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| African Studies |
| Web site |
Subject |
Level |
Applicable |
Synopsis |
Multimedia |
UCLA Globalization Research Center - Africa |
African Studies |
High school |
African Studies |
You need to sign-up for the online curriculum site, but it’s free. Once you get on the curriculum is all set up for the class. It involves higher level thinking about the effects of globalization. There is balance in the site about the benefits as well as the down side of globalization on Africa. |
Interactive lessons |
Water in Africa |
World geography
African studies
Cross curricular |
K-12 |
World geography
Cultural studies |
Lessons sorted by grade level to support the study of water’s value in Africa. |
Pictures |
| Cairo |
African Studies/ World History |
High school |
World History
African Studies |
A well designed lesson on history focusing on Cairo with teacher support, this starts with ancient Egypt and goes to modern times. Students read text and see pictures. History really flows through this snapshot of one famous city. |
Pictures |
| Indigenous Node of the World Wide Web Virtual Library |
Indigenous studies |
Secondary |
Geography
Ethnic studies
Area studies |
The site is a repository for site links on indigenous groups and facts about indigenous cultures. |
No |
| National Geographic Xpeditions – A Geographic Perspective on Africa |
Mapping AIDS in Africa |
Secondary |
Geography and area studies |
The site explores the spread of AIDS in Africa with AIDS data. Students are then to map and predict future spreading. |
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National Geographic Xpeditions – Two threats to African Wildlife
and
Megaflyover: Documenting Africa's Last Wild Places |
African Ecology |
High school |
African Studies |
Using articles from National Geographic and Wildlife Conservation Society research sites students students explore habitat destruction to look for ecological answers. The articles are about a pilot flying over Africa to look at the human footprint. However, there were broken links at the site. I have included the two URL sites because of the broken links. |
Pictures, video |
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