The stories, for K-12, are taken from books and are revised by children's
comments "to best please the audience." Includes stories from Africa.
http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html
Eight episodes cover the Savanna and a woman moving from the city to rural
life (Serengeti, Tanzania), the Sahara (a 9 year old boy from Niger crosses
the desert on camel to collect and sell salt, etc. Each episode has a slide
shows, video clips (requires sound card, speakers). Photoscopes cover AIDS,
urban life, conflict, women. There is an African Challenge quiz and teachers'
guide (in Adobe PDF).
In the Africa for Kids section,
spend a day with kids from Ghana and e-mail them, play the thumb piano /
record your tune, (requires Flash, sound card), listen to a Swahili tale
or read it yourself, make a Dogon mask. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
Guide to children's literature on Africa. Reviews are written by univ. faculty, librarians, and teachers many of whom are in African studies or have lived in Africa. Use the Search to locate, for ex., Swahili culture. Has an Africana Book Buddies Club. Information on winners of the Children's Africana Book Awards (CABA). Edited by Brenda Randolph. [KF] http://www.africaaccessreview.org/
"a [Colorado] non-profit organization dedicated to promoting social awareness and knowledge of Africa by providing information, materials and services..." Directory of Colorado Africa-related resources. Based in Boulder, Colorado. [KF] http://www.africacentre.org/index.htm
Levels of difficulty from easiest to hardest. "SchoolNet
Namibia is a
nonprofit provider of internet service, hardware and training to the nation's
schools." http://www.schoolnet.na/games/map/africa.html
Extensive site for the traveling art exhibit from the Field Museum, Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, and others. Includes video, photographs
on the history and art of the Royal Palace of the Bamum (Cameroun), conflict
resolution among the BaKongo (Congo-Brazzaville and Kinshasa, Angola), Benin
history through elephant tusks and Benin bronzes, metal working, use of gold
weights, commerce across the Sahara, the market in Kano (Nigeria), men's
hats, combs/jewelry, rock art, a Liberian folk tale, the role of masks, drums,
kora music from Senegal, the elephant as a royal animal, and more. Has a map
of African languages, an African facts flashcard game, classroom ideas
for teachers. [KF] http://www.nhm.org/oldsite/africa/home.html
Non profit launched 2002 as a a combination think-tank and public education organization. Its Teach Africa program supports the inclusion of Africa education in American schools. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.africasummit.org/
An annotated directory of internet resources on African society and culture.
Includes links to information on the use of the word 'tribe.' http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/culture.html
An annotated directory of internet resources for teaching African history
to K-12 students. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hisk12.html
Directory of internet resources for contemporary and historical photographs of Africa. Maintained by Stanford University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/photographs.html
Essay and stories "about growing up and living in West Africa on the
fault line between traditional and western cultures. Topics include childhood;
natural and manmade disasters; magic and belief, customs and rituals; love,
courtship, marriage and divorce; family life; rural vs. urban living; politics
and public issues; education; heritage; being an outsider. The texts
were written in 1990-92 at the University of Niamey, Niger Republic, in classes
taught by Dr.
Patricia Stoll, Fulbright Professor of Writing and Literature." Photographs
from Niger are included. Dr. Stoll also talks about her teaching experience
at the University. [KF] http://www.patstoll.org/
Guide to internet resources for African history. Maintained by the Stanford
University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hisk12.html
Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University,
provides citations to books and links to web sites relating to the, "Background
History of Africa, African Food Processing Techniques, African Textile Techniques,
African Metallurgy, Colonialism and Africa's Technology, and Mathematics
in pre-colonial Hausaland, West Africa. http://www.africahistory.net
Site for a festival in New York of music, dance, and theater from Africa and the African Diaspora. Has interviews with artists, a directory of web sites about Dance, Music, Literary Arts/Storytelling, Theater/Performance, K-12 teaching resources. [KF] http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
Compiled by Brenda Randolph. Covers
from primary grades to high school, includes books for teachers. Orig. pub.
