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Connecting Africa: A Project-Based Learning Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Mission Possible: Your task is to design a new highway route from Tunis, Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. If you accept the challenge, you must create a small map of the route that has already been rejected, a...
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Lesson: David Goldblatt: Structures and Normativity, looking at Photography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Art can be a vehicle for social change and cultural expression. Upper graders examine the art of photographer David Goldblatt, as it pertains to apartheid, South Africa, and the AIDS epidemic. Discussion questions and image links...
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Africa - Not Just One Big Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students draw a picture of an African city that includes places similar to those found in U.S. cities. After listening to Somewhere In Africa, students identify places or buildings from the book and apply them to the creation of their...
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The Creation of South Africa

For Students 7th - 9th
In this African culture worksheet, students read a selection about the creation of South Africa and then create a time line and respond to 4 short answer questions. 
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Africa - Not Just One Big Safari

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students draw a picture of an African city that is similar to  a U.S. city and discover how other parts of the world have the same types of buildings. In this global similarities lesson, students create a map of an ...
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South Africa World Cup 2010 – The Fever Mounts

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the World Cup in Africa. In this South African lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete a quiz on their reading.
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South African Trivia

For Students 6th
In this South African Trivia worksheet, 6th graders research and answer questions about South Africa. Students write fifty-five answers.
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The Country of South Africa-Map Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this South Africa map worksheet, students label given features and places on a blank map. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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African Cities Are Modern

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a mobile that compares the way of life in modern cities in Africa to rural villages in Africa.
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Sharkland Wiki

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, while researching the waters around southern Africa and viewing a video of the episode "Sharkland" from Thirteen's series NATURE, critique reliability of online resources and analyze the various components of a wiki. They...
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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils compare and contrast historical and contemporary photographs of important figures in African American history. In this photography analysis lesson, students learn key photography vocabulary and use a Venn Diagram to explore...
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Cloud Front

Grammar Camp Worksheet Packet

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Whip your students' grammar skills into shape with this series of practice worksheets. Touching on all eight parts of speech, these exercises challenge learners to identify the relationships between different words...
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Breaking News English: World Cup - France and Uruguay

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Cup worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Breaking News English: 2010 World Cup

For Students 5th - 10th
In this 2010 World Cup learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Degrees Of A Circle Exercises

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students examine the fractional parts in order to determine the degree equivalent within a circle. Then they do the same using drawn circles.
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Globe Lesson 10 - Latitude Zones - Grade 6+

For Students 6th - 8th
In this latitude zones worksheet, students read a 1-page review of latitude zones and respond to 7 short answer questions regarding the low, middle, and high latitude zones.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Robert F. Kennedy: Day of Affirmation at Cape Town University

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the audio mp3 and text of Robert F. Kennedy's speech on June, 6, 1966 on the occasion of Affirmation day for South Africa.
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Other

Cape Business News

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cape Business News is a local business paper serving Cape Town, South Africa. Content includes daily business headlines, business opportunities, and more.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough reference directory for finding information on South Africa. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on this country's culture, history, geography, economy,...
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CNN

Cnn: World

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cable News Network (CNN) provides the latest news, issues, and events occurring in the world today. Content includes the top international headlines, including specialized focus on Africa, the Americas, the Asia-Pacific region,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1919 of Africa showing the territorial changes made after World War I. The map shows the areas ceded by Germany, including Togo and Kamerun to be decided by British and French mandate, German East Africa under British mandate,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cape of Good Hope, 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1909 detailing the area around Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cape of Good Hope, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map detailing the area around Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope around 1919.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Political and Physical Africa, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of the political and physical features of Africa. The map uses color-contouring to show highlands above 2000 feet in buff tints, lowlands in greens, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in light blue. The map...