African Regions Source: http:www.nhm.orgafricasciencevegindex.htm

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African RegionsSource http//www.nhm.org/africa/
science/veg/index.htm

• Theme Maps Globe continued..
• Course Humanities methods 1409
• Instructor Dr. Nganga

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Regions according to location on the continent
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Mountains forests of Africa
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African vegetation Climate

• Vegetation corresponds with climate

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Facts about Africa

• Considered by most scientists to be the origin of
  mankind
• Africa is a continent of 53 independent countries
  and a rich mix of native peoples, cultures,
  economies and history
• Almost completely encircled by water, it's home
  to vast deserts, tropical rain forests, rugged
  mountains and fertile grasslands.
• Its National Parks, wildlife preserves, and
  incredible natural beauty attract an
  ever-increasing number of tourists from around
  the globe.
• Despite its natural wealth and beauty, Africa
  includes the fifteen least developed nations in
  the world, 70 of its population survives on less
  than 2 a day
• A majority of African resources have been taped
  into by western Nations who continue to benefit
  as African people continue to be poor (Oil,
  Diamond, Gold, Uranium are some of Africa's
  minerals).

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Facts continued..

• Africa's Geography
• Africa is the second largest continent in the
  world. Only Asia is bigger.
• Because it has very few jagged coasts and bays,
  Africa has the shortest coastline of all the
  other continents.
• Three-fourths of Africa is in the tropics.
• Africa is almost an island. Its only connection
  to other land is the tiny Sinai Peninsula in
  Egypt.
• Africa is four times the size of the United
  States.
• Africa includes Madagascar, which is the fourth
  largest island in the world (Greenland is the
  largest).
• Kilimanjaro, one of the world's largest
  mountains, is actually a volcano.
• The African Rift Valley is divided to East and
  West- has beautiful landscape.

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Facts continued

• Africa's People
• Africa is so large that a full population census
  has never been made. Estimates say that the
  continent and its nearby islands may be home to
  as many as 748 million people.
• There are over 1,000 different languages in
  Africa.
• Some African languages are spoken by millions of
  people, while others are spoken by only a few
  hundred. Some are on the verge of extinction and
  are only spoken by a few elderly people.
• The topmost part of Africa has several countries
  that are actually considered to be part of the
  Middle East, such as Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.
• Africa's people have more physical variations
  than on any other continent in the world.
• Africa has some of the shortest and the tallest
  people in the world.
• Africa is the home of the Human species, which
  developed there about 5 million years ago.

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African Rivers

• Major river systems with outlets to oceans are
  Nile (Mediterranean) Zaire/Congo, Senegal,
  Gambia, Niger, Volta, and Orange (Atlantic)
  Zambezi and Limpopo (Indian Ocean)
• Rivers are important transportation systems in
  Africa.
• Africa's river valleys have been cradles of major
  civilizations.
• African rivers have played an important economic
  role by providing water to the continent.
• Through flooding, African rivers have supplied
  fertile soil to enhance agricultural development.

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African Rivers continued

• African rivers provide a source of hydroelectric
  power (an estimated 40 of the world's
  potential).
• Most of Africa's rivers cross plateaus and
  descend over rapids and waterfalls as they move
  toward the coast.
• African river patterns suggest that the upper
  courses (above inland deltas) move toward
  interior basins, with the lower courses moving
  toward the coastline.

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Standards Met by this lesson/unit

• Culture
• People, Places, and Environment
• Individual Development and Identity
• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Production, Distribution, and Consumption
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Global Connections

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Learning outcomes

• Locate, comprehend, interpret, evaluate,
  maintain, and apply information, concepts, and
  ideas found in academic and technical documents,
  prose, videos, maps, and gloves, computer files,
  in order to perform tasks.
• Use numeric ideas, concepts and information
  gained from maps, globes, tables, charts, and
  diagrams to analyze and synthesize data, and to
  identify and solve problems (e.g., extensive use
  of African rivers).

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Learning outcomes continued

• Identify the following terms associated with
  rivers river, source, mouth, delta, waterfall,
  cascade, rapid, tributary.
• Apply knowledge of these terms by using them to
  locate rivers in Africa.
• Locate rivers in various regions of Africa.
• Analyze the features of different African rivers
  and brainstorm about how these rivers might be
  used.
• Use cardinal and intermediate directions to
  locate the physical features of Africa.
• Identify the physical features of the continent.

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Connection to global issues

• Distribution and uses of sources
• Local population distribution
• Health issues in - U.S./Wyoming
• Wyomings natural resources
• Effects of human interaction on natural resources

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Evaluation

• Learners will write a one page summary of
  important facts they learned about Africa ( 10
  points)
• Draw a map of Africa and show 6 physical
  features, 10 cities, oceans, and label 5
  countries ( 20 points)
• What extensions would you have for this lesson?