Packet Nine, Sub Saharan Africa

Essential Questions

1. What unique characteristics of physical geography dominate sub Saharan Africa?

2. What challenges face the people living there?

3. How does sub Saharan Africa differ from northern Africa?

Description 

You will have quite a variety of assigned materials that will go in your packet about sub Saharan Africa. Keep track of them, and follow the instructions.

For this assignment you will create a mini-lesson for your classmates. It will be based on the topic you choose from the list below.

Objectives

Students will identify and describe the key vocabulary words and essential questions relating to sub Saharan Africa that are found in each of the assignments.

Instructions

See the printed assignments. 

Online Files for this Assignment

To access the CIA World Factbook list of nations, click here.

Click here for an excellent political map of Africa.

For a very high quality physical / political map of Africa, click here.

To open the guesthollow site about sub Saharan Africa, click here.

First Hour, Class Topics

The Population Boom in sub Saharan Africa

Religion in the region

Isaiah, Max, Damian; Olivia, Stella, Elizabet

Ethnic divisions and civil wars

Abigail

Healthcare and disease in the region

Blakelee, Jadey; Sofia, Yoselin; Lydia

The challenges of building safe and healthy urban environments

Second Hour, Class Topics

The Population Boom in sub Saharan Africa

Karston, Rex, Gavin

Religion in the region

Scott, Ledger; Scarlett, Joslyn, Avery

Ethnic divisions and civil wars

Petey, Clayton, kate

Healthcare and disease in the region

Max, Brayden

The challenges of building safe and healthy urban environments

Printed files for this packet

1. The mini-lesson about Sub Saharan Africa will be give in class.