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- 9th - 12th
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Students map African states during different time periods. They also map natural resources in the European, American and African states, overlying the component routes of the Triangle and Brazilian trade. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the geographic characteristics of Western and Central Africa, the impact of geography on settlement patterns, cultural traits, and trade. They compare political, social, economic, and religious systems of Africans,Europeans, and Native A Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students investigate the economic and daily activities in a typical African community. They design and construct a small scale house, play an African board game, create African money, discuss vocabulary, and write an essay. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students examine the significance of rock art. They discuss and view examples of historical rock art, and create a design on a rock that tells a story using African and American symbols. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 12th
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Students examine how symbols are used in some societies to influence spirits and to protect rooms. They discuss and view examples of doors decorated with symbols, and create a door mural using African and American symbols. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students investigate the Bamum people of Cameroon and the use of symbols in African societies. They read a handout, and design a palace using African symbols, presenting and describing their design to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate how the king of Benin used brass plaques to project an image of power to the people of Benin. They locate Benin on a map, explore various websites, and create a paper wall plaque that conveys symbols of power. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students study the geographical structure of the continent of Africa. They discuss how and why there are so many tribes and kingdoms of Africa and dsicuss customs and traditions to determine how they come about in any ethnic group. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students study the jewelry from various groups from Africa. They identify and discuss the region Equatoria and the Yoruba and people from Benin and review the jewelry from this region. They make and pour a plaster of paris mold and use incising tools and will also learn how to file the plaster. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the art of Benin. Using a map, they locate the African country of Nigeria, which was the site of the kingdom of Benin. They research the power of the king using the internet and demonstrate how he communicated his authority through the use of brass plaques. Full Review »
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