Ancient+Africa

**Africa Key Terms**

 * 1) caravan
 * 2) caste
 * 3) dynasty
 * 4) ethnic group
 * 5) Greco-Roman
 * 6) griot
 * 7) kinship
 * 8) labor specialization
 * 9) lineage
 * 10) monk
 * 11) natural resources
 * 12) oral tradition
 * 13) plateau
 * 14) polyrhythmic drumming
 * 15) proverb
 * 16) savanna
 * 17) scholarship
 * 18) stele
 * 19) stonetown
 * 20) trans-Saharan

[|Africa Quizlet Link]
All four climate regions must be in the right location and there must be a key. To receive full credit, you must include a written description on how your materials represent that climate region. For example, if you used sand for the desert region you could explain that there is lots of sand in the desert.
 * 3D map of Africa Criteria:**

Go to [|www.allafrica.com] and click on topics. You will summarize two articles a week and you must have a **different** topic with each article. The summary **MUST** start with an IVF statement and include the main ideas of the article and a conclusion sentence. The paragraph should be AT LEAST seven sentences long. I encourage you to print the article and highlight the main ideas but you will only need to turn in the summary, which can be typed or hand-written. Once you click on a topic, look at the “Most Read” articles to help you choose the article you will summarize. The topics to choose from are entertainment, business, conflict, environment, health, and sport. Use the sheet below to help you keep track of the topics and articles you are summarizing.
 * All Africa Article Summary Instructions:**
 * Date || Topic || Title of article ||
 * Tuesday, February 25th ||  ||   ||
 * Friday, February 28th ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday, March 4th ||  ||   ||
 * Friday, March 7th ||  ||   ||

You will fill out a map of African countries and choose a country to research and present to the rest of the class. See below for the country report that will need to be filled out. These are the requirements...
 * Country Report:**
 * 1) Completed Country Report
 * 2) Map of African Countries with chosen country highlighted
 * 3) Presentation can be a decorated shoebox, poster, power point, Prezi, or travel brochure that includes at least 5 things about the chosen country.