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Unit: Africa
Sub-Sahara – Struggling with Independence
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Date
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Learning Goal and/or Standard
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Essential Question/Table Talk
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Agenda
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Homework
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Mon
2/6
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Standards:
1B, 2B
Analyze the historical
background of various contemporary societies to evaluate relationships between
past conflicts and current conditions. Evaluate the social, political,
economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups from various
societies, past and present.
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How have past conflicts affected
the current boundaries and conditions of Sub-Sahara Africa?
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Warm Up: What do you know
about Africa’s history?
Constructing a Timeline of
African History
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View Ancient African Empires
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Match map cards, titles, and
descriptions of important periods in Africa’s history.
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Organize the map cards in
chronological order and glue to timeline.
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Shade portions of the timeline
that correspond to each of the eight periods.
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Discuss key themes of African
history.
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Physical Map due Wednesday
Week6 Homework due
Thursday
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Tue
2/7
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Standards:
1B, 2B
See Monday
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How have past conflicts affected
the current boundaries and conditions of Sub-Sahara Africa?
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Warm-up:
What was happening in
Africa in the 1800’s?
Constructing a Timeline of
African History
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Complete timeline
Review ME test results
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Physical Map due tomorrow
Week6 Homework due
Thursday
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Wed
2/8
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What are the names of the
descendants of the early Dutch settlers to the Southern region of Africa?
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Warm-up:
What is an Afrikaner?
Physical Map of Africa
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Grade physical map
Political Map
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View power point of political
map of Africa and label important geographic features and note cultural
elements
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Week6 Homework due
tomorrow
Review for quiz over the
geography of Africa on Friday
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Thu
2/9
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LG4
– Analyze how the apartheid policy affected South
Africa
politically, after gaining independence and compare the characteristics of Nigeria’s
unlimited government with its new limited government.
Standards:
1B, 2B, 11D
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What does apartheid mean? What
country in Africa enforced the system of apartheid?
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Warm Up: What do you know
about the word apartheid? What parts of the word do you know the meaning to?
Understanding Apartheid in
South African History
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Read “Overview of Apartheid” and
view images of apartheid
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After reading information and
examining images, students will complete the missing portion of the image and
answer the following question for each event: Based on the reading and the
image, how did this event contribute to the development of apartheid?
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Weekly packet due
Review for quiz over the
geography of Africa on Friday
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Fri
2/10
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See Thursday
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Why did apartheid begin in
Sub-Sahara Africa?
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Warm-up:
What do you think
Apartheid means?
Africa geography quiz
Understanding Apartheid in
South African History
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Share answers for each event,
reveal missing portion of each image, and take notes explaining how each event
contributed to the development of apartheid.
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Create an illustrated flow chart
of the events that led to the development of apartheid.
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None
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