Africa Unit Study: Day 8

Read aloud:: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. Weave a vocabulary mat with English words on one side and Kiswahili words on the other. Keep adding to this mat as you learn more words. Alternative activity: Write a story using English and Kiswahili words. Do this on a sheet of plain paper. Cut out (or ask mom to help you do this) the Kiswahili words, leaving a “hinge” so that each can be opened like a door/window. Attach to African design paper (glue all around the cut out words) and write the English words under the Swahili words. This is for the Adventure:Africa scrapbook.

Read (older kids): Listening for Lions

Copywork/Vocabulary/Spelling List:

amoeba
barrister
contagious
dog eared
flounder
gruesome
loutish
retinue
scarce
shamba
Wellingtons

Questions to think about/discuss:

Do you agree with Rachel’s decision not to tell the grandfather the truth? What would you have done similarly/differently?
What do you think was Rachel’s most important character trait? Why?
Share your thoughts about female doctors in the early 1900s.

Watch Africa: The Serengeti.

Make charmoula with Mom for the pork chops.

Cooked Carrot Salad (Morocco)
8 medium-sized carrots, into 1/4-inch thick rounds
1 cup water
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Boil carrots with garlic. Toss with everything else.