AFRICA UNIT PLAN

Geography & Climate

• Adapting to 4 climate zones
• TCI slides, handouts, skits
• ATC p.108-110 Land of Many Climates
• HNB: complete chart, adapting to 4 climate zones
• TCI slides: Physical map of Africa
• See ATC p.109 & 140
• Color key: rainforest (also called equatorial and humid subtropical) savanna (tropical grassland), sahel (semi-arid), desert (arid); optional mediterranean
• Climate graph
• Blue bar graph of rain and
• Red line graph of temp. to compare climates
• Minimum of 2 climate graphs in HNB

Example:

Saharan Gold & Salt Trade Empires

• ATC p.110-111 New Technology, p.112-117 Ghana, p.118-122 Mali
• Video: “Caravans of Gold” 1st half:
• Gold & salt in Mali, Tuareg caravans, Islam in Timbuktu
• Answer Q’s: Caravans of Gold #1
• Simulation: Trading gold & salt; ATC p.112-114
• HNB: Personal response to trading gold & salt

West African Society

• ATC p.125-126 Use of music & masks in African religions & healing
• Make African mask
• African music
• ATC p.110-153 Q’s worksheet: African Society
• Griots, folktales, & proverbs skits

East African Trade

• ATC p.141-144 Coastal Trading States
• Worksheet: Afro-Asian trade routes
• Video: Caravans of Gold 2nd half:
• Swahili coastal trading with Arabs,
  
• Kilwa, arrival of Portuguese
• Answer Q’s: Caravans of Gold #2

Zimbabwe

• ATC p.145-148
• Video: "Lost Cities of the South" (Wonders of Africa by Henry L. Gates)

Slave Trade

• Video: "Slave Kingdoms" (Wonders of Africa by Gates)
• Kongo ATC p.149-153
• TCI slide: Queen Nzinga gets herself a chair
• Flow Chart: European trade

Unit Review

• TCI Comparing 3 states: group produces poster. HNB, enter notes on:
• Kilwa ATC p.141-144 Coastal Trading States
• Zimbabwe ATC p.145-148
• Kongo ATC p.149-153

Unit Test