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Reading List Suggestions:
„X Lions at Lunchtime
„X Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
„X Jambo Means Hello
„X One Small Square: African Savanna
„X The Village of Round and Square Houses
„X A Story, A Story
„X Mufaro¡¦s Beautiful Daughters
„X Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People¡¦s Ears
„X Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
„X Honey, Honey Lion
„X Water Hole Waiting
„X Plays from African tales : one-act, royalty-free dramatizations for young people, from stories and folktales of Africa
„X Tree of life : the world of the African baobab
„X On the wings of eagles : an Ethiopian child's story
„X Escape from slavery : the true story of my ten years in captivity--and my journey to freedom in America
Web resources for Mom:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-afric a/aindex.htm#General%20Introductory%20Lessons
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12east.html#AFRICA
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12east.html#AFRICA
Apparitions of the Blessed Mother in Africa: http://www.marianland.com/marian04.html
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/OLKIBEHO.HTM
Language Arts
Copywork: Write your name vertically and then copy the word (and maybe more) that goes with each letter from jambo means hello.
Make a collection of poems about Africa and illustrate the booklet.
Write a journal entry for an African safari.
Make a minit book of African folktales.
History, Geography, and Culture
ľ Create a political cartoon regarding apartheid.
Label the following on the map of Africa:
„X Atlantic Ocean
„X Red Sea
„X Gulf of Aden
„X Congo (Zaire) River
„X Zambezi River
„X Indian Ocean
„X Mediterranean Sea
„X Gulf of Guinea
„X Niger River
„X Lake Victoria
„X Nile River
„X Strait of Gibraltar
„X Mozambique Channel
„X Lake Tanganyika
„X Cape of Good Hope
„X Mount Kiimanjaro
„X Kalahari Desert
„X Atlas Mountains
„X Congo Basin
„X Sahara Desert
„X Equator
„X Mount Kenya
„X Tibesti Mountains
„X Great Rift Valley
„X Namib Desert
„X Ethiopian Highlands
ľ Compare characteristics of an African Desert, a rainforest, and a savanna. Discuss location, land description, climate, plants in the region, animals, people.
ľ Name changes: Research African countries which have been called by different names throughout history.
ľ Pick one country to study in depth. Make a minit book of your country, including languages, resources, people, plants and animals. Put the flag on the cover.
ľ Make a Q&A book answering the following questions: Source of the Nile River and
its location, describe the Great Rift Valley and how long it is, where the
highest mountain peak is located.
ľ Make a tri-fold on the African tribal community: describing the religion,
religious ceremonies (masks) and tribal art.
ľ Make an 8 word vocab book for the following words: clan, tribe, oral tradition,imperialism, abolition, boers, cannibalism, cartographer.
ľ Make a 2 word vocabulary flap with polytheism and monotheism.
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Art
ľ Make African animals out of Sculpey.
From Global Art:
ľ Make Galimoto sculptures from colored wire.
ľ Make and decorate an African drum.
ľ Make colorful baskets.
ľ Make animal masks.
Critical Thinking
Science
ľ Using the small photos at the back of the One Small Square book, make small matchbooks with the picture on the front and the name inside.
ľ Visit the zoo.
ľ How are diamonds formed?
ľ Venn diagram comparing climate in Egypt vs. all of Africa.
ľ Choose 5 native animals and make a flip book of the picture, describing the animals.
ľ Make 3 part books describing 3 types of native plant life, the environment in which it is found, uses for the plant and any unusual descriptions.
ľ Make a list of natural resources in Africa.
ľ Make 4 door book on current culture: home, food, clothing, schools.
Points to Ponder for Older children:
Apartheid
Bringing Catholicism to Africa
Here's the unit as a Word Document so you can tinker with it at home:
2005-09-03_075408_Africa.doc
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What a wonderful unit study!
I will definitely be using these ideas when we get to Africa (later on this year). Many thanks for this gold mine of information.
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My mother-in-law called to say the September issue of Nat'l Geographic is about Africa. It includes a map.
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I stumbled across a large African sound collection last night. I listened to a long selection; these aren't little clips. Looks like fun!
