Unit 4: Sub-Saharan Africa


Lesson 1: Geography, Climate, and History of Africa


-Current Event

-Review Test Results

-Introduce Daily Learning Targets

-Physical Geography of Africa Guided Notes Click Here!
-Guns, Germs, and Steel Video Worksheet 

-Review Learning Targets



Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa


Guns, Germs, and Steel: Into Africa





Lesson 2: The European Colonization of Africa

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Colonization Notes Click Here!
-Colonization of Africa Assignment
-Review Learning Targets







Lesson 3: Genocide in Rwanda, The United Nations, & Intro. to U.N. Letter Project

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Rwanda & U.N. Notes Click Here!
-U.N. Letter Project Step 1
-Review Learning Targets



The United Nations Explained





Lesson 4: HIV/AIDS in Africa & U.N. Letter Project

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-HIV/AIDS in Africa Worksheet
-U.N. Letter Project Steps 2&3
-Review Learning Targets





CNN: South Africa AIDS





Lesson 5: Poaching: The White Rhino in South Africa & U.N Letter Project

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Poaching: Rhinos in South Africa Worksheet
-U.N. Letter Project Steps 3&4
-Review Learning Targets



Sky News: South Africa Rhinos Under Threat From Poaching





Lesson 6: Hunger, Water, & U.N. Letter Project

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Distributing Water Resources Worksheet
-U.N. Letter Project Steps 5&6
-Review Learning Targets





Hunger & Water Crisis in Niger Africa




Merry-Go-Rounds Pump Water in South Africa





Lesson 7: Child Soldiers, Mandela, Apartheid, U.N. Letter Project & Review

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Child Soldiers, Mandela, & Apartheid Packet Click Here!
-U.N. Letter Project Step 6: Writing your Letter
-Unit 4 Checklist & Study Guide
-Review Learning Targets




Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013








Test Day

-Review Notes
-Unit 4 Test
-Turn in Unit 4 Folders
-Unit 5 Map/ Extra Credit







Congratulations on Completing Unit 4!!!