Africa Unit Study: Books and Movies I Didn’t Like
This is my list of what *not* to include in our study. For various reasons. The White Giraffe The Slave Dancer Africa for Kids The Power of One -- ugh. couldn't even get past the first few pages. I borrowed it because of the high Amazon ratings. I'll go ahead and add...
Africa Unit Study, St. Charles Lwanga
How timely (and ironic, but more on that later) that we're doing our Africa unit study and today is the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions! I'm keeping it simple (everyone's still recovering, bad coughs all around) so we're simply going to read from the...
Mogo’s Flute: Study Questions
Where did Mogo live? What is the mundo-mugo? What is the legend of the 9 Kikuyu tribes? If you were Kikuyu like Mogo, how would you answer the question, "What is your name?" Based on what the author tells about Mogo's thahu, what are some other possible explanations...
Africa Unit Study, Day 14
All Ye Lands, pp. 273-278. Take notes and make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: For You Are A Kenyan Child Tea Party!!! For an African Princess, from Princess Tea Continue working on mural/Flora/Fauna.
Africa Unit Study, Day 13
Read aloud: Beatrice's Goat. Start a collection box for Heifer International-Uganda. Play Mancala. Read the Wikipedia entry about it and take notes for the scrapbook. Compare it to our Filipino sungka. Mom and older kids: Read Our Lady of Kibeho. There are a few...
Africa Unit Study: Day 12
Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 243, 270-273. Make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: Honey... Honey... Lion! by Jan Brett. Print out animals and plants/trees to color. You can either a) make a mural or b) put these in...
Africa Unit Study: Day 11
Pick an African country (we will do at least 3 each) for inclusion in our Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Use flags from Usborne Flags Sticker Book and choose facts and figures to copy. Work on these for the next 3 days. Read Aloud: Wangari's Trees of Peace and Planting...
Africa Unit Study: Day 10
Mom and Older Kids (15 and up): Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Discuss at dinner table. Make journal entries into Africa scrapbook. Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 212, 213, 216-217. Make entries into Book of Centuries/youngers...
Africa Unit Study: Day 9
Read DK Eyewitness: Africa. Share what you have learned at the dinner table. Take notes on areas you want to explore further. Read (older kids): Mogo's Flute. Study questions here. You can take up to 3 days to answer these questions. Read aloud: Mama Panya's Pancakes...
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...
Africa Unit Study: Day 7
Watch Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa Read aloud Zambia/The Hare's Revenge and Zimbabwe/The Cat Who Came Indoors in Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Read Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. (Reading Rainbow movie link here). Read I Lost My Tooth in Africa....
Africa Unit Study: Day 6
History: Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 174, 175 and 195. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries. Listen to Putumayo Kids African Playground. Amazon Link Lyrics here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/pdf/Lyrics_AP.pdf Additional activities here:...
Mom’s Africa Unit Study Wish List
These are resources I didn't find in our local library. I've gone ahead and requested that they purchase these, so hopefully I'll be able to read them one day soon. Make good use of your library's "suggest this purchase" page! These are food-related books but I'm sure...
Africa Unit Study: Day 5
Geography: Print out this map of Africa. Label the following: - major bodies of water - Equator - major land forms Fill out this chart and discuss. Additional discussion questions can be found here. Craft: Choose a mask to print out and cut.. History: Read Kingfisher...
Africa Unit Study: Day 4
Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 46, 51, 60, 95, 117. Read pp. 268-269 of All Ye Lands. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries. Read-aloud: Namibia: Nolwandle, Girl of the Waves in African Tales. Take a peek at Africam -- you might catch some...