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Lisa Farrow is a seventh–grade world cultures teacher at Shiloh Middle
School in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland. Ms. Farrow's lesson provides her students with an understanding of African history and geography. After creating a personal timeline, the students create a historical timeline of Africa, focusing on the Bantu migrations, the rise of Islam, the West African trading empires, the Turkish empire, the slave trade, and European colonialism. Students take an active role in group work as they create maps and captions that define each period. Ms. Farrow concentrates on the importance of the trading empires and their connection to Africa's history as a whole.
Found by grazianione in Social Studies in Action-Teaching Practice Library
March 8, 2010 at 03:29 PM
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In this video, storyteller Nana Yaa Asantewaa performs the story “Anansi’s Rescue from the River.” The Anansi tales are told by the Ashanti people of Ghana, West Africa, and have been passed down through the generations by oral tradition. In many of these stories, Anansi the spider is a trickster, but in this story we see another side of him—his wisdom. (11:33)
Found by Mrs Jefferies in Fables
February 28, 2012 at 04:37 PM
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Colonialism in Africa. Edited for content so it's school appropriate. From the documentary Uganda Rising. (03:24)
Found by mrbenznps in Misc. African History
March 6, 2012 at 08:33 AM
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This video explains that, for many years, the laws governing South Africa kept blacks and whites apart.You can Learn about apartheid and witness the changes that have taken place in South Africa since apartheid's demise
Found by helpingnorth in Apartheid
November 19, 2009 at 05:04 PM
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Second in a series of videos that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how our human ancestors spread throughout Africa and then into other regions such as Australia and Europe. How did they reach Australia so early on? What happened when our ancestors encountered Neanderthals? (05:35)
Found by teresahopson in Early Man
April 21, 2012 at 06:36 AM
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Just off the East coast of Africa, Madagascar is an island unique in all the world. Madagascar’s flora and fauna have evolved in near isolation. Join a team of naturalists as they trek to the island’s isolated Ankarana plateau to study the exotic animals of this forbidding wildlife oasis. Through enormous underground passages, you’ll hike to a sunken forest, sighting unique creatures such as the crowned lemur, the leaf tailed gecko, and the souimanga sunbird in Africa: Wilds of Madagascar.(51:00).
Found by Mrs Jefferies in Africa Overview
August 8, 2011 at 10:15 PM
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Two Ugandan girls with one big dream: to lift their families out of poverty. To do that they must graduate High School.Two Ugandan girls with big dreams…Challenging their culture, defying the odds…In a country where a high school education is generally reserved for boys.Hoctavia is one of 31 children, most of whom dropped out of school.Ruth lives in a tiny apartment in one of Kampala’s poorest neighborhoods with her mother and three siblings.Graduating from high school is the only way they can lift themselves and their families out of poverty.Like millions of girls in Africa who will never move beyond primary school, their challenges are not unique.Their journey is. (25:00)
Found by Mrs Jefferies in African Culture (Overview)
September 18, 2011 at 10:37 PM
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African dance performed by the Chiku Awali Youth Ensemble. The dance was created in 1957 by the Ga people of Ghana, West Africa to celebrate their independence. Video also features African drumming. Length: 3:02
Found by SuziTipa in Styles of Dance
June 15, 2012 at 07:06 PM
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This two-minute video explores two of the ancient African Empires. These two empires, Mali and Ghana were great trade cities that
lie on the Niger River, but were destroyed by African Muslims. Mali rose after the downfall of Ghana. It was controlled by a Muslim ruler who made that religion the official state religion. These two empires were known for establishing gold and salt trade routes. This video is best used with a map of the area. Let the video run and several other short ones follow and add depth to the study of Mali and the area. They are about a minute long and well worth viewing.
Found by freealan in Ancient Africa
April 5, 2011 at 09:06 AM
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This video is a travelogue for West and Central Africa. The video shows many of the sights in those areas.
