Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. While poverty has led to challenges like a high rate of child marriages, it also has created a spirit of ingenuity. A video resource profiles the intricacies of the nation known as the warm heart of Africa.

Concepts

african geography, human geography, physical geography, world geography, poverty

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Offer the video as research for a countries of Africa project
• Use the resource to stimulate a discussion of poverty in Africa

Classroom Considerations

• Part of a huge Countries A-Z series, the video is number 105
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Skits and gags are humorous and engage learner interest
• Episode is short but thorough and easy to adapt to a variety of lesson plans

Cons

• None

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