HGA - GAW Africa

AFRICA
| Geography Standards | Introduce the Theme | Postcard Contest | T-Shirt Day | GIS Day | Stewardship | Other Resources |

Africa in 3-D: Diversity, Demographics, and Discovery!
November 12-18, 2006 (Geography Awareness Week)

GAW 2006 Workshop
Maunawili Elementary GