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Africa is an unexplored and
unstudied continent for many of us in the United States. Our lack of knowledge has made many students
make incorrect statements about the land and people of African countries. Your assigned country is unknown to most of
the 6th grade students in your class. By becoming an expert in the 5 themes of geography as they apply
to your country you will be able to inform some of these students about the
unknown Africa. You
will be working as a group of two or three students to research Africa. In
particular, you will be focusing your attention on your assigned country.
Keep these key questions from the themes of geography in mind as you explore informative sites and sources:
Location -- Where are things located? A location can
be specific (e.g., it can be written as coordinates of longitude and latitude
or as a distance from another place) or general (it's in the Northeast).
Place -- What makes a place different from
other places? Differences might be defined in terms of climate, physical
features (mountains, deserts, what kind of land?), or the people who live there
and their traditions (differences or sameness).
Human/environment interaction -- What are the
relationships among people and places? How have people changed the environment
to better suit their needs?
Movement -- What are the patterns of movement
of people, products, and information? A study of movement includes learning
about major modes of transportation used by people, an area's major exports
(what products your country makes or grows) and imports (what products or items
that your country needs form other countries), and ways in which people
communicate (move ideas).
Regions -- How can Africa be divided into regions for study? Regions can be defined by a number of characteristics including area, language, political divisions, religions, and vegetation (e.g., grassland, marshland, desert, rain forest). How does your country fit into a particular region?