1994, updated for 1996. Print copies are available for $15 plus $3 postage
from Africa Access, 2204 Quinton Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20190. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Proceedings_Rev/men_afrophle.html
See the Teaching section,
has a special membership plan for K-12 teachers, awards the Beveridge Family
Teaching Award for distinguished K-12 history teaching, has a special web
site for collaborative projects to strengthen history education for K-16
students, essays on teaching history, etc. http://www.historians.org/
"a community of educators, educational support personnel and others interested in using virtual environments to expand and enhance learning in the fields of African and African Diasporic studies." Has a video - Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds (does not show African examples however) which uses Second Life. http://anansesweb.ning.com/
The Art and Life in
Africa Project (University of Iowa) introduces a related CD-ROM and serves
as an online searchable catalog of the Univ. of Iowa's Stanley Collection
of African Art. The Key
Moments in Life section describes events such as infancy, childhood,
initiation, marriage, religion, leadership, elderhood, death and illustrates
them with art in a mini-slide show illustrating front and side views of each
piece. The Countries
Database provides basic facts. A Types
of Art database describes the art of each ethnic group and basic facts
about the group. There is a Peoples
Database which includes the Ashanti, Bamana, Baule, Bwa, Dogon, Fang,
Hemba, Ibibio, Kongo, Kota, Kuba, Lobi, Luba, Lwalwa, Makonde, Mbole, Mossi,
Pende, Suku, Tabwa, Woyo, Yaka, Yoruba. The Project is directed by Professor
of Art, Christopher Roy. [KF] http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart
One can search for books with African themes which have won American book
awards. Bartle is a librarian at the Lima Regional Campus of Ohio State University.
Searches can be limited by reading level, language. http://www.dawcl.com
Offers free handouts, lesson plans, proverbs, curriculum guides. Loans
videos, charges range from free to $35.00. Teaching tips include: Africa:
Myth and Reality, Criteria for Evaluating Materials on Africa, Selecting
Books on Africa, Teaching About Africa in Elementary Schools.
Has a 25 page list of African videos. Also has over 2000 slides which
can be borrowed. They will lend their videos and slides to educators in the
U.S. The Program produced a video, "What Do We Know About Africa?" - "an
introductory 30-minute video discussing and dispelling stereotypes while
providing a basic overview of the continent's geography, culture, and history." It
includes a curriculum guide. Their Outreach Director is Dr. Barbara B. Brown.
[KF] http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/index.html
Daily life, profiles of kids, quizzes, a clickable
map leading to country facts and audio files of the national anthem (requires
sound card, speakers or headset). [KF] http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/static/find_out/specials/newsround_extra/africa/html/default.stm
"the history of the continent from an African perspective." "from
the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid" by major
African historians (Jacob Ajayi, George Abungu, Director-General of the National
Museums of Kenya and others). Includes audio of each segment of the BBC program.
(Requires sound card, speaker or headphone). Each segment has a timeline,
bibliography, useful links. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
The Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (U.S.) "annually honors outstanding authors and illustrators of children's books about Africa published in the United States." Site hosted by Africa Access. http://www.africaaccessreview.org/caba.cfm
Publications for young people. Produces Calliope:
the world history magazine for readers ages 9-14. Teachers' guides on - African Kingdom of Benin, Pyramids and Egypt's Old Kingdom, etc. Cobblestone magazine has a Teachers' guide for W. E. B. Dubois.
"All back issues of
COBBLESTONE (January 1980 to May 1999) and Calliope (September
1990 to May 1999) have been found to be in compliance with social content
requirement of [Calif.] Education Code Sections 60040260044 as well as [Calif.]
State Board of Education guidelines. [KF] "http://www.cobblestonepub.com/
International organization run by graduate students and young professionals
to assist schools in Africa (Kenya, Zambia) with science and technology education programs. Founded by Kevin Hand, Stanford Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. [KF] http://www.cosmoseducation.org/
"Learn about the basic needs in a refugee camp: Shelter, food, water,
sanitation, and health care. Hear the personal stories of refugees and relief
workers. Find out how 39 million people are forced to live today." Has
a segment on landmines, extensive curriculum guideson
refugee issues and famine for teachers, printable posters.
