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- 11th
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Students 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 Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the different climates and vegetation of Africa, and compare them to similar climatic regions found in the United States. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how the major geographic characteristics of Africa impact trade and travel. They study assigned climate zones and terrains in Africa. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read, analyze, and construct climographs. They practice matching climographs to locations in the United States and in Africa. Students discern climate patterns and make predictions about the effects on humans in different places in Africa. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use drama and poetry in their Geography class. In groups, they role play an interviewer or the interviewee in various plays that were presented to them. In their role, they must locate and label where the countries mentioned are or any other important historical event. To end the lesson, they review the large amount of vocabulary they were introduced to at the beginning of the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use a map to locate Mali and describe its landscape and climate. Using the internet, they trace the Niger River's path through Africa and locate Timbuktu. They answer and discuss comprehension questions after their activity is finished. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students discuss the different biomes of Africa. They create a list of biomes of Africa. They color code a map of the biomes of Africa. They research interesting facts about Africa. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students review and discuss vocabulary words associated to geography. Using index cards, they write the name of the term on one side and draw a card when it is there time to participate. In groups, one draws a card and draws illustrations for their other team members to guess. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students locate specific sites on a map of Africa. They describe characteristics of groups of people found in Africa and discuss possible reasons for the characteristics of the groups of people. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students will consider how people affect the natural environment in their home area and in Africa. They will learn about two African habitats (the savanna and the rain forest) and some of the animals that live there, and focus on how cheetahs and chimpanzees make use of their habitats. Full Review »

