We are embarking on a study of the continent of Africa this year, focusing on Morocco, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, and South Africa. Our study basically consists of books, videos and activities. I’ll also be adding in the 10 Days in Africa game. My kids enjoy the 10 Days in… series!
I’m using this study with all of my kids – grade 7, grade 5, and grade 1. We will rotate this study with our history study and hopefully we will be able to finish it in one school year. Each country study is arranged in the order I plan for us to go through it. Our geography unit studies are done together. The books are read aloud/discuss aloud books rather than books I give my child to read on his own.
Morocco
- Read Morocco by Seward
- Watch The Berber Kingdom of Morocco
- Read Tales from Morocco by Denys Johnson-Davies
- Fez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xsSPu-LVDY (short)
- Color Morocco flag
- Watch Marrakesh
- Make Morocco cookie cake map
- Watch Bizarre Foods
- Make Moroccan Food – Chicken Tagine with couscous and Moroccan flat bread
- Watch Grannies on Safari DVD – Morocco
West Africa with a focus on Ghana
- Read Material World Mali pg 14-21
- Watch Ghana Project Tourism
- Read Country Fact Files West Africa
- Watch African Slave Castle
- Read Ghana by Lucile Davis
- Read Ghana by Lyn Larson
- Watch A Look at Ghana
- Cookie cake map of Ghana
- Watch children from Ghana dancing
- Watch A Day in the Life of a Village Girl
- Ghana Flag Coloring Page
- Make Groundnut soup with Yam Fufu and Hot Plantain chips
South Sudan and area
- Read Sudan in Our World by Bojang
- Watch The New Sudan
- Material World Ethiopia pg 28-35
- Watch The Village: Life in South Sudan
- Read Cultures of the World Sudan by Levy and Latif
- Watch God Grew Tired of Us (Lost Boys of Sudan)
- South Sudan flag
- South Sudan cookie cake
- South Sudan food – Aseeda with Tagalia
Tanzania area
- Read Cultures of the World Tanzania by Heale and Wong
- Watch Grannies on Safari DVD– Tanzania
- Read Fresh Fish A Tale from Tanzania by John Kilaka
- Watch Kilimanjaro
- Read True Friends A Tale from Tanzania by John Kilaka
- Watch IMAX Serengeti
- Watch Walking in Sabina’s Shoes (short)
- Color Tanzania Flag
- Tanzania cookie cake map
- Tanzania food –Maandazi, Makate Mimina, and Mishkaki
South Africa
- Material World South Africa pg 22-27
- Read South Africa The Culture
- Watch South African Culture (short)
- Read South Africa The Land
- Watch South Africa from Above part 1
- Read South Africa The People
- Watch South Africa from Above part 2
- Read The Zulus by Nicholson
- Watch Zulu Culture (short)
- Color South Africa flag
- Watch Grannies on Safari DVD -South Africa
- Cookie cake of South Africa
- South African food – Choose recipes from here http://www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/south-african-recipes.html
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