Africa Inquiry Project:
Overview
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What is a challenge Africa has, what is its impact, and what can be done about it?
What is a challenge Africa has, what is its impact, and what can be done about it?
Our Inquiry process on Africa...
- CONNECT by learning about your topic (quick videos below)
- Malaria in Sub Saharan Africa
- Ebola Virus in West Africa
- Drought/Desertification in Africa
- Rwanda Genocide (advanced/difficult topic)
- Civil War in Sudan (advanced/difficult topic)
- Poverty in Africa (advanced/difficult topic)
- WONDER
- Create questions you need to know about your topic and make predictions.
- INVESTIGATE
- You may ONLY use the credible/reliable sources below to find answers to your questions.
- Paraphrase (put into your own words and sentence structure) what you learned to avoid plagiarism.
- Cite - Tell me where you found your information (Easybib™)
- CONSTRUCT/EXPRESS
- Write about your topic or create a Google Slides presentation to teach someone about your topic. Be sure to include:
- What is the challenge Africa has?
- What is its impact?
- What is a solution?
- Write about your topic or create a Google Slides presentation to teach someone about your topic. Be sure to include:
Learn about the topic using CREDIBLE sources
Learn about the topic using CREDIBLE sources
Credible/Reliable sources with information on the problem
Links to information will be listed on your topic's webpage.
Learn what can be done using CREDIBLE sources
Learn what can be done using CREDIBLE sources
Organizations Committed to Solutions
Links to organizations and solutions will be listed on your topic's webpage.
OTHER RESOURCES
OTHER RESOURCES
World Book (link only works at CMS)
World Book (link only works at CMS)
- Go to Destiny Discover and scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for topic links.
- When accessing the databases from home, you must enter your Douglas County Library card number and PIN (which is the last four digits of your phone number).
- If you don't have a library card, you can get one from the Douglas County Libraries website, click on 'Get a Card' on the top of your screen.
- Specific Collections in Destiny provide books, e-books and articles:
- Most books on your topic are already on the cart ready for you to use. Bibliography of books available in our Learning Commons.
- When accessing the databases from home, you must enter your Douglas County Library card number and PIN (which is the last four digits of your phone number).
- Sweetsearch.com - search by your keywords (all results are reliable)