Geography of Africa – November 2016
Resources: Geography of Africa
Current Events
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/index.html
Environmental
Africa at Night
Nasa.gov spatial perspective, http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/index.html OR
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79793 OR Africa in the world
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79765
What can you tell me about the geography of the continent of Africa just by looking at this map?
Human Environment Interaction
Case Study: Humans surfing in the North Sea vs Senegal
North Sea Surf Festival, http://www.northseasurffestival.org/
North Sea Surfing, http://matadornetwork.com/tv/surfing-frigid-north-sea-absolutely-epic/
7 Reasons to Surf Senegal http://www.theinertia.com/surf/7-reasons-to-surf-senegal/
Climate and Weather
Use climographs to discuss the Earth/Sun Relationships practice reading graphs. Example: Pull up climographs from
local city to Dakar, Senegal to compare. Africa is great to use to teach climates (latitudinal patterns)
https://www.wunderground.com/sn/dakar
https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine,Dakar,Senegal
Koppen-Geiger Observed and Predicted Climate Shifts,
https://tage.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=0b9f1f90f4f745daacbc35599609b59a
Wind Maps, https://earth.nullschool.net/
The Factors that Affect Climate: LACEMOPS, https://mediaflo.txstate.edu/Watch/e7W9SjZq
How African Dust Feeds the Puerto Rico Ecosystem http://criticalzone.org/national/news/story/learning-exercisehow-african-dust-feeds-the-puerto-rico-ecosystem/
Compare colonization and slave trade routes along the ocean currents to the Caribbean and Gulf Coast.
Perpetual ocean NASA, http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=3827
The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes,
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/06/animated_interactive_of_the_histor
y_of_the_atlantic_slave_trade.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
Hurricanes
Hurricanes – low pressure cells spin off the western coast of Africa because of the Coriolis effect,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mec3vgeaI, and move to the shallower water in Caribbean
Texas Alliance for Geographic Education
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage
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Historical Hurricane Tracks, http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=3827
Hurricanes video, https://mediaflo.txstate.edu/Watch/n3C2Rim9
Economics
CIA Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/wfbExt/region_afr.html
Economic Freedom of the World, http://www.freetheworld.com/index.php
African StartUps, http://www.cnn.com/specials/africa/african-startup
StartUp Africa, http://startupafrica.org/about-us/
Facebook hits 100 million monthly active users in African with over 80% on mobile,
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/09/08/facebook-now-100-million-monthly-active-users-africa/
Other Resources
Perceptions
‘The danger of a single story’
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
‘An African’s Message for America’
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/opinion/an-africans-message-for-america.html?_r=3
‘Africa is not a country’: Students’ photo campaign breaks down stereotypes
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/world/africa/africa-is-not-a-country-campaign/
Taylor Swift is Dreaming of a Very White Africa
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/01/436653602/taylor-swift-is-dreaming-of-a-very-whiteafrica
Delta learns the hard way that Ghana doesn’t have giraffes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/17/delta-learns-the-hard-way-that-ghanadoesnt-have-giraffes/
Maps
The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes,
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/06/animated_interactive_of_the_histor
y_of_the_atlantic_slave_trade.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
The true size of Africa, http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography
Africa Would You Believe, free 8.5 x 11 map for download, http://odtmaps.com/detail.asp?product_id=AfricaBelieve-31x24
This Awesome Interactive Map Will Make You Think Twice About Africa, https://mic.com/articles/68221/thisawesome-interactive-map-will-make-you-think-twice-about-africa#.MCv2338QM
Books
Mama Panya’s Pancakes by Chamberlin, M. and R., 2005
We All Went On Safari by Krebs, L. 2003
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace by Winter, J., 2008
Long Walk to Water
http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/a-long-walk-to-water-faq/
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Water-Based-Story/dp/0547577311
One Plastic Bag, http://oneplasticbag.com/
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Harnessed-WindElectricity/dp/0061730335
Curriculum
Everyday Africa Curriculum from the Pulitzer Center, https://pulitzercenter.atavist.com/everyday-africa-curriculumTeaching Africa from Boston University, http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/
Learning Strategies, http://www.tealighthouse.org/socialstudies/
Video
How to Build a Country From Scratch – video on South Sudan
http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000002043729/how-to-build-a-country-from-scratch.html
Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YJMaL55TM
Ted Talks Africa, https://www.ted.com/topics/africa
Twitter
@BBCWorld
@BBCAfrica
@ReutersAfrica
@CNNAfrica
#theafricathemedianevershowsyou
Lesson Plans
TAGE Regional lessons and resources
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/teaching-resources/resources.html
Lesson Plans on Morocco
http://www.dfwworld.org/iep/teachers/workshops/cultural
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