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March 13, 2007

This week students will present their Mission Africa Power Points on the history, culture, government and economics of sub-Saharan Africa. We'll share a topic each day.
On Monday students will view a DVD of African economic activities and take Cornell notes. Students will be given a homework packet to complete by Friday. It will count as a "mini-project" grade. They'll complete a number of short activities in this overview of African geography, climate, industries, animals, and nations.
On Tuesday students we'll view students productions, then we have a short play on the construction of the Aswan Dam and the controversy surrounding it. We also have an article to read about farming in the desert.
Wednesday is DEAR. It's time for students to think about their Africa book report which is a group project, a small "museum" with artifacts and a backdrop. This is not due until May and directions should be posted soon. We'll have a PowerPoint today on Ancient Kingdoms, prepared by students and we'll read about the Ancient Kingdom of Mali and the Ashanti tribe.
Thursday we'll view more PowerPoints and take notes. We'll complete activities on the ancient African kingdoms of Ghana and Songhay.
Friday we'll finish our PowerPoint viewing and go over the Africa packet. We'll begin a closer look at apartheid in South Africa as this is the topic of many of our books for this next report. It is also a topic on the CRCT.
TIME FOR A RELAXING SPRING BREAK! Enjoy and be safe! Here's some fun with Africa maps!
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/africa_map.htm
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/africa.html
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/afrquiz.html

Posted by Glenn at 09:15 AM

We'll be in the MAC lab all week exploring Africa! Since our CRCT is a month away and spring break is in between, we'll have an overview of all of Africa, then go into each area in more depth after and during CRCT.

This week students will divide into groups, each take a chapter and develop a PowerPoint and newsletter to teach their classmates about the history, culture, government and economic of Sub-Saharan Africa. We'll cover East and Equatorial Africa, West Africa and South Africa. There will also be a special project assigned to each group. Group members will divide the duties.

Resources are available at www.ikeepbookmarks.com/gia the official site of Glenn Intelligence Agency resources! We'll be using the Africa folder for our projects!

I will also be provided students print resources and a library of photographs for their work.

Posted by Glenn at 09:14 AM