Our guest presenters today are Pastor Qualmann and his daughter Alaina. In 2017 they presented to Immanuel on their trip to Lusaka , Zambia. The purpose of their trip was to spend time in two schools run by the Lutheran Church of Central Africa (LCCA) getting to know the children and helping with songs, activities, and other projects. Click here or on the image on the left to watch the video.

After watching the video please complete the True/False and then the personalized prayer in the Google Form. One lasting impression from the presentation will certainly be that the people of Zambia are poor. As Christians, our prayer is that in spite of circumstances their physical and spiritual needs would be met. On the other hand, we who are by comparison very wealthy are also at great risk of becoming spiritually poor if we don't seek first the Lord. That is only possible when we are guided by the Spirit through the Word of God. You can include both groups of people in your prayer. [I know, it's not religion class, but I think it's OK to blur the subject lines occasionally!]

News from Africa--Southern Africa edition will introduce you to some of the key concepts from the printed lesson below. "Bad news" from the region includes fighting malaria and water shortages. "Good news" includes the successes Mozambicans have had cleaning up after decades of war, the reforestation effort in Madagascar, and the thriving Christian community in Malawi.

How are people distributed throughout the countries of Southern Africa? Interestingly, the country with the most dense population also has the smallest percentage living in urban areas. What are some of the cultural challenges facing Southern Africans? Why do life expectancies lag behind other parts of the world? These are some of the questions you will be able to answer after reading the lesson.

Please complete the self-check quiz here. Some questions are only derived from the printed lesson. I'll provide feedback from your questions on the History of Southern Africa later this week. Hope you have a great Wednesday!

Read the lesson to learn about the impressive ancient kingdoms of southern Africa as well as how European countries exploited the region for its natural resources before finally granting independence to their colonies in the last half of the 20th century. Some might say that Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Germany have all left a legacy of being bad actors in the history of Southern Africa. Others might feel differently. After reading the lesson, you decide. Complete the questions in the Google Form.

Around 900 A.D. Shona people began building Great Zimbabwe, which means "stone houses". Still standing today are the remnants of granite structures that are the most impressive ancient African buildings south of the Sahara Desert. Although the community was only between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, it was one of many similar communities and shows historical evidence of trade with Asia and India before its abandonment in the 1400s A.D.

When the Dutch began to colonize South Africa, the African natives resisted. By the late 1700s, however, the Dutch had established their presence in the region and established black Africans as a permanent underclass. When the Dutch discovered tremendous mineral wealth in South Africa in the 1800s, the British suddenly became interested in the region. The Boer Wars were a series of conflicts between the Boers (Dutch farmers in South Africa) and the British. Also referred to as the South African War, estimates are that about 100,000 people died from the conflicts themselves or from malnutrition and disease in concentration camps.

Learn about some of the lasting suffering caused by the former South African government's policy of apartheid. Note that this policy was implemented in the country of South Africa and not the entire region of Southern Africa. Also note that when the man interviewed refers to "colored" individuals he is not referring to black South Africans, but to non-whites who were darker skinned. Under the policy of apartheid, blacks married to colored individuals were separated from one another, even if they shared children.

Thank you for submitting your business ideas for Eastern Africa. I will be looking at them this week and providing you with some feedback on the assignment.

Today we begin a new region in Africa. The 10 southernmost mainland African countries, 4 island nations, and 2 island territories make up this region. Identify key landforms, bodies of water, climate types, and natural resources.

Have you ever played Jeopardy or watched the quiz show version? The answer is given, and you attempt to come up with the question. Here's an example:

Answer: This former Egyptian president resigned during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011.

Question: Who is Hosni Mubarak?

In the video there are 25 answer/question combinations. Slides advance approximately every 15 seconds, so if you want more time, you can pause the video, or view the .pdf version below on the left for total control of your pace.

After viewing the video or the .pdf, or both, please complete the form quiz below. You can treat it as though you are filling out a study guide and can use any of the three previous lesson's materials. Wednesday, we will begin studying East Africa.

The video at left introduces the lesson. Please read the lesson from the online sample text or from the .pdf posted on our geography web page. It is Chapter 19, Lesson 3. Click here to be taken to the login page. Use the username "mh68ssocial" and the password "sssc2020".

After logging in scroll down to the text World Geography 2018 and click launch.

Advance to the end of the slide show by answering the questions correctly.

The next lesson will be posted for Monday, April 20. I will be looking through your answers and providing feedback to them for the History of North Africa assessment later this week. Please reach out to me if you have any questions.

We've been working entirely without your geography textbooks and things will continue in this way...sort of. Up until now, you haven't needed the geography textbooks to complete and understand any of the lessons during this phase of online school. Today's lesson comes from a sample text--one that our school is considering purchasing to replace the existing textbook. The video will show you how to access the material online and give you an overview of some of the content. I hope that you are able to successfully log in and view the online version of the text because there is some good supplemental media that you can see, but if you can't, don't worry. Read the instructions below! Update to the instructions in the video: Please submit answers to the lesson questions through the Google Form below, rather than a photo or other means. Thank you!

Wow, the weekend went so fast it was a blur! Today as we take a deeper dive into the Irish potato famine and its effect on the movement of Irish people around the world, I hope you'll forgive me that I am blurring the lines between geography and history.

Friday in the UK! Today's lesson takes us on a tour of a handful of interesting destinations in the United Kingdom.

Please complete the google form quiz below when you are done. Next lesson will be posted for Monday, March 30.

Have a blessed weekend!

In the video I used a homemade 3-sided die as a decision making tool. That one was based on three separate quarter cylinders, all intersecting with one another at right angles. The one pictured is similar but more so based on a cube with the edges rounded. Can you make your own? Share with me your creations via e-mail and I'll make sure to share them with the class (if you want)!