Africa

Comparison of a city in the United States with a city in a selected country of Africa.

@Student 2014 Pages Students 2014-2015 Pages



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2012 2013 Student Pages __Material to cover in research:__


 * 1) Average Yearly Rainfall
 * 2) Population
 * 3) Elevation and its effect
 * 4) Absolute Location
 * 5) Relative Location
 * 6) Place Information
 * 7) Historical Fact
 * 8) Interesting Fact
 * 9) When it was settled
 * 10) HE Interaction

Citing Sources in research will be emphasized during this unit. Do not be tempted to copy information directly from a source. You must collect information and sythesize it into coherent paragraphs that are your own creations.

Citing Sources: It is important to give credit to your research. Easybib.com is a great tool that can help you do this. There is even an autocite button that will literally fill in all website information for you. Use sources that end with org.

__Requirements for Project (Grading)__
 * 1) Saved to each student's webpage under Africa Link
 * 2) Venn Diagram of similarities and differences
 * 3) Visual Aid to show each of the 10 informational points
 * 4) Organized Layout of Information
 * 5) Original Writing (At least 5 paragraphs covering informational points) Typed directly on the wikispace
 * 6) Use at least 1 web 2.0 Tool
 * 7) Sources of information uses easybib.com (Minimum of 5 sources)
 * 8) Conventions

__Targets for this Unit__ Students develop their understanding of an African city and an American city. Students compare and contrast similarities and differences using a Venn Diagram and share them in a short piece of formal writing. Students use the internet and other resources to acquire information about a place. Students organize and illustrate information using a wikispace. Students try a web 2.0 tool to show information. Students show where they found information using bibliography entries.

State standards covered in this unit:


 * E.8.7 Identify and explain examples of bias, prejudice, and stereotyping, and how they contribute to conflict in society.


 * E.4.4 Describe the ways in which ethnic cultures influence the daily lives of people
 * E.4.6 Give examples of group and institutional influences such as laws, rules, and peer pressure on people, events, and culture
 * E.4.7 Explain the reasons why individuals respond in different ways to a particular event and the ways in which interactions among individuals influence behavior
 * D.8.7 Identify the location of concentrations of selected natural resources and describe how their acquisition and distribution generates trade and shapes economic patterns