West Africa Geo Challenge 2024

January 9, 2022

Correlation to State Content Standards
            7.4:  Students analyze the geographic, political, and economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan  civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.

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; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

         I am learning about the different climate and vegetation zones that make up Africa by:

1. Defining the physical features, vegetation zones, and the importance of rivers in Africa.

2. Locating and labeling the different climate and vegetation zones of West Africa.

Common Core Literacy Standard

RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.):

        SDAIE: Whisper Read/Chunk: Starter: Students will read a chunk passage from History Channel webpage "This Day in History." Students will be given a claim and they will have to identify at least two pieces of information to suppor the given claim.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

        SDAIE: Close Read/Direct Teach/Annotate/Talk to Text: Geo Challenge West Africa: Teacher will lead students in a close reading of the geographical challenge of West Africa. After each paragraph teacher will use Talk to the Text to help students annotate.  Teacher will clarify the passage and provide more information during the lecture.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

         SDAIE: TPS: Geo Challenge West Africa: Teacher and students will go over the answers to the annotations, storyboard, essential questions.  Students will make corrections as needed on their graphic organizer.

Independent Practice (20 min.)

         SDAIE: Whisper Read/Metacognition/Annotate/Visuals/Chunking: Geo Challenge Africa:  Students will read sections of the introduction to the geography of Africa.  The chunked reading introduce students to the location of Africa, the types of vegetation zones it has, how humans have adapted to living there, and finally the pros and cons of Africa.  Students will then complete a storyboard section in which they will identify a picture to the main topic of each of the paragraphs.

       SDAIE: Book to Paper: West Africa Map Skills:  Students will use the map on page 212-213 to locate and label Weest Africa's vegetation zones, four regions, rivers, and large bodies of water.

Homework

         EdPuzzle: Africa Introduction due by Friday, January 12, 2024 at 5 p.m.

Closure ( 5 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Take question/comments/announcements

3.     Reset Edpuzzle for those needed.

4. Dismiss Class.