K-12 TLC Guide to Africa

Africa

African-American Heritage: K-12 TLC Guide

General Resources Section

Arts, Culture & Landmarks, Business & Economics, History,
Languages, Maps, Media, Natural Resources

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia	Gabon Gambia Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of Congo							Republic of Guinea Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

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Africa

General Resources Section

AIDS and Africa: K-12 TLC.
Third World Countries: K-12 TLC.

Africa News Online.
Africa: The Ailing Continent, Pulitzer.org (originally published in the Chicago Tribune):
- Part 1: Plagues of Old Reclaim Continent.
- Part 2: 'We Die Lying to Ourselves'.
- Part 3: Ghastly Ebola Unlikely to Be Last of Its Kind.
African Odyssey Interactive, The Kennedy Center.
The African Queen, History in Film.
African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.
African Union.
African Wildlife Resource.
BBC:

Current News of Africa.

DNA Suggests Early Humans Began in Southern Africa.

Black Rhinoceros: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cultural Diversity, Illinois State Museum.
Deutsche Welle:

Simple Tools Help a Drying African Region Cope with Climate Change.

Earth and Sky:
- The Greening of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Earthlife Africa.
EcoAfrica.com.
Human Rights In Africa, Derechos Human Rights.
iAfrica.com.
The Life in Africa Foundation.
National Public Radio:
- The AIDS Epidemic in Africa (audio: 4:00).
- Humanitarian Aid on Hold (audio: 4:33).
- Nas, Damian Marley Dig For Rap's African Roots.
- Three-Year Drought (audio: 7:02).
- Tools Suggest Humans Left Africa Earlier Via Arabia.
- Village by Village, Stamping Out Guinea Worm.
- Walking Across Africa:
  - Report #1 (audio: 8:57).
  - Report #2 (audio: 8:50).
  - Report #3 (audio: 8:51).
- William Sheppard: 12/13/99 (6:40).
Naturalia:
- African Wild Dog.
- Zoo in the Wild:
The Odyssey, World Trek for Education.
Science Safari: A Scientific Expedition Through Africa, PBS.
Smithsonian Magazine:
- Green Sahara May Have Provided Route Out of Africa for Early Humans.
- How Africa Became the Cradle of Humankind.
United Touring Company.
University of Pennsylvania:
- African Studies.
- K-12 Guide to African Resources on the Internet.
Vanishing Rainforest, Highland Park Elementary School, TX.
The Weather in Africa.
Word Turtle Word Search Game, FunBrain.com.

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Africa

Arts,
Culture
&
Landmarks

North African Influence on Iberian and Latin Music: K-12 TLC Guide.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning, University of Virginia.
African Holidays:
- Kwanzaa: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Kwanzaa: Roots and Branches, The Official Kwanzaa Web Site.
- National Holidays, University of Pennsylvania.
- South African Holidays: K-12 TLC Guide.
African Percussion Instruments:
- Percussion Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Africa Guide.
- Atlanta Oasis.
- Mads Bischoff.
- Universitat de València.
- Drums:
  - Drums: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - African Music Safari.
  - AllAboutJazz.
  - Drum Culture.
  - Drumdojo.
  - Google Video.
  - Idaho State University.
  - Rebirth African Art Gallery.
  - University of Vermont.
- Mahgreb:
  - Drumdojo.
- Marimba:
  - African Musical Instruments.
  - AllAboutJazz.
  - Bare Bones Productions.
  - Duquesne University.
  - Jamba Marimba.
  - Loyola University.
  - Mallet Percussion.
  - University of Houston.
  - Vienna Symphonic Library.
- Thumb Pianos:
  - Piano: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - About.com.
  - African Treasures.
  - Amazon.com.
  - BBC.
  - Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  - PBS.
  - Virginia Tech University.
African Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. State Department.
MBendi.
National Museum of African Art.
National Public Radio (audio):
- African Ceremonies: 11/12/99 (8:02).
- African Horse Lessons: 4/10/00 (3:30).
- African Religious Exhibit: 6/6/00 (7:00).
- Collecting the World in African Art.
- Indigenous African Music: 2/15/00 (3:00).
- The Mbira.
Savvy Traveler:
- Cholera Diary.
Smithsonian Magazine:

Ousmane Sow's Sculpture of Toussaint Louverture is African Art's "Mona Lisa".

