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Political Change in Africa
In this independence movements worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions about political change in Africa after they complete a textbook reading assignment.
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Countries of Africa
Students study the coutries of Africa. In this African American history, small groups of students research a different country, color the country on the map of Africa, write a paragraph about the country, and draw pictures of its flag.
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The Importance of Rivers in the Development of Early Civilizations Importance of Rivers in the Development of Early Civilizations
Sixth graders explore the role of rivers in the construction of early civilizations. In this importance of rivers lesson, 6th graders listen to a poem written by Langston Hughes and work cooperatively to develop a graphic organizer to...
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Colors of Africa
Students view and discuss the colors of Africa by seeing African items, the flag, and coloring pictures. Students work with the colors black, red, yellow, and green.
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Swahili Words
Students make Swahili flash cards. In this African culture lesson, students study Swahili words. Students make flash cards with the English word and the Swahili word and pronunciation written on it. Students take turns practicing the words.
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Africa Map
For this blank Africa map worksheet, students investigate the continent of Africa and it's political boundaries. No country borders are denoted.
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Africa Outline Map: Labeled
In this Africa outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Africa the countries located there. Each of the nations is labeled on the map.
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Africa Outline Map
In this outline map worksheet, students discover and investigate the continent of Africa and the political boundaries of its nations. This blank outline map may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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Local African News Stories
Students examine current event issues in Africa. In this global studies lesson, students select news articles from the provided website. Students make presentations on the news stories to their classmates.
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Africa: Political Map
Students create a political map for Africa. In this country identification lesson, students locate Africa on a globe and discuss some of its major countries and bodies of water. Students complete a political map of Africa and...
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Male Nok Head SculptureNigeria, Africa
Sixth graders create sculpture. In this visual arts lesson plan, 6th graders design and create Nok sculptures that feature patterns and textures in the style of the Nok culture.
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Adventures in Africa
Students create travel magazine advertisements about Africa. In this Africa lesson plan, students research different facts about different countries in Africa and make advertisements to go there.
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Adventures in Africa
Students research Africa and prepare an advertisement about travelling to the continent. For this African travel lesson, students research a country in Africa and write an advertisement that encourages travel to the country. Students...
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The Carter Center’s Work in Sub-Saharan Africa
Students explore the state of Sub-Saharan Africa. In this geography skills lesson, students examine the work of the Carter Center in Africa as they investigate the strengths and weaknesses of linguistic, tribal, and religious...
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Fighting Disease
Seventh graders explore the concept of medical intervention in African nations. In this geography lesson, 7th graders research primary and secondary sources in search of information regarding Guinea worm disease. Students use their...
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African Folktales
Students read African folktales. In this literature instructional activity, students share prior knowledge about South Africa, Morocco, and Nigeria. Then students work in groups to read an assigned African folktale and answer response...
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Africa 1945-Present
For this Africa 1945-present fact card worksheet, students use the notes and picture provided to create a note card for study purposes.
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Africa Acrostic Poem
In this Africa poem worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about Africa. Students use each letter in the name AFRICA as the beginning of a line that tells something about Africa. There is a sample poem.
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Talking Drums
Students study African percussion. In this music lesson, students explore Africa's sounds as they discover tonal language, talking drum, message drum, the relationship between talking drums and tonal language, and how to change the pitch...
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Africa Group Creative Writing
In this Africa writing learning exercise, learners collaborate in a group and have 25 minutes to write a story using the 6 words provided. The words are: corrupt, drought, grasslands, epidemic, refugee, savannah.
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Africa Crossword Puzzle Worksheet
In this Africa crossword puzzle activity, middle schoolers examine the 12 clues in order to fill in the blanks in the puzzle with the words and names from this continent.
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Do the Research! Africa
For this African facts worksheet, students use their research skills to respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the continent.
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Africa Word Chop Worksheet
In this Africa vocabulary learning exercise, students examine 16 word parts and then find the parts that should be paired to create 8 vocabulary words regarding Africa.
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Africa
In this Africa worksheet, students use each letter in the country Africa to represent a verb or phrase. Students create verbs or phrases for 6 letters in this verb chart.