From Doctors without Borders (winners of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.) [KF]
http://www.refugeecamp.org/
K-12 classes can locate schools inAfrica which are interested
in communicating by e-mail, IRC Chat, in English, French, Swahili, Afrikaans,
and other languages. Use the Find Classrooms search form. Based in
Easton, Connecticut. [KF] http://www.epals.com/
Education programs and "positive tourism." "For
study and work trips or safaris to Uganda,
educational school resources and original hand made African crafts. Based
in Devon but providing services throughout the UK." Information on the
African drum, information about and photographs of
Uganda. Founded by Ugandan Denis Kigongo. http://www.experienceafrica.co.uk
Dying in Darfur are resources for teachers on genocide and the Darfur, Sudan crisis. Has a Lesson Unit "Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio." A module on Memory, History, Memorials includes Rwanda, the Voortrekker Monument, the South African Constitutional Court, District Six. "Facing History helps students find meaning in the past and recognize the need for participation and responsible decision making." Loans videos (such as Long Night’s Journey into Day: South Africa’s Search for Truth and Reconciliation, Lost Boys of Sudan) to educators in the Facing History network. See video clip by K. Anthony Appiah on the value of Facing History programs. Is partner with Facing the Past in South Africa. Based in Brookline, Massachusetts. [KF] http://www.facinghistorycampus.org/
Five
Windows into Africa
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2000. A cd-rom by Patrick McNaughton,
John H. Hanson, Dele Jegede, Ruth M. Stone, and N. Brian Winchester.... An "interactive
view of the people, cultures, and arts of contemporary Africa..." Examples
from Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria. Article about the CD-ROM in Africa Today, Jan. 1999. The Instructor's
Guide is online. "Designed as a companion to Indiana University
Press's....textbook Africa,
edited by Phyllis Martin and Patrick O'Meara." $39.95 for 2 cd-rom disks.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/books/0-253-33759-3.shtml
Print magazine on African & African American history for middle school
children (ages 10-14). Has a full text article on Africans
in the United States, by Harvard Prof. J. Lorand Matory. Each issue
of the magazine focuses on a different theme.
Has teachers' guides for its Liberia issue
by Jo Sullivan, for the Mansa
Musa: King of Mali issue. Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough,
NH. http://www.footstepsmagazine.com
GLADE, is a development education centre in Somerset, England and an educational
charity. Its Teaching
About West Africa section "has a large collection of materials from
and about West Africa including everyday items from The Gambia, Ghana, Mali
and Burkina Faso." http://www.glade.org/resources_teachingaboutafrica_links.htm
Is the Curriculum component of UCLA's
Globalization Research Center. "The African Globalization Curriculum
Project (GlobaLink-Africa) is a web-based, high-end, multi-media framed
high school curriculum on globalization and its relationship
with Africa, Africans, and United States-Africa policy. The project gives
high school students a view of Africa and the world that may not be accessible
thorugh conventional curriculum activities. The curriculum also provides
enriching resources for teachers interested in globalization issues." http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/grca/global-link/index.asp
Learn about Africa and globalization. For classes in World History, English Language Arts, Globalization Studies. Requires free registration to use the site.
Generate custom maps (African continent) and country
rankings. Maps can be selected and copied into other programs (Word, Photoshop, etc.) For each country has
a static map and statistics on the economy, education,
environment, energy consumption, gender equality, health, human development,
population, technology, water. Compare a
country's statistics with the rest of the world. The African continent
map only provides selected country names. Site aimed at secondary
schools, high schools and colleges. Based on UN statistics, esp. the Human Development
Report. Produced by the Norwegian UN Association, several U.N. bodies, etc. [KF]
http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/
"first full school link between an English and an Ethiopian
secondary school." About the relationship between Dr. Challoner's
Grammar School in Amersham, England and Fasiledes Comprehensive Secondary
School in Gondar, Ethiopia. You must have Java enabled to read the contents.
