Africa: Land of Many Contrasts

Part 1

• On your blank map of Africa, label the following: (Use the CRCT Test Prep workbook pages 11 – 16).
  
  • Sahara
    
  • Sahel
    
  • Savanna
    
  • Tropical rain forest
    
  • Congo River
    
  • Niger River
    
  • Nile River
    
  • Lake Tanganyika
    
  • Lake Victoria
    
  • Atlas Mountains
    
  • Kalahari Desert
    
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
    
  • Egypt
    
  • Kenya
    
  • Nigeria
    
  • South Africa
    
  • Sudan
    

You will have an unannounced quiz on these locations. Make sure you know them by ________________________________.

• When you are finished, have your teacher check your map for completion and turn it in. After it is checked, it will be glued in to your IAN.
  

Part 2

• Using the following link, pick ONE of the 8 regions of Africa to research: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/index_flash.html
   
  
• Although there is only one link provided on this web page for each region, there are many other links under the "Resources" tab for each section. Read these pages.
  
• Take notes on your section on the African Fact Sheet that you will be given in class.
  
• Find images on your region from the African Image Bank. Save those images to your student folder on the "K" drive.
  
• You will have the choice of making a PowerPoint, a Glogster, or a paper poster for this project.
  
• Make sure you have detailed information for your selected region that is interesting to read.
  
• Do not start making your final presentation until your teacher has checked your Fact Sheet.
  

Part 3

• Make a Glogster, Poster (paper), or PowerPoint on your region of Africa.
  
• We will not be working with partners. This project will be due on _____________________________.