Countries of Africa
Deadline: Monday, October 22, 2012 by 08:00
STEPS IN RED = Blog post assignment
STEPS IN PURPLE = African map assignment in classroom
STEP ONE: Each of you has three clues that connect to a country in Africa. Read the clues and do a Google search to see if you can find the name of your country. Define each of the three words in your blog post.
STEP TWO: Once you have found the name of your African nation, you will need to fill in the blanks below on the essential information of your country for the blog:
1. Name of African Country:__________________
2. Capital: __________________
3. Population: __________________
4. Official Languages: __________________
5. Currency: __________________
STEP THREE: Can you locate your country on a world map? Find your country on the classroom African map drawn by 8th grader Piotr and trace the outline of it on a blank piece of paper. Decorate the country by drawing and coloring the official flag inside the outline (See below for two examples).
STEP FIVE: Find out what and where the capital of your African country is. Neatly write the capital name and a star with a circle around it (⍟) under your country map flap on the classroom African map.
AFRICAN COUNTRY CLUES
BRIAN: Chobe National Park / San bushmen / mopane worms
ADILBEK: Himba people / Hoba meteorite / world's largest sand dunes
FRANCESCO: Once called Rhodesia / Robert Mugabe / 100 trillion dollar note
FEDERICO: Giant Lourenco Marques prawns / Makonde art / Bazaruto Archipelago
MARSEL: Chewa people / "Warm Heart of Africa" / Chongoni Rock Art Area
RIVER: Once called Northern Rhodesia / Tonga people / Kuomboka ceremony
ARTAK: biltong / springbok / apartheid
DARIA K.: cabidela / landmines / giant sable antelope
YANA: Basotho people / Thaba Bosiu / spiral aloe
DARIA M.: lemur / aloalo / Famadihana
LIAM: pangolin / Kota people / iboga plant
STANISLAV: Mokele-mbembe / Kingdom of Loango / Pygmy tribe
NIKOL: Goliath frog /Waza National Park / Lake Nyos
PIOTR: okapi / Boyoma Falls / Once called Zaire
EDGAR: Aka people / Jean-Bédel Bokassa / Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve
VSEVOLOD: Eric Moussambani / Bioko Island / Francisco Macías Nguema