Some files such as the Newsletter are in Adobe PDF. Has photographs from
Gondar, an account of life in Gondar and in Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.gondarlink.org.uk/
Combines satellite imagery & maps. Need to download the software which is free for personal use. (See computer requirements, need Windows 2000 or XP, 400 MB disk space minimum). For African cities (such as Dar es Salaam) does not show detail, only an "airplane" view; but you can "fly" from city to city. See the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. [However you can't fly to Kisangani, DRC or Darfur, Sudan yet.] Click on the Borders check box to see country borders. Very useful for seeing the location of lakes, bays in relation to cities, etc. The Keyhold Community site has an Education discussion area for teachers and students using the maps. [KF] http://earth.google.com/
Discussion on teaching about Africa. For teachers at all levels. Has course syllabi, reviews
of children's books. H-AfrTeach is supported by H-Net, Michigan State,
Boston Univ., and the Univ. of Pennsylvania. http://h-net.msu.edu/~afrteach/
Oregon teacher, Mary Foster, and her husband Abdiaziz who is from Somalia
invite you to travel with them. Read about their 1996-1997 travels in an
electronic journal (includes Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Mauritius). On
the site of the Global SchoolNet
Foundation. "GSN began in 1984 as the Free Educational Mail
(FrEdMail) Network and in 1990 became the Global SchoolNet Foundation. In
1993, with a grant from the National Science Foundation." http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/past/hakuna/
Includes The Bristol Slavery Trail. The British port town of Bristol
was involved with the Transatlantic slave trade "just over 150 years
from around the 1660's to the early 1800's. History as "told
through historical documents (in Archive section), illustrations, photographs,
video clips, with activity sheets for young people. There are teachers' notes. "The
Slave Trail web was commissioned in 2001 by the Victoria County History Project
based at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London..." [KF]
http://www.historyfootsteps.net/
Free on-line children's books in English, Amharic, Swahili,
Shona, Kinyarwanda, Arabic, Afrikaans. A digital library
of international children's books. Created by the Univ. of Maryland and the Internet Archive. Based at the Univ. of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland. [KF] http://www.icdlbooks.org/
In French. Game created by Salif Tidiane Ba (based in Dakar, Senegal) to promote Pan-Africanism. See the National Public Radio article, Oct. 23, 2009 - Not-So-Trivial Pursuit Of A United States Of Africa
by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton. http://www.jekaben.com/
Compiled by Ali Dinar, University of Pennsylvania African Outreach Director.
The menu includes: country-specific information, a multimedia archive, Africa
in the library, languages of Africa, environment in Africa, travel in Africa,
African-American resources. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Discussion list, sponsored by the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts African Odyssey program, for higher
education faculty and students to "ensure a greater role for the visual
and performing arts in teaching and learning about Africa (in k12 through
higher education programming." http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/opps/listserv.html
Site has closed. Attractive site for students and teachers, with information
on the people, geographic features, wildlife, national parks. Include
a Christian school in Cameroon, a high school girl talking about her
life, life with a family in The Gambia, brief descriptions of major cities (more
extensive for Madagascar cities), a Wildlife Conservation Challenge
game, brief audio and video clips of music and dance, photographs from
various photographers. Site was created by high school students and their
coaches as part of the ThinkQuest contest to use the internet as a learning
tool. ThinkQuest was created by Advanced Network & Services of
Armonk, New York. http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/
Award-winning documentary about two Sudanese refugee boys and their experiences in U.S. society. Producer / Directors: Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk. Study guide with classroom ideas and essays by Sudanese refugees and Sudan experts. Ideas for assisting refugees and victims of Darfur. The 87 minute film, in English and Dinka with subtitles, may be purchased. Site based in San Francisco, California. http://www.LostBoysFilm.com
Newsletter in English created by secondary school students. Edited by Bernard
OUEDRAOGO, Lycee Yamwaya and Halidou KONFE, Lycee Yadega. Based in Ouahigouya,
Burkina Faso. http://www.geocities.com/bernieoued/
Archaeological
excavations and information on the people and culture of Jenné. The
project leaders include Profs. Rod and Susan McIntosh, archaeologists,
from Rice University's Anthropology Dept. U.S. A goal is to save archaeological
information from destruction by erosion. Jenné is
the earliest known urban settlement south of the Sahara and a UNESCO World
Heritage site. Photos, news, teaching resources, information on
Mali and archaeology. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/arch/mali-interactive/index.html
African map game using Macromedia's Flash. Drag the name of the country
to its correct location on the map outline. Check your score. The Maps.com
site also has a black and white map of the African
continent. http://www.maps.com/learn/games/africa.html
Easy to use site which ennables children to create their own web page.