Found by tinag1974 in African Culture (Overview)
July 12, 2009 at 05:05 PM
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A new African children's cartoon called Bino & Fino. It's made for children between the ages of 3-5. it provides an upbeat look at African culture that provides a lot of insights that might be missed from other sources. It also provides some history lessons in colonial rule and what it means. Very worthwhile as well as showing the flags of the various African nations. (6:36)
Found by freealan in African Culture (Overview)
July 19, 2012 at 09:36 AM
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This BBC video, which has remarkable footage, is suitable for older elementary, middle school, and high school students and focuses on the land and wildlife of Africa. (03:16)
Found by teresahopson in Grassland/Savannah
August 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM
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A fictional children's story inspired by the author's travels. Toni and Zora tell why they changed their mind about visiting Africa.
Found by bola in African Culture (Overview)
June 26, 2010 at 08:50 AM
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This video is a travelogue for South Africa.
Found by tinag1974 in African Culture (Overview)
July 12, 2009 at 05:02 PM
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This is the Official Theme of South Africa's Football World Cup It's called Waving Flag (It's an adapted version) and it's sang by K'naan. The symbol is displayed throughout the whole video as the song is sung. (03:37)
Found by Donna_Strobel in Soccer
April 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM
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This episode focuses on the extreme climate in the Middle East, the very diverse climate of Africa, and the role water plays in where people live. High-quality video. (04:08)
Found by adrumm in North Africa/Middle East
May 1, 2010 at 02:10 PM
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This video really starts around 2:20. It is based on a seven-month,
transcontinental journey from the southern-most tip of Africa to the
northern shores of Morocco to show an attempt by Mike Fay, explorer. It is a 44 minute video, but there are commercials in it. The images are excellent. I recommend you start at eight minutes. A good video to use to teach students about wildlife, conservation, the geography of Africa, and the idea of commitment.
Found by freealan in Africa Overview
April 5, 2011 at 09:52 AM
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After Italy declares war, the Allies fight the Axis powers in North Africa for control of the Mediterranean. After some resistance during the fight, the Vichy army joins the allies and the armies, now with a much larger force, advance into Tunisia. This clip contains text to explain the timeline of events in the campaign. (01:41)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in North Africa/Middle East
February 27, 2012 at 06:19 PM
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During the 1980s, the plight of famine-ravaged East Africa caught the attention of the world. Many entertainers banded together to raise funds for relief. The result: a single record and an album, “We Are the World.” (3:42)
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June 23, 2012 at 03:21 PM
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Part 1 in the Middle East and Africa series. This episode examines the effects of climate on the populations of these regions. IU Southeast Instructor: Clint Franklin (01:15)
Found by grazianione in North Africa/Middle East
August 7, 2009 at 09:33 AM
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In this video clip, learn how the Allied forces had won back the Aleutian Islands and had pushed all Axis forces out of Africa. (6:40)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in North African Campaign
April 4, 2012 at 05:44 PM
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In this video clip, view this actual footage from the National Archives from the World War II era about the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942 (1:38)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in North African Campaign
June 16, 2012 at 06:07 PM
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In this video clip, learn how American soldiers were met with new challenges on the North African front that were more extreme than anything they had ever experienced during World War II. (2:30)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in North African Campaign
July 21, 2012 at 04:21 PM
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This video segment adapted from Rx for Survival examines malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, a disease that kills more than one million children there each year. It explains how a deadly parasite, a member of the genus Plasmodium, enters the bloodstream via a mosquito bite and how it multiplies once inside host red blood cells. The video reveals that drug counterfeiting has increased malaria's death toll, and that newer drugs, while more effective than older ones, are too expensive for most Africans to acquire. The video also highlights one simple and low-cost solution—bed nets—that can be used to combat disease transmission. Closed-captioning included. (04:31)
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September 11, 2010 at 09:46 PM
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Apartheid is the political system of racial segregation. In South Africa, apartheid gave privileges white people and discriminated against people of color. Nelson Mandela gave South African people of color new-found hope. Learn about apartheid and its effects on the South African community on Discovery Channel's "Assignment Discovery." (00:58)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in Apartheid
March 12, 2012 at 08:04 PM
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