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Africa

Business and Economics Section

African Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
African Union.
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. State Department.

National Public Radio (audio):
South African Government of National Unity.
Working the Salt Mines of West Africa (photoessay), TIME.

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Africa

History and Culture Section

K-12 TLC Student Guide to History and Social Studies.

K-12 TLC Guide to the Age of Exploration.

Bartolomeu Dias: K-12 TLC Guide.
Prince Henry the Navigator: K-12 TLC Guide.

05/12/1943: Axis Troops Surrender in North Africa, New York Times.
1994 Rwanda Genocide: K-12 TLC Guide.
African History Timeline, Central Oregon Community College.
African Lives, The Washington Post.
African Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature, National University of Singapore.
BBC:

Conversations with History, University of California, Berkeley.
Fordham University:
- The Internet African History Sourcebook.
- The Internet Modern History Sourcebook:
  - The Early Modern World.
National Public Radio:
The Story of Africa, BBC.
- Early History.
- Africa & Europe (1800-1914).
- Between the Wars (1914-1945).
- Independence.
- Slavery.
- The Swahili.
- Traditional Religions.
  - Christianity.
  - Islam.
- Central African Kingdoms.
- Nile Valley.
- Southern Africa.
- West African Kingdoms.

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Africa

Ethnologue.
Foreign Languages for Travelers, Travlang:
- Afrikaans.
- IsiXhosa.
- Sesotho.
- Swahili.
- Zulu.
Swahili Alphabet Book, Greenway Elementary School, OR.

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Africa

Maps Section

Political:
- Houghton-Miflin.
- University of Pennsylvania.
- University of Texas:
  - 2003.
  - 2001.
  - 2000.
  - 1998.
  - 1997.
  - 1997.
  - 1995.
  - 1832: West Coast.
  - 1808.
- Virtual Tourist.
Political & Physical, Houghton-Miflin.
University of Texas:
- Population Density: 1979.
- Vegetation: 1986.

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Africa

Media Section

Africa News Service.
AllAfrica.com.

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Africa

Parks and Natural Resources Section

Rainforests: K-12 TLC Guide.

African Elephants, National Geographic.
Leadwood Trees: K-12 TLC Guide.
NASA:
- Africa's Disappearing Lake Chad.
Twilight of the Animals, The Chicago Tribune:

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Africa

Chronologies and Timelines

Timelines & Chronologies: K-12 TLC Guide

1955
Aug 20	Anti-French Riots in Morocco & Algiers: Hundreds Dead
1960
Aug 20	Mali Federation Breaks into Senegal and Republic of Mali

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Africa

Related Literature Section

Africa Access.

Primary:
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain:
  - Amazon.com.
- Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, John Steptoe.
Adult:
- African Ceremonies, National Public Radio: 11/12/99 (audio: 8:02).

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Africa

Teacher Resources Section

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

02/19/1919: The First Pan-African Congress Is Held in Paris.

Grades K-3:
- Africa: It's Not a Country, Deborah A. Byrnes,
  Utah State University.
Grades 2-3:
- Many Countries, Many Cultures: Africa, Anisha Jogee,
  University of Illinois.
Grade 4:
- American Immigrants: A K-12 TLC Student Research Guide.
- Global Communities, Jan Mazer,
  Florida Geographic Alliance.
Grade 6:
- Folktakes—The Mirror of Humanity,
  Synia Carroll-McQuillan,
  Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Other:
- African Myth, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota.
- Mr. Donn's:
  - Africa.
  - Ancient Africa.
  - Middle East/North Africa.
- The Odyssey, World Trek for Education:
  - Mali Lessons.
  - Zimbabwe Lessons.
- Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:
  - Folktale through African Art, Eileen M. DeMaio.
  - Similarities of African and French Folktales,
    Iole Apicella.

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This guide last edited 10/18/2011
This guide last revised 02/17/2010