8th Grade African History Interactive Notebooks

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

This Africa book study unit is written based on the story of the Lost Boys in the book: A Long Walk to Water. This is a great way to study Sudan and its struggles throughout the years. It teaches how the goodwill of one person can have a domino effect and change the lives of many while exploring the geographical aspects, environmental issues, political issues, causes of the Sudan wars, resources, and cultures of Sudan. Team up with the language arts teacher and blend geography and language arts.

OBJECTIVES

• The learner will become familiar with the main characters and their plight.
• The learner will describe how unclean water impacts the Sudanese.
• The learner will explore the cause and effects of the Second Sudanese War and its outcomes.
• The learner will understand the impact the Second Sudanese War had on the families living in Sudan
• The learner will analyze the culture and living conditions of Sudanese culture.
• The learner will sympathize or empathize and attempt to relate to the feelings of Salva and other characters.
• The learner will predict the outcomes of the Lost Boys' experiences and the war.
• The learner will value the privilege of having water and resources.
• The learner will collaborate with others to gain an in-depth understanding of who the Lost Boys are and the challenges they face.
• The learner will discover how the goodwill of one person can change the projection of someone’s life.

ACTIVITIES

• DAY ONE: Introduction to Unit. Focus: What was the Sudanese Civil War? Family Tree & Character Analysis (Chapter 1)
• DAY TWO: 3-2-1 (Chapter 2)
• DAY THREE: Left Behind (Chapter 3)
• DAY FOUR: Super Long Sentence Challenge (Chapter 4)
• DAY FIVE: Finish the Story (Chapter 5)
• DAY SIX: 4 Levels Activity (Chapter 6)
• DAY SEVEN: What Did You Think Would Happen? (Chapter 7)
• DAY EIGHT: Compare & Contrast Poem (Chapter 8)
• DAY NINE: Five Senses Flip-It Book (Chapter 9)
• DAY TEN: Story Portrait (Chapter 10)
• DAY ELEVEN: A Letter to Uncle (Chapter 11)
• DAY TWELVE: Timeline Puzzle Pieces (Chapter 12)
• DAY THIRTEEN: Circling Around Salva (Chapter 13)
• DAY FOURTEEN: What is on Your Mind? (Chapter 14)
• DAY FIFTEEN: Flip It Up (Chapter 15)
• DAY SIXTEEN: Travels to Sudan, Atlas, and time zone map. (Chapter 16)
• DAY SEVENTEEN: Compare & Contrast Lives in Sudan (Chapter 17)
• DAY EIGHTEEN: Tell me a story (Chapter 18)

INCLUDES

• Detailed Teacher Instructions
• 38 pages of instruction and interactive notebook activities
• Has activities that range across Bloom's taxonomy skills from basic understanding to application to evaluation to creation.

NOTES TO THE INSTRUCTOR:

This unit is written to be completed over a three-week period. However, it is highly encouraged that the instructor modifies the unit to meet the time allowed and ability levels of students. All lessons are intended to be modified. You do not have to do all 18 activities. You may choose which activities to have the students complete.

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This Africa Interactive Notebook is a great way to cover many topics related to Africa's physical features and landforms, climate, economics, government, and culture in over a week. Students will understand the physical and cultural aspects of Africa as well and gain knowledge on how the GDP can influence a country, both developed or developing. Government types will be compared and studied as well. The student will have fun with this interactive notebook as they work in cooperative groups to complete their learning activities.

The student should have access to computers, iPad, or phones that have the capability of scanning QR codes. The QR codes along with the links are included in this lesson.

OBJECTIVE:

The learner will:

o Identify major landforms of Africa.

o Demonstrate how to create and use a map key.

o Explore and identify the location of Africa’s climates.

o Understand the temperature range and rainfall throughout the

year of each climate of Africa.

o Learn about the gross domestic product (GDP).

o Recognize developing countries and developed countries of Africa

based on their GDP.

o Discover the main political system and government types of Africa.

o Understand the balance of powers of each political system within

Africa.

MATERIALS:

o Students will need a three-prong notebook with 14 pieces of

notebook.

Include in the team packet:

DAY ONE

o Cover page

o Table of Contents

o Page 2: Physical Africa—Landforms

o Blank Map of Africa (One Per Team Member)

o Page 3: Physical Africa—Landforms List and Video (One Per

Team Member) (Computer, iPad, or smartphone with scanning

QR ability.)

DAY TWO

o Page 4: Physical Africa Climate Map: (One Per Team Member)

o Page 5: Physical Africa Climate Foldable (One Per Team

Member)

(Will need resources, see instructions on page 5.)

DAY THREE

o Page 6: Economics Directions and Video Computer, or iPad or

smartphone with scanning QR ability.)

o Page 7: Economics—Money Bag Activity

o A Money Bag with African Countries GDPs Strips. (See

Economics Section)

o Note: the GDP will fluctuate from year to year. You can update

these with the information gathered from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy\_of\_Africa (Copy & Paste

A word document was included with this purchase specifically of the country GDP strips, so as countries' names change and GDP changes, you can easily access this document to make changes, rather than typing it all over again.

DAY FOUR

o Page 8: Political—Government Systems Directions and Video

(Computer, iPad or smartphone with scanning QR ability.)

o Page 9: Political—Governmental Systems Foldable (One Per

Team Member)

o Sample of Foldable (One per team)

DAY FIVE

o Pages 10-11: Culture Foldables & Instructions (One Per Team

Member)

CULMINATING ACTIVITY

o Pages 12-13: At-Home Activity—Journaling.

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