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Assignments

History Notebook
Study Guide document or Study Guide web page: essential vocabulary and questions
Earthlights Questions
Research report about children

Map of climate zones

Graphs of temperature and precipitation

Caravans of Gold Questions

part 1: The Saharan Gold & Salt Trade, in html format (quick view), in pdf (will open a new Adobe Acrobat window, but easy to print and write on)
part 2: The Swahili Coast Trade, in html format, in pdf

Griot Tale

Interpret a proverb

Poster showing the culture of one of the 3 states of Kilwa, Kongo, or Zimbabwe

Photos of Kilwa
The Swahili Coast with Henry L. Gates

Photos of Kongo
The Slave Kingdoms with Henry L. Gates

Photos of Zimbabwe
Lost Cities of the South with Henry L. Gates

Countries

Find information about countries from Geographic.org.

See quick facts about countries from Atlapedia.com.

Pictures, articles, maps of countries from Yahooligans Around the World

Arts

Information about spirit masks. Please read this to better understand spirit masks

African Spirit Masks: Good information and pictures, even a quiz, from a commercial web site

Mask designs from PBS Kids

Is it true you put vaseline on your face? Please read this to be better prepared to design your mask

Pictures of our maskmaking

Metropolitan Museum of Art: See pictures of its African Collection

African Exhibitions at the Smithsonian: Links with pictures and explanations of past exhibits

Smithsonian Online Museum: See pictures of their online collection

Click SEARCH

Then SEARCH BY DEPARTMENT

Then AFRICAN ART

Audible Art: Introduction to African musical instruments

Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear from the Smithsonian Institution

What is kente cloth?

Literature

What is a griot?

Folk Tales

Issues

PBS video: "The Wonders of the African World" with Henry Louis Gates
Report on Children's Health Around the World from UNICEF, the United Nations
Cyber School Bus, guided exploration of children's issues from the United Nations
Map showing life expectancy around the world, from Maps 101.com
Map showing rates of literacy around the world, from Maps 101.com
14-Year-Old Soldier Speaks to the United Nations
NASA photo of Earthlights
Slavery in America

Recipes

African Recipes

More African Recipes

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