Preface This book has been created as the basis for unit studies on any (or all) African countries. Whilst each country has available a separate and comprehensive Unit Study, some educators prefer to start with the basic outline and create their lessons from there. At this stage the book is suitable for any learner from early grades right through to the more advanced learner. Note the format is A4. Please adjust your printer settings. What I have done in this book is provided the very basic geographic information, together with the Coat of Arms, the National Flag and a blank outline Map, together with Notebooking Pages. A number of Lesson Plans can be worked around these Notebooking pages and suggestions for these you will find in the first section of the book. Again depending on the age of your learner or class these can be adapted to suit very young to much older students. This very versatile book can be utilised in the following areas for ANY age group, studying ANY aspect of any one of these countries with the simple addition of pages and activities suggested in the earlier portion of this book.: Geographical Studies of African Countries Cultural Studies Historical Studies Trade & Industry within African Countries Multi-lingual and Religious Studies of African Countries Preservation and Conservation of African Habitats Endangered African Animals Location, description and identification of African Countries & their capital cities Political Studies of African Countries Scientific Studies of African Countries Used together with one of our Unit Studies on a specific country, one can transform a few pages of detail into a comprehensive country study covering all aspects from their National Plant and animal, exports & imports, culture and dress, places of interest right through to Trade and Tourism. The value of this book on its own or used jointly is almost limitless. It can be used as a fun basic project on African countries or excerpts taken to create comprehensive and informative studies on each country, its people, culture, traditions and current affairs. Once again and most importantly I stress that this book, AS WELL as the UNIT STUDIES for each country are able to be adapted for very young learners to learners of far more advanced years. Each Country Mini-Unit contains a detailed map Notebooking page with Flag & Coat of Arms (if available) Head of State (if Coat of Arms not available) Blank Outline Map with Lined Note Text Box www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 2
Table of Contents The A Z of African Countries Notebooking Pages with Backline Maps Description Pages Lesson Plan & Unit Study Suggestions 5-13 Alphabetical Listing of African Countries 14 Blank Map of Africa 15 Detailed Map of Africa 16 Algeria 17-19 Angola 20-22 Benin 23-25 Botswana 26-28 Burkina Faso 29-31 Burundi 32-34 Cameroon 35-37 Cape Verde 38-40 Central African Republic 41-43 Chad 44-46 Comoros 47-49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50-52 Republic of the Congo 53-55 Côte d'ivoire 56-58 Djibouti 59-61 Egypt 62-64 Equatorial Guinea 65-67 Eritrea 68-70 Ethiopia 71-73 Gabon 74-76 Gambia 77-79 Ghana 80-82 Guinea 83-85 Guinea-Bissau 86-88 Kenya 89-91 Lesotho 92-94 Liberia 95-97 Libya 98-100 Madagascar 101-103 Malawi 104-106 Mali 107-109 Mauritania 110-112 Mauritius 113-115 Morocco 116-118 Mozambique 119-121 Namibia 122-124 Niger 125-127 Nigeria 128-130 Réunion 131-133 Rwanda 134-136 www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 3
Saint Helena 137-139 São Tomé and Príncipe 140-142 Senegal 143-145 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 146-148 Sierra Leone 149-151 Somalia 152-154 South Africa 155-157 Seychelles 158-160 Sudan 161-163 Swaziland 164-166 Tanzania 167-169 Togo 170-172 Tunisia 173-175 Uganda 176-178 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 179-181 Zaire Democratic Republic of Congo See Page 50-52 182-184 Zambia 185-187 Zanzibar 188-190 Zimbabwe 191-193 Acknowledgements, Thanks & Terms of Use 194 www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 4
Lesson Plan & Unit Study Suggestions The A Z of African Countries Notebooking Pages with Backline Maps Unit Study of Size of country in miles or kilometres: Population as at (date) Main language or languages spoken: Capital City: Current Head of State: Main Production for Export: This Country Mainly Imports: The Main Difficulties Facing the Country Are: www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 5
What is Being Done (and by whom) to Address the Problems Facing the Country: _ Write about something unique to this country: Discuss Tourism in this Country: What are some of the main or most popular tourist attractions in this country? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 6
Write about some of the tourist attractions, national monuments, places of interest or famous places that you would visit in this country. If possible try to find or draw pictures of some of the places you have written about: www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 7
General Questions: Note to Educator: An encyclopaedia, internet web-quest or library research will be necessary for this portion of the unit study. Discussion between educator and learner will be beneficial. Print out the appropriate pages required for the intended lesson. 1. Look at a map of Africa. Where in Africa is the country situated? 2. What is the landscape and geography of the country? 3. What animals are unique to this country? 4. What is done to preserve the habitat of these animals? 5. What is being done to assist & educate the population about conservation of their country and its people? 6. Can you think of any famous people that were born here? www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 8
7. Can you think of anything else that is unique to this country & culture, whether it is food, art, crafts? 8. Find out about festivals and traditions of this country, when they are held and why they are held. How are they celebrated? If you are able to find pictures of any of these festivals or celebrations, paste them on this page. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 9
9. What is the national dress of this country? Are you able to find or draw pictures of the national dress of this country? Label your drawings/pictures if possible. Generally men and women do not have the same style of dress. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 10
10. Try to find out the meaning of the Coat of Arms: 11. Study the flag of the country. Discuss the colours and what they could symbolise or represent. 12. Try to find out what the National Anthem of the country is. Discuss the words and what you think they mean. What language is the original National Anthem in? If possible, on a separate sheet of paper write out the words of the National Anthem. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 11
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The National Flower is _ The National Animal is The National Sports Emblem is www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 13
Alphabetical Listing of African Countries The A Z of African Countries Notebooking Pages with Backline Maps Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion Rwanda Saint Helena São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe www.staidenshomeschool.com 2008 Donnette E Davis 14
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