Sub-Saharan Africa

Enduring Understandings

• Stereotypes are powerful and have the capacity to humanize or dehumanize groups of people.

• The continent and its people have a long, diverse history making the continent far more complex than is typically portrayed by western civilization.

• Sub-Saharan Africa is a land of abundance and scarcity. That abundance and scarcity has been both a blessing and a curse.

• The development of Sub-Saharan African countries and societies have been greatly influenced by the interference of foreign nations.

• White supremacy is not unique to the United States.

Essential Questions

• How has physical geography impacted the development of Sub-Saharan Africa?

• How did long-distance trade influence the development of Sub-Saharan Africa?

• How have the decisions of foreign countries impacted the development of Sub-Saharan Africa?

• How has necessity driven ingenuity in Sub-Saharan Africa?