None of the child-created sites seemed to be Africa-related but this site
provides an opportunity for children to build one. Created by three teen-age
sisters from Australia for the 2002 5th annual Cable
and Wireless Childnet Awards. http://matmice.com/
Created by Valerie A. Ubbes, Ph.D. "contains abstracts of over 4000
picture books for children, pre-school to grade 3." Under keyword, African,
retrieved over 20 citations to titles. http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
Extensive information on Nigeria - foods recipes, dress,
national anthem, languages, school life, music (with audio files), history, Nigerian
humor, links to other sites. Has a Kid
Zone with stories, proverbs, games, pictures, artwork, tourist attractions
in Nigeria. By Olubunmi "Boomie", a Nigerian programmer analyst
working in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Nigeria and the Midwest U.S. http://www.motherlandnigeria.com
A rich resource. "interviews with over 300 people who live
in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer
a personal perspective on change and development." To access the interviews,
one needs to register and fill out a questionnaire. Interviews from Lesotho,
Kenya, Ethiopia, gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos
Institute. Topics discussed include agriculture, community, conflict, culture,
development, economics, education, employment, environment, family life,
festivals, food security, forestry, gender, health, history, identity, industry,
crime, land, migration, politics, spiritual beliefs, tourism, etc. [KF] http://www.mountainvoices.org/
Online game from mtvU (music video TV program for university students) designed to raise awareness of the issues around the Darfur situation. See the BBC article July 6, 2006 on the game. http://www.mtvu.com/on_mtvu/activism/
Mainly on African-American history. Features "Today in Black History" with
historic events. Search by keyword; a search on Mandela retrieves many entries..
To subscribe, send E-mail to: LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
In the Messsage area put: Subscribe Munirah Your Name
Information on their exhibitions, publications, their travel programs,
etc. Includes photographs. Hosts Facing
the Mask ("This specially designed website brings African masks
to life with exhibition information, activities for kids and curricula
lessons for teachers.") [KF] http://www.africanart.org/
"explore the continent's rich cultures, wildlife, and landscapes" Lesson plans. Emphasis on wildlife, conservation. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/
A team from the U.S., Botswana, and South Africa hunt for fossils
in Botswana, Sept.-Oct. 1998. How to interpret findings, why is
Africa a hotspot for hominid development, classroom ideas for K-12,
links to related sites. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/outpost/
Dr. Michael Fay, biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, has
been walking 1,200 miles through the Republic of Congo, Cameroon,
and Gabon surveying the area "so that conservationists and
African governments can assess which areas are most important to protect." Has
Fay's audio journals (requires sound card, Real Player), photographs with
captions, K-12 classroom ideas, links to related sites.
Discusses effects of deforestation. National
Geographic - Congotrek: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/congotrek/
Criticism of the program can be found in the Discussion
Logs on H-Africa, October 17-20, 2000, called "NPR's Africa."
