1) Identify and Give Examples of the 7 Elements of Culture and 5 Themes of Geography As

AFRICA LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1) Identify and give examples of the 7 elements of Culture and 5 themes of geography as they apply to the regions of Africa. 2) Identify and give examples of how Africa’s Geography impacts its culture, as well as compare the different impacts in different regions in all of the 4 regions. 3) Identify & describe examples of specific changes in African culture over recent generations, the impact of those changes (old vs. new cultural ideas), and the reasons for the changes (cause & effect). Remember the 4 different sources of cultural change. 4) Describe in detail the current challenges facing different peoples of Africa, and how those issues are being dealt with. 5) Describe the geographic & cultural causes for many African nations “falling behind” the western world in terms of modern economic, technological & medical development. 6) Identify the sources of the 3 different cultural heritages in Africa, the effects that their convergence has on culture, and the benefits and drawbacks of having all 3 together.

TERM LIST Geographic Geographic Cultural terms Locations locations cont. Sahel Darfur GEOG. fx on Culture IrrigationCULTURAL Savannah Egypt 3 heritages TERMS Sahara Desert Rwanda Oil Exports Military Dictatorship Nile River Nigeria Diamonds AIDS Congo River Sudan Black Muslims Famine Congo Basin Somalia Arab Muslims Apartheid Atlantic Ocean South Africa Migration Ethnocracy Indian Ocean Zimbabwe Land Degradation Genocide Great Rift Valley Botswana Subsistence farming Civil War Ethiopian Highlands Mauritius Aswan Dam Imperialism Red Sea Angola Nomads/Bedouins Berlin Conference Serengeti Plain Zambia Shifting Agriculture Coup d’etat Lake Victoria Democratic Rebuplic of Desertification Ancestor Worship Lake Tanganyika the Congo Inland Delta Oral tradition Kalahari Desert Animism Mt. Kilamanjaro World Bank Atlas Mountains Tribal culture Niger River Tribal relations Hutu Tsutsi UNIT CALENDAR Friday 10/27 = Introduce Unit, Thursday 11/9 = Finish movie, Oral picture response & stereotypes Tradition activity HW = None HW = PLAN 547-554

Monday 10/30 = Atlas Walkabout, Friday 11/10 = NO SCHOOL Africa Map HW = Work on Cultural Heritage HW = Read Africa intro 506-519 presentations make key notes in your notebook about maps & facts, and answer Monday 11/13 = Begin W. Africa questions on those pages (506 #2, region 508, 510, 512, 514, 516, 519) HW = Finish Nigeria handouts

Tuesday 10/31 = Research Current Tuesday 11/14 = Southern Africa event jigsaw region HW = No homework IF you HW = Finish Cultural Heritage finished your current event research presentations in class Wednesday 11/15= African Cultural Wednesday 11/1 = Jigsaw current Day  even groups, Begin G,G,S video #1 HW = PLAN 569-576 HW = Finish Africa Maps for Friday Friday 11/17 = E. Africa & N. Africa Friday 11/3 = Finish GGS video, HW = African Success stories discuss Berlin conference handouts HW = Read & Answer ?’s on 562-3 & 578-9 Monday 11/20 = African Success Stories, review for test Monday 11/6 = fx of Berlin conference, 3 heritages Tuesday 11/21 = Review, begin test HW = Begin work on Cultural Heritage Project Wednesday 11/22 = Test (IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABSENT Tuesday BLOCK 11/7 = “Gods YOU MUST ARRANGE TO TAKE Must be Crazy” THE TEST WITH ME BEFORE HW = Finish outline for cultural YOU GO) heritage project