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For older children (middle to high school), some good African books include:
The Lion-Joseph Kessel - a girl and her tame lion
Born Free-Adamson
Cry of the Kalahari - Owens
The Eye of the Elephant - Owens
The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency (and sequels)-Alexander McCall Smith
Tarzan (and sequels) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Out of Africa* - Dinesen
The Flame Trees of Thika* - Elspeth Huxley
The Mottled Lizard* - Elspeth Huxley
The Story of Albert Schweizer - Anita Daniel
Stanley: Invincible Explorer - Laura Benet
The Lost World of the Kalahari - Lauren van der Post
A Far Off Place - van der Post
A Story Like the Wind - van der Post
Fearless Adventurer: Sir Richard Burton - Arthur Orrmont
The Miraculous Fever Tree - F. Rocco (@ the scourge of malaria and the quest for quinine)
Death in the Long Grass - big-game hunting in Africa
Snows of Kilimanjaro* - Hemingway
The Power of One* - Bryce Courtney - English boy coming of age in South Africa
*for older teens, mature-ish themes
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A great video -- distributed by Disney, go figure  -- is called Endurance; it's about the Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrsellasie who won gold at the 96 olympics. It's got great footage of Ethiopia - contrasting the big city (where he trains) to his home life in the country. The family are Ethiopian Rite Catholics, so there are ceremonies included int ehvideo of baptism and a funeral as well as showing Haile saying prayers before running his first marathon....
There is also a beautiful soundtrack available, Endurance that has absolutely lovely African music.....
Check your library for the movie -- that's where we first heard about it...
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For dinner tonight, it's Groundnut Stew, just like in the Village of Round and Square Houses
1-1/2 lb. boneless beef chuck pot roast, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 Tbsp. peanut oil or cooking oil
1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
2 cups water
2 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped (1-1/2 cups)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh, mild green chili peppers (such as Anaheim)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
3/4 cup peanut butter
3 cups hot cooked rice
6 hard-cooked eggs, sliced (optional)
1. Trim fat from meat. In a 4-quart Dutch oven brown half the beef in the hot oil. Remove from pan. Brown remaining beef with the onion, adding more oil if necessary. Drain off fat. Return all beef to pan.
2. Stir in water, tomatoes, chili peppers, salt, and crushed red pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, about 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender.
3. Remove about 1 cup of the broth from the meat mixture; stir into peanut butter. Return peanut butter mixture to Dutch oven. Heat through. Serve over hot cooked rice. Garnish with egg slices, if desired. Makes 6 servings.
Nutrition facts per serving: 525 cal., 27 g total fat (7 g sat. fat), 82 mg chol., 395 mg sodium, 35 g carbo., 3 g fiber, 38 g pro. Daily values: 5% vit. A, 69% vit. C, 3% calcium, 33% iron.
Seemed a little thin to me so I added finely chopped carrots.
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Elizabeth
How was the stew??
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It was really good, slated for a repeat...would have worked with ground turkey or hamburger.
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You do know about the africa cam on National Geographic right?
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam .html
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Ahh, someone beat me to the punch. I was just coming here to tell you guys about it . It's really fun site and can become a little bit addicting once you see one of the bigger game animals there.
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I was excited to be first! 
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That is SO cool! I can't wait to share this with our student who lives with us. She's African, and will go BANANAS over it. The sound feed is totally mind-boggling, too. Wow.
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My son wrote to Jan Brett a few years ago and she wrote him back with a nice letter. She also sends out periodic newsletters. In her newsletter she talks about how she took a trip to Africa not to long ago. She has a new book out based on her trip thereHoney,...Honey... Lion!. It looks really interesting and beautiful.
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Jan Brett's fall booksigning tour for Honey... Honey... Lion is listed on her site. It starts tomorrow.
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We happened upon the book, Uncommon Traveler; Mary Kingsley in Africa, by Don Brown, this week at the library.
It's the story of Mary Kingsley (big surprise, eh?), a self-educated young woman from England who travels to West Africa after the deaths of her parents in the 1800's.
I didn't see it listed above and thought I'd share...
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The Jan Brett book and the NG Africa Cam/Pete's Pond have really sparked the Africa interest here over the last month as well. A movie we really enjoyed to go along with the study was Africa's Elephant Kingdom (it was an IMAX movie filmed with Discovery Channel) and the book that was made from it - Growing Up in Africa's Elephant Kingdom: The Story of Little Bull . The photography in both is awesome.
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Mary we love the webcam. We're checking it out right now!
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Elizabeth wrote:
Apparitions of the Blessed Mother in Africa: http://www.marianland.com/marian04.html
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I found additional info on a couple Marian devotions specific to Africa in the Ann Ball book, The Other Faces of Mary. It includes info on Our Lady of Africa and Our Lady, Queen and Protectress of Nigeria. Interesting reading.
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On Jan Brett's page you can now download an African mural to color  .
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