About the PBS TV program on the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Has lessons
designed for earth science, biology, and mathematics students in middle and
high school classrooms, links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/edens/ngorongoro/
A virtual two year fieldtrip for young people to Africa (and other countries). Students
can follow and email American educators on the Africa
trip which began in South Africa, continues to Zimbabwe (street performers,
AIDS education) and Swaziland (on the monarchy) and will travel to Mali. Has
a teachers'
guide, earlier
trip reports. The non-profit organization was begun by Jeff
Golden, Fulbright scholar and San Francisco high school teacher. The
trip follows the U.S. National Educational Standards. [KF] http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/index.html
Environmental and development issues in Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali,
Algeria and other countries. The Schools section
includes Magical Mali with sound clips, a virtual journey
to Timbuktu and online quiz, a section on the daily
life of a child in Ghana, exploration of the symbols
on Ghanaian Adinkra cloth, a journey to Togo,
daily life in Burkina Faso. [KF] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/index.html
Find resources by global region, country, subject, resource
type, time period, grade level, instructional strategy.
News for teachers. Supported by "120[U.S.] federally-funded
National Resource Centers (NRCs) based at 146 universities, focusing on Africa,
Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the Pacific
Islands and International Studies, and 42 Language Resource Centers (LRCs)
and Centers for International Business and Education Research (CIBERs) based
at 44 universities and dedicated to promoting foreign language study and international
business." Based in Van Nuys, California. [KF] http://www.outreachworld.org/
Software program and 200 page book (history, cultural significance), to
play oware (wari), a game popular in West Africa. For adults and children
grade 4 and higher. Requires an IBM compatible computer. From Sapient Software
based in Bolinas, Calif.. http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware/
Profile of Charles Taylor, articles from 1996 to 2003, video clips, article
by Somini Sengupta, New York Times reporter. Essays and lessons for schools
(The Story of Liberia, Liberia and the U.S., economic factors and U.S. foreign
policy), a historical
chronology, From PBS, the public television organization. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/liberia/index.html
PBS - Lost Childhoods: Exploring the Consequences of Collective Violence
Lesson plan for the film the Lost Boys of Sudan. See also the 19 page guide in PDF. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/thefluteplayer/pdf/study_guide.pdf
Describes projects
in Africa. Their Kids World site
goes to Mali and South Africa. Has links to Returned
Volunteer groups - Friends of Cameroon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Togo,
Niger, etc. http://www.peacecorps.gov/indexf.cfm
"contains over 500 photo resources, representing
the best of more than 3000 images submitted by the Peace Corps Volunteers
serving in Africa." Access photos by country. Each photo has descriptive
captions. Has short narratives about water in African daily life, lessons
plans (by grade or subject) for K-12 students, maps, technical drawings.
Produced by Peace Corps Volunteers, World Wise Schools' (WWS) classroom teachers,
and WWS staff members. http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/
The site includes lessons on Adinkra Mobiles, Make your own African Drum,
Tie and Dyed Textile Design. http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/african&american/afr-lessons.html
Dr. Schmidt was the former Africana Librarian, Indiana University.
Published in Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara
(eds.), Africa.
Third edition. ( Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1995, pp. 413-434.) " The author would
like to point out that this essay, published in 1995 and written a year
before, does not reflect some more recent publications and web resources." http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000297
Popular science e-journal with full text articles. Has for kids, Science
Granny, a Science
Education section, competitions section
(mainly in South Africa). Based in Grahamstown, South Africa. [KF] http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/index.htm
Articles in the first issue, January 2000 - Construction begins on SALT:
South African Large Telescope, African cattle with natural resistance to
trypanosomiasis, coelacanth find off the Kwazulu Natal coast, Sunsat: Africa's
first Satellite, the biopesticide, called Green Muscle, provides a safe,
natural alternative to chemical insecticides, polluting streams with alien
fish species threatens aquatic biodiversity, genetically modified foods for
Africa?, the state of South African penguins.
Hundreds of photos, information, and essays about Burkina Faso, West Africa
and Cathy Seeley's Peace Corps service as a secondary mathematics teacher
from 1999 to 2001. About local gardening, school life, rural life, artists,
craftspeople, a student
activities page with sample questions. http://csinburkinafaso.com
"(SPICE) serves as a bridge between Stanford University and K-14 schools by developing multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes." Sells curriculum units with Africa-related topics. http://spice.stanford.edu/
171 pages in PDF. High school, college level. References to mainly print sources. "an introduction to the basic handbooks and standard works on contemporary Africa. It also offers guidance on searching for literature and facts within the field of the social sciences."
