Spanish speaking Africans? Viewers learn the answer as they explore Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, using an engaging and informative video. Despite its name, the nation is not actually on the equator. It is, however, home to volcanoes and oil. The resource also explores its lush biodiversity and the bling of its geological resources.

Concepts

african geography, world geography, physical geography, human geography, africa

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Show the video to stimulate discussion of how oil can influence a country's future

Classroom Considerations

• As part of an extensive Countries A-Z series, the video is the 54th installment
  
• Some video is crude and may be considered inappropriate

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Maps and pictures are visually stimulating
• Resource short but thorough, making it easy to adapt to a variety of lesson plans

Cons

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.10