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| African
Countries Pathfinder |
NAME:
Ann Rosenberg
SCHOOL: Robinson Junior High
School
WORKSHOP LOCATION: Timberstone Junior High
School
TITLE OF COMPANION ACTION PLAN: African
Countries
GRADE LEVELS: 7 & 8
CURRICULUM/SUBJECT
AREA: Social Studies
SPECIFIC TOPIC: Individual African
Countries
CONTENT INFORMATION
SUMMARY: This
Pathfinder is designed to help students find information about
individual African nations.
DEWEY NUMBERS: 960 to
969
SUBJECT HEADING: Africa, African
Nations
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NONFICTION/REFERENCE
BOOKS
Ayo, Yvonne. Africa. New York: Knopf,
1995.
Chu, Daniel. The Glorious Age in Africa: the
Story of Three Great African Empires. Trenton, N.J.: African
World Press, 1992.
Enchantment of the World Series,
Childrenbs Press. Books on individual African
countries.
Finlay, Hugh. Africa on a Shoestring.
Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet, 2001.
Peoples of
Africa Series, Facts on File. A series of four books Describes
the major ethnic groups of Africa.
Visual Geography
Series. Lerner Publications Company. Books on individual
African countries.
World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago:
World Book, Inc., 2004. For students to use for individual
country reports.
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WEB
SITES FOR TEACHERS
http://www.ncss.org/standards/
Social Studies Education Network from the University of
Kansas. Source - Infohio
WEB SITES FOR STUDENTS
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/
Tourism information available from the African Studies
center of the University of Pennsylvania.
INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
b Britannica Onlineb through the Infohio Site. Search
for individual countries. Flag, map and multimedia for
PowerPoint presentations are available.
EBSCO Middle Search Plus
EBSCO Newspaper Source
EBSCO Topic Search
VIDEO
Wild Safari (Video; Time-Life Video, 1994)
Africa - Central and Eastern Regions (Video; Britannica,
1993)
Africa - Southern Region (Video; Britannica, 1993)
Africa - Western Region (Video; Britannica, 1993)
Swinging Safari (Video; National Geographic Society, 1993)
MEDIA
Microsoft Encarta Africana (CD-ROM; Microsoft, 1999)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
www.marcopolo-education.org Under Xpeditions (geography)
students can find maps of individual African nations.
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