Peace Corps
Cuisine and Etiquette
Students identify the main food in the different cultures they have examined. In groups, they compare and contrast their expected table manners to the ones in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. Using this list of behaviors, they identify...
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Zambia
Learn about religion in Zambia, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.
University of Iowa
University of Iowa: Arts and Life in Africa: People Resources
Essential information on African countries and African peoples assembled by the University of Iowa.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Zambia
Learn about core health indicators in Zambia in this World Health Organization country profile which includes demographic and current health information.
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Zambia
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Zambia. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: u.s. Relations With Zambia
Provides information about the relationship between the United States and Zambia. Additional information about the country is available through the links at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Zambia: Political Map
A political map of Zambia showing its province boundaries, major cities and highways, and neighboring countries. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry-Castandeda Collection.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Zambia: Relief Map
A relief map of Zambia showing the mountainous regions, rivers, lakes, and swamps. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
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United Nations
United Nations: Cartographic Section: Okavango River Basin [Pdf]
This map from the United Nations is a very detailed map of the Okavango River Basin, showing rivers, wetlands, cities, country boundaries and much more. Increase the viewing percentage to read the map easily.
Adventure Learning Foundation
Adventure Learning Foundation: Southern Africa
Explore the geography, culture, history, and people of Southern Africa in this site. It includes journal excerpts, pictures, maps, and classroom activities.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Eclipse 2001 the View From Zambia
On Thursday, June 21, 2001, a total solar eclipse sped across the Southern Hemisphere, and this site has highlights of the eclipse captured on tape.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learn About Zambia [Pdf]
"Learn about Zambia" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the South African country of Zambia and its history. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining...
Other
Online Expeditions: African Adventure
Use this site to explore several regions of Africa, without having to leave the classroom.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Zambia
This is a complete reference source and travel guide to the South African nation of Zambia that includes a broad background overview and numerous links to sources with comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Zambians
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyles of Zambians. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Bemba
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Bemba people of Zambia. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tonga
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Tonga people of Zambia. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tonga
The Tonga never formed a single political unit. Today they are an ethnic group united by common language and in opposition to other Zambian ethnic groups, with whom they compete. The Tonga speak dialects of ciTonga, a Central Bantu...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Bemba
The Bemba are the largest ethnic group in the Northern Province of Zambia. Seventeen or eighteen ethnic groups in this general area of Zambia comprise the Bemba-speaking peoples, and they form with the Bemba a closely related culture...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Zambia: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Zambia in Southern Africa.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lozi
The Lozi consist of a number of interrelated ethnic groups located along the Zambezi River in Barotse Province of western Zambia. The term "Lozi" refers both to the Lozi proper and to those groups that have become subject to and...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lunda
"Lunda" is the most widely used English term to refer to literally hundreds of social groups whose oral histories link them in varying ways to a far-flung empire that controlled trade and tribute in much of Central Africa from the...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ndembu
The Ndembu inhabit the western portion of Mwinilunga District in Zambia's Northwestern Province. The Ndembu, numbering about 40,000 in Zambia, constitute about 1 percent of the total population. Some 40 percent of Ndembu are now...