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African Art: The Personal and Useful Objects in Daily Life of Central and Southeastern Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify and recognize three dimensional objects that are utilitarian and used in the everyday life of the people of eastern and southern Africa. They examine the conception, planning, and skillful execution that went into each...
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Interactive
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Southern Africa Map Quiz

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz activity, students examine the map that includes 15 Southern African countries. Students match the names of the countries to the appropriate locations on the interactive map.
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Reaching Across Borders In Southern Africa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars gain a greater understanding of how political borders impact human and environmental development. Then, either individually or as a class, establish a correspondence with a Peace Corps volunteer working in Africa.
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Worksheet
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Art in Southern Africa: symmetry

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this symmetry worksheet, students read about art in Southern Africa, daw art of their own, and draw lines of symmetry through the art. Students draw 3 lines of symmetry.
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Organizer
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South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Have your class learn about South Africa and prepare for a discussion using this resource. Learners read a 3-page article about the nation and then note details about apartheid, Afrikaners, Nelson Mandela, and more on the provided...
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Rhino Rescue

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners recognize the efforts of conservationists working to prevent the extinction of rhinos in southern Africa. They research and gather information about rhinoceroses and represent scenes of interactions between rhinoceros and people...
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Seasons on the Prairie

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Fact and opinion passages inform readers about the seasons on the prairie and Zambia in Southern Africa. Then, test scholar's knowledge with multiple choice and short answer questions.     
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Africa: Names and Nations of Note

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Africa. In this global studies lesson, students research the history of African nations, noting the impact of European colonization and other historical events. Students design posters about the nations they research.
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Africa and Us

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read a story about a boy in South Africa. They identify places in South Africa they might want to visit. They compare and contrast life in South Africa with their life in the United States.
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The Creation of South Africa

For Students 7th - 9th
In this African culture instructional activity, 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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The Flow of Women's Work: How Cultures are Alike and Different?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine gender roles in various cultures. In this flow of women's work lesson, students compare water related work in rural Africa to that in their own households. 
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Africa: Introduction and Study Guide

For Students 7th
In this Africa worksheet, 7th graders answer 26 questions about the geography, economy and climate of the nations of Africa.
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South Africa Story: Apartheid, Diamonds & Gold

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet to research the history, culture and political issues in South Africa. Using writing activities, they discover more characteristics of the country. They write how the natural resources found in the area...
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Playing in Lesotho

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about another culture.  In this cultural awareness lesson plan, students learn about the location of the kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa, discuss the toys used in Lesotho to those used in the United States and draw a...
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Desertification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the process of desertification in the Sahel region of Africa. They discuss photos from a National Geographic magazine, analyze the physical/political map of the Sahara, identify the causes and effects of...
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Male Nok Head SculptureNigeria, Africa

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create sculpture. For this visual arts lesson, 6th graders design and create Nok sculptures that feature patterns and textures in the style of the Nok culture.
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Learning About Slavery

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students locate on a map the places in Africa where the majority of slaves came from. They express their own personal thoughts and feelings about slavery.
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Sharkland Wiki

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, 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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PPT
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African Development: Cultures, Settlers, and Policy Debates

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Discuss the waves of settlers that attempted to colonize the African continent. Racial, social, and political issues relating to each wave of colonization are included. Note: Text is scant and will need to be fully described for the...
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Worksheet
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Geography A to Z: The Letter S

For Students 6th - 8th
The letter S is the clue learners need to answer each of the seven geography questions on the worksheet. They answer questions about African, Canadian, Middle Eastern, and US geography using locations that begin with the letter S.
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The Peanut Wizard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss information regarding George Washington Carver and how the peanut became cultivated in the southern colonies of the United States. In this George Washington Carver lesson, students develop vocabulary that...
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A Visit to Southern Africa - Volcano

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils examine a cookie that represents pumice and lava in order to realize that lava is a composite of many rock particles. They compare and contrast pumice to the cookie by estimating, weighing, measuring and dissecting the cookie...
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Water: The Flow of Women's Work

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view photographs, read, and reflect on their own environments to gather information about gender roles in Lesotho and the United States. Students role-play gender role related scenarios and write about their reflections on the...
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African Power Figure Sculptures

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students develop character, write short narrative about how it got its powers, and create a clay figure using modeling and assembling techniques to explore the concepts relating their figure to the African power figures.

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