History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: African Independence Quiz
Eight-question multiple choice quiz is self scored and tests your comprehension of African independence in the 20th century.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: The Geography of Africa Quiz
This 9-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and evaluates your understanding of the geography of Africa.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: In Search of Human Origins, Part I: Classroom Activity
This lesson plan allows students to identify and plot the locations of important African finds in the search for early human remains.
Other
Grand Canyon Explorer: Continental Drift
Maps and detailed descriptions of the breakup of Pangea due to a great rift opening.
Other
Map: Africa in the Early Twentieth Century: Homepage
An excellent map identifying the colonial powers controlling each area of Africa from 1912 through 1930.
Other
Challenges Facing Diaspora Africans Who Return to Africa
This is an examination of African-Americans who return to Africa and how they are accepted and accept African people and African life as well as how they cope with the challenges of adopting their ancestral homeland as foreign outsiders.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Western Africa
A simple explanation of the Western Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Eastern Africa
A simple explanation of the Eastern Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Southern Africa
A simple explanation of the Southern Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Central Africa
A simple explanation of the Central Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Northern Africa
A simple explanation of the Northern Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Other
Fresno Unified School District: The Age of Imperialism
This article defines imperialism and discusses its effects. Includes a map showing partition in Africa. Additional links provide even more helpful information.
Other
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Western Africa
A simple explanation of the Western Africa region of Africa, with information on the cultural history and examples of artwork.
Other
Gotta Dance: American Rumba
This site from Gotta Dance offers an easy-to-read history of rumba.
Other
"The Smoke of a Thousand Villages"
Describes Livingstone's Christian purposes and African exploration.
Other
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
This site provides information on the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. If you click on the link "virtual tour", a new page will appear with a map of the garden, and details about the contents in the garden.
Digital Dialects
Digital Dialects: Geography Games: Countries of Africa
Study a map showing the countries in Africa, and then try to match their names to their locations on a blank map.
CRW Flags
Flags of the World: Central African Republic
Flags of the World offers a large flag of Central African Republic with a description of the flag and coat of arms.
CRW Flags
Flags of the World: Cote D'voire, Ivory Coast
This site from Flags of the World provides a large flag of Cote d'Ivoire with a description of the flag and the country coat of arms.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Africa
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Africa.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Map of Africa
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the locations of the countries of Africa.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Cote D'ivoire
Kids learn about the geography and history of Cote d'Ivoire on this website.
EL Education
El Education: Refugee Profiles
Students learn more about African history and culture through research, interviews, movies, books, and work with historians, college professors, and religious leaders. Then student write biographical stories of local refugees in first...