Subject: 7th Grade World Cultures & Geography--Unit/ Lesson: African History and Economics
Dates: Jan 11 to Jan 15 2010 Week # 20 Irving
GPS Standards… Objective… / Activities…Performance Task…Procedures & Resources/materials / Essential Questions…
Enduring Understanding..
Bloom’s/Costa’s QuestionsAssessment
Formative – teacher observation
Summative- Unit Test / SIP Goals/
Reading & Writing
Across the Curriculum
Monday
Jan 11
SS7H1 a,b,c,d
SS7CG2 a / Essential Question: What was Africa like before colonization?
Warm Up: How was the CongoBasin divided among European nations? See p. 524
1. Review answers from work last Thursday from pages 511 and 519.
2. Check for completion of Map of Colonial Africa.
3. Read from text and create Cornell Notes
p. 523-4, 511, 560-61, and 536-7. / Formative assessment of related standards / Reading extemporaneous text to take notes as research.
Use of Cornell Notes
Tuesday
Jan 12
SS7H1 a,b,c,d
SS7CG2 a / Essential Question: How did colonization and imperialism shape modern Africa?
Warm Up: What is ‘pan-Africanism’ and what was the goal of the Pan-African Congress? See p. 514
1. Review and discuss Cornell Notes
2. Read p. 513-14. Answer: What influenced the development of nationalism in Africa?
Define nationalism, Pan-Africanism, racism.
3. Read p. 515-16. Define apartheid.
Create Venn Diagram to list similarities and differences to answer: How did the road to independence differ between Nigeria and South Africa? What are those countries like today?
Also read “Spotlight on Culture, p. 515
Refer to p. 538 (Nigeria) and 562-63 (South Africa) / Formative assessment of related standards / Reading extemporaneous text to take notes as research.
Use of Cornell Notes
Wednesday
Jan 13
SS7H1 a,b,c,d
SS7CG2 a / Essential Question: How did colonization and imperialism shape modern Africa?
Warm Up: How did colonization and imperialism shape modern Africa?
1. Correct and discuss items from yesterday to check for detail and understanding.
2. Read p 524-526. Begin a chart to show changes in governments of various African nations (Nigeria, South Africa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Somalia, and Kenya.
3. Create map of African Political Systems, 2001 to compare to Colonial Map. / Formative… / Reading extemporaneous text to take notes as research.
Use of Cornell Notes
Thursday
Jan 14
SS7H 1a,b,c,d
SS7CG2 a / Essential Question: How did colonization and imperialism shape modern Africa?
Warm Up: What factors led to the African independence movement?
1. Complete map and compare to African Colonial map---what conclusions can be drawn related to the creation of artificial borders, types of gov’t and colonial rule, prospects for the future.
2. Compare types of government in 2001 to current governments using CIA Factbook. / Formative… / Reading extemporaneous text to take notes as research.
Friday
Jan 15
SS7H1 a,b,c,d
SS7CG2 a / Essential Question:
Warm Up: How are diamonds used to fund war in Africa? P. 532 ---use interactive map.
1. Wrap up from colonialism to independence and beyond. What is true and what misconceptions still exist? What should be known for a quiz/test over this material?
2. Introduce Museum Poster Project requirements and expectations. / Formative assessment / Reading extemporaneous text to take notes as research.
SS7G2 The student will discuss environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.
b. Explain the relationship between poor soil and deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
c. Explain the impact of desertification on the environment of Africa from the Sahel to the rainforest.
SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
b. Explain how nationalism led to independence in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.
c. Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W.de Klerk.
d. Explain the impact of the Pan-African movement.
SS7CG2 The student will explain the structures of the modern governments of Africa.
a. Compare the republican systems of government in the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Africa to the dictatorship of the Republic of Sudan, distinguishing the form of leadership and role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS7CG3 The student will analyze how politics in Africa impacts standard of living.
a. Compare how various factors, including gender, affect access to education in Kenya and Sudan.
b. Describe the impact of government stability on the distribution of resources to combat AIDS and famine across Africa.
SS7E1 The student will analyze different economic systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of (1) what to produce, (2) how to produce, and (3) for whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the economic systems in South Africa and Nigeria.
SS7E2 The student will explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Africa.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargos.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS7E3 The student will describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Nigeria and South Africa.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Explain how the distribution of diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil affects the economic development of Africa.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
Cornell Notes
p. 523-4
What was the European nations’ goal in dividing Africa?
What factors were considered or ignored as Europeans divided Africa?
What 3 nations acquired land in the CongoBasin?
p. 511
What was the European attitude toward African cultures?
How did the Belgians cause conflict in Rwanda-Burundi?
p. 560-61
How did Europeans come to control South Africa?
Why did Africans support the British in their fight against the Boers?
What drew Europeans to South Africa?
p. 536-7
How did the ‘artificial borders’ of Nigeria cause ethnic conflict?
Your Title to Chart:Nation / Colonial Ruler/ Date of Independence / Post Independence type of government and ruler / Current government and ruler
Nigeria
South Africa
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Ghana
Rwanda
Somalia
Kenya