This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the primary physical and human characteristics of places within the African continent, such as landforms, water bodies, countries, and cities.

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

A Tale of Twin Countries
A Tale of Twin Countries

Lesson

Students will compare the apartheid movement in South Africa to the civil rights movement that took place in the U.S

A Tale of Twin Countries
A Tale of Twin Countries

Lesson

Students will compare the apartheid movement in South Africa to the civil rights movement that took place in the U.S

Establishment of Freetown | Gullah Roots
Establishment of Freetown | Gullah Roots

Video

Freetown was founded by formerly enslaved people, many of them from South Carolina and Georgia. Their first attempt to establish an African colony in 1787 failed, but in 1792, more than a thousand...
Rice As Cash Crop | Gullah Roots
Rice As Cash Crop | Gullah Roots

Video

Rice is a staple food of Sierra Leone. Rice is not only a favorite dish of Sierra Leoneans and the Gullah-Geechee, but it is also a part of their history. A dike system for cultivating rice worked...