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On Sunday There Might Be Americans Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the life of a rural Niger boy. They discover his relationship with foreigners and indigenous peoples. They read excerpts from a former Peace Corps volunteer.
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Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali -Teacher Version

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the geography of Mali. They locate Mali on a satellite map, explore various websites, describe the landscape and climate, label a map, and write an essay about the Niger Riger.
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On Sunday There Might Be Americans Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gain insight into the mindset of a rural boy in Niger, specifically regarding his relations with both indigenous and foreign people in the local market. They probe the deeper meanings of the story and relate important ideas...
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Healthy Girls, Healthy Villages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the impact of education. In this global issues lesson, students explore the effectiveness of the Camp GLOW program in Niger. Learners discuss the issues that face women and girls in Niger and identify how education can...
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Nomadic Life Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the imagery in a rich, spare poem about an interlude between two women of different cultures in rural Niger. They read "Interview With Susan Rich." and discuss how the interview might help in understanding the poem.
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New Food Saves Lives, Could End Hunger

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate the country of Niger, then read a news article about a new type of food that is being used to fight childhood hunger in Africa. In this current events activity, the teacher introduces the article with map and vocabulary...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners - Self

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. For this personal characteristics lesson, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other students around the globe. Students compare their...
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Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali - Student Version

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders locate Mali on a world map, describe the landscape and climate of Mali, and locate the city of Timbuktu and describe the local weather. They compare life along the Niger in ancient times to that of today
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Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Health and Immunization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars research facts about Niger and Madagascar before reading a child's case study and answering questions about malaria prevention. They discuss healthy lifestyle, how bacteria and viruses can affect health and that following...
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The Ancient Civilization of Mali

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students explore the ancient civilization of Mali and examine various historical and cultural aspects of the civilization. In this ancient civilization of Mali lesson, students examine trade with respect to geographic locations, discover...
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Using Effective, Evocative Writing as a Model

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study an author's style to strengthen their own writing. They read an author's account of the resiliency of the Malian people and about their culture. They examine her focus on Malian women.
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The Geography of Africa

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Hop a flight to Africa in this presentation, which includes brilliant and appealing photographs of the continent as well as maps and graphs about its geography, topography, and climate. Those who are researching Africa for a project or...
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Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore what it means to have wealth in Mali and in the United States. In this economics lesson, students read "Music in the Fields." Student groups answer discussion questions.  Students reflect on the purpose music serves in...
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 6 - Exercise 1c

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 9 - Exercise 2a

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills activity, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Physical Geography

For Students 6th - 9th
In this geography skills worksheet, learners respond to 22 short answer and map skills questions about the location and geographic features of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Trekking to Timbuktu: Trade in Ancient West Africa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research how trade in Timbuktu was affected by geography. Students conduct online research to determine the major trade routes, main products of trade, plus how and why trade spread across Africa.
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Causes and Effects

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate one family's volunteer tourism experience and the international volunteer organizations to create a community guide to helping those in need around the world.
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MEDIEVAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the area of medieval Sub-Saharan Africa through eyes of travelers in the company of one of history's greatest travelers, Ibn Battuta. The project has been structured to include all the State standards for this unit.
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Medieval African Kingdoms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the geography and political history of West Africa. They role-play as applicants to a company that transports customers to any historic time period. Working in teams, they create promotional products encouraging...
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How Can Children Make A Difference In Their World As Human Rights Activists?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define term activist, identify and analyze contributions of activists of the past, realize that students can make a difference in their world, identify personal characteristics of students activists, recognize impact on...
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Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine what it means to have wealth-a concept that turns out to be philosophical as well as economic-and examine the importance of music. They examine the concepts of wealth in Mali and in the United States and consider the...
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Giving Students a Little Latitude

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use a world outline map to locate places using coordinates of latitude and longitude. They answer questions about places based on their knowledge of the map and on their research and make up more questions of this sort...

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