Africa's Geography 2

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.4.1 Study the Niger River and the relationship of vegetation zones of forest, savannah, and desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves.

7.4.3 Describe the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Define the vegetation zones in West Africa and analyze how natural resources contributed to success in trade.

Common Core Literacy

RH 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

RH 7. Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Journal: Students will work on their Journal Quiz for the week on their chromebook

Direct Instruction (10 min.) I DO…

SDAIE: Annotate/Cloze Read: Africa Geo : Teacher and students will read a passage from the book about Africa’s geography. Students will annotate everything that deals with the vegetation zones and physical appearance of Africa.

Guided Practice (15 min.) We Do…

SDAIE: Board to Paper: Teacher and students will begin to label the zones of Africa based on the reading. Students will come up to the board and label these zones and places before students make the final decisions.

Independent Practice (25 min.) You Do…

SDAIE: TRQ: Africa Geography: Students will answer three questions dealing with the passage about Africa’s Geography.

Homework.

N/A

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.