Africa Today

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Geography of the World: The Essential Family Guide to Geography and Culture by Jayne Parsons

Lesson 3

• Ancient Civilizations by Joseph Fullman (DK Eyewitness)

Materials

Common Materials

• crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• scissors
• glue stick, glue, or tape
• visual art materials

Lesson 1

• tape

Lesson 2

• three-ring binder
• ingredients for a Moroccan meal* (2.5 - Option 2)
• non-toxic fabric paints * (2.5 - optional)
• plain, light-colored fabric placemat or canvas bag * (2.5 - optional)
• card stock, construction paper, or tabbed dividers
• access to a newspaper, TV news, radio news, or Internet news sources
• hole punch

Lesson 4

• note cards
• books or online collections of traditional folktales from West Africa

Lesson 6

• poster board

Final Project

• index cards* (Final Project.Option 3)
• audio or video recording equipment* (Final Project.Option 2)
• colored pencils, crayons, or markers
• computer with word processing software * (Final Project.Option 1)
• envelope* (Final Project.Option 3)
• file folder* (Final Project.Option 3)
• glue stick* (Final Project.Option 3)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used