Unit 7: Sub-Saharan Africa 

Learning Intention for the Unit: 

Unit 7 focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is a geographically diverse continent with a variety of physical features and social structures. Through the use of geographical thinking skills, inquiry, and collaboration, students will learn about the physical and cultural regional conditions that create a unique African landscape and explore some of the challenges people in this region face. Students will develop an understanding of Africa which will enable them to make connections to other peoples and places on Earth. Through inquiry, students will apply geography thinking skills to research and communicate findings regarding a geographic issue this region faces.