For SchoolsVery useful guide to locating information from the vast World Bank site. http://h-net.msu.edu/~afrteach/, Hakuna Matata AdventureOregon teacher, Mary Foster, and her husband Abdiaziz who is from Somalia invite you to travel with them. English edition avail. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/thefluteplayer/pdf/study_guide.pdf, PBS TeachersPublic television free lesson plans. You can test out of the first two years of college and save 5. The video below is a trailer to our film What Do We Know About Africa?, which serves as an excellent counter to common misconceptions about Africa. Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough, NH. Loans videos (such as Long Night’s Journey into Day: South Africa’s Search for Truth and Reconciliation, Lost Boys of Sudan) to educators in the Facing History network. 4 Comments . Founded by Kevin Hand, Stanford Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Medieval Africa Interactive Vocabulary Activity Set Google ReadyWe created this activity set to ensure that the correct definitions are learned in thoughtful, fun, and engaging ways. The short and engaging lessons offer timelines that allow students jump to multiple topics within the videos. Its Teaching About West Africa section "has a large collection of materials from and about West Africa including everyday items from The Gambia, Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso." Based on UN statistics, esp. The Story of Africa"...the history of the continent from an African perspective." Has a page for each country (GNP, population, growth rate, infant mortality, life expectancy, illiteracy rate, safe water, etc.). The Keyhold Community site has an Education discussion area for teachers and students using the maps. Test your knowledge of this chapter with a 30 question practice chapter exam. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/liberia/index.html, PBS - Lost Childhoods: Exploring the Consequences of Collective ViolenceLesson plan for the film the Lost Boys of Sudan. and career path that can help you find the school that's right for you. African Unit Plan (lesson) African Folktales. Teachers' guides on - African Kingdom of Benin, Pyramids and Egypt's Old Kingdom, etc. "Designed as a companion to Indiana University Press's....textbook Africa, edited by Phyllis Martin and Patrick O'Meara." Site hosted by Africa Access. http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html, Africa - PBS / National Geographic / Thirteen/WNET NY Television Series, Sept. 9 - Oct. 28, 2001Eight episodes cover the Savanna and a woman moving from the city to rural life (Serengeti, Tanzania), the Sahara (a 9 year old boy from Niger crosses the desert on camel to collect and sell salt, etc. Published in Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara (eds. Sesotho is one of the official languages of South Africa and is the national language of Lesotho. For more information on the isiXhosa language, please follow the link here. The Program produced a video, "What Do We Know About Africa?" Interviews from Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia, gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos Institute. In this particular video, Professor Zoliswa Mali provides an example of the Sesotho language. These abbreviated clips are an excellent way of introducing the multiculturalism and linguistic diversity found throughout the continent and provide students with an opportunity to think about the way their use of a specific language(s) carries with it historical and cultural connotations as well. "...interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Sesotho Timeline of every Olympic host country in order. If you look at satellite maps of Africa and the Middle East, it seems that the only thing they have in common are deserts. The oldest known possible mathematical object is the Lebombo bone, which. Sciences, Culinary Arts and Personal Students analyze how hazardous or abnormal environmental conditions impact the environment and explore the types of climate in the area in terms of patterns of temperature, wind and precipitation. Hosts Facing the Mask ("This specially designed website brings African masks to life with exhibition information, activities for kids and curricula lessons for teachers.") Use the Search to locate, for ex., Swahili culture. Use the video lessons in this chapter to help your middle school students learn more about the geography of the Middle East and Africa. From Sapient Software based in Bolinas, Calif.. http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware/, PBS - Liberia's Civil WarProfile of Charles Taylor, articles from 1996 to 2003, video clips, article by Somini Sengupta, New York Times reporter. Edited by Kristina Rylander171 pages in PDF. Michael Fay, biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, has been walking 1,200 miles through the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Gabon surveying the area "so that conservationists and African governments can assess which areas are most important to protect." Site based in San Francisco, California. Sure, landforms affect the development of societies in many ways, but did you know that they even can play into how culture unfolds? Based in Brookline, Massachusetts. African Studies Center. Afrikaans Some files such as the Newsletter are in Adobe PDF. Study.com has thousands of articles about every imaginable degree, area of study Creole is one of many languages spoken in Senegal, but examples of Creole can be found in numerous countries worldwide. Loans videos, charges range from free to $35.00. She grew up in Nigeria and the Midwest U.S. http://www.motherlandnigeria.com, Mountain VoicesA rich resource. In this particular video, Professor Zoliswa Mali provides an example of the isiXhosa language. Students can take lesson quizzes and a chapter exam to test their comprehension of the geography of these areas. Gondarlink"...first full school link between an English and an Ethiopian secondary school." For African cities (such as Dar es Salaam) does not show detail, only an "airplane" view; but you can "fly" from city to city. Teacher professional development, videos, blogs. Students learn to identify the location of significant human and physical characteristics on a map of the Middle East and Africa. The texts were written in 1990-92 at the University of Niamey, Niger Republic, in classes taught by Dr. Patricia Stoll, Fulbright Professor of Writing and Literature." Office of Resources for International and Area StudiesORIAS provides outreach to teachers and sells resource packets for middle and high school students on the Sudan, Egypt, North Africa. The final portion of the film follows the lives of children in three countries, depicting both the diversity and the universality of childhood experiences. Requires that you downloadn Google Earth. Middle School Resources Interactive Classroom Activities. Afrophile: Recommended Titles on Africa for Children and Young People, Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds, Art and Life in Africa - University of Iowa Museum of Art, Collaborative Software: A CD-ROM on African Art and Culture, Education discussion area for teachers and students, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts African Odyssey, Mariners Museum, Virginia - Age of Exploration, Hanno, Ibn Battuta, Bartholemeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, Philadelphia School District - Teaching African and African American History and Culture in the 21st Century, curriculum units with Africa-related topics.