Pub. by the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden 2005. Translated into English by Linda Linnarsson and Andrew Byerley.
English edition avail. only online.
http://www.nai.uu.se/library/africainfo/studyingafrica/
Held at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Read, discuss texts by Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka (Nigerians) and Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghanaian) in relation to those of Joseph Conrad (British/Polish) and Barbara Kingsolver (American). Sponsored by NEH. http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/writing%5Fafrica/
South African pupil's textbooks and teachers' guides are
on the website of the South African print newspaper, The Sunday Times.http://www.suntimes.co.za/edu/
Site "dedicated to the teaching of Africa and the African Diaspora
across the disciplines. It is a moderated, community-maintained digital repository
of electronic resources related to African Studies available free-of-charge
to registered users." Has syllabi, photos, books lists, web sites, conferences,
etc. Maintained by Carmela Garritano, Assistant Professor of English, University
of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. She is completing a book on the Ghanaian
film and video industries. http://www.teachafrica.net/
Tinga Tinga
Video trailer http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/tinga-tinga-tales-produced-by-kenyas-homeboyz.html
"an Internet contest for African learners between the ages of 12-19.
Learners should form a team and collaborate in the development of an educational
web site." http://www.thinkquestafrica.org/
Photo exhibits from the Mathare Youth Sports Association (Kenya) and Sergio
Silva's Group for Social Education in Manica (Mozambique). In
the Mathare Shootback project, children from a slum, Mathare Valley, photograph
important aspects of their lives (health, the community environment, family,
soccer) and introduce themselves. The photographs of Silva, a Mozambican
photographer, show children from the period (1981 + ) during the Mozambique
civil war and present-day environmental issues in Manica Province. http://www.piac.org/
An African-American foreign policy institution, "founded in 1981
to provide a forum for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information
about Africa and the Caribbean and about the United States' policies affecting
these regions." Has a table comparing the size of African countries to the United States. [KF] http://www.transafricaforum.org
"modules for teachers in high school, college, and universities to integrate into their courses." Covers history, political economy, ecology, societies and cultures, literatures in indigenous and colonial languages, arts and music, and scholarly work. Video clips from the 2006 Sudan Studies Association conference. Created by Drs. Michael Kevane,
Martha Saavedra, and Mariane Ferme. http://www.understandingsudan.org
Register online to play a game for young people which helps them learn
about the problems facing children in a Burundi village. Information
on Burundi history and on the cost of various supplies and facilities to
improve village life. http://www.unicef-kids.org/
Events, faculty, courses, study abroad, a K-12 Outreach site - Images of Africa (24 p. in PDF), slides on Sufi Islam in Senegal, database of children's books. http://www.unc.edu/depts/africa/
K-12 resources, bibliographies. Its Passeport a l'Afrique Francophone provides "those
who teach French in grades 6-12 with practical tools and
information to accurately teach about French-speaking Africa." Will
loan its video collection to Wisconsin and other Upper Midwest teachers.
[KF] http://africa.wisc.edu/?page_id=305
Schools in the Western Cape region of South Africa with access to
e-mail and other internet resources. Held Internet and Educational Computing
conferences whose proceedings are on its web site. http://www.wcape.school.za/
Covers Black Pharaohs, Meroe, Gedi, the Swahili People, Zanzibar, the Ashanti
and Dahomey (Benin) Kingdoms, Aksum, Gondar, the Churches of Lalibela, the
Dogon, Grand Mosque of Djenne, Empires of Mali & Ghana, the Tuareg, Great
Zimbabwe, a 1,000 year old South African city - Mapangubwe, the Shona People,
etc. Site based on the TV programs hosted by Prof.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard Univ.) Includes a kids' activity page,
teachers' lesson plans, audio clips. http://www.pbs.org/wonders/
Very useful guide to locating information from the vast World Bank
site. Has a page for each country (GNP, population, growth rate, infant mortality,
life expectancy, illiteracy rate, safe water, etc.). http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/index.html
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