Savanna | |
| #103 Game | Can you speak savanna? | |
| 8. SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| #104 Game | Regions of South Africa and The Bell Game | |
| #105 Chart | w/ game What’s the weather like in South Africa? and This is Your Life | |
| #106 Chart | South Africa is a treasure chest. | |
| #107 Research | Cities in South Africa | |
| #108 Game | South Africa: Is it rich? and The Bell Game | |
| #109 Timeline | w/ lecture The strange story of apartheid | |
| #110 Game | The ABCs of Apartheid | |
| #111 Game | Can you speak Afrikaans? | |
| #112 Graphic Organizer | Apartheid | |
| #113 Graphic Organizer | Compare and Contrast: Two Leaders: Mandela and Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| #114 Debate | The Great Debate: apartheid vs. segregation | |
| #115 Group Analysis | Life is like a rock group. | |
| #116 Group Analysis | What is the moral of apartheid? | |
| 9. COUNTRY REPORTS | ||
| #117 Student Projects | Students Teach the Class using National Geographic articles. | |
| 10. THE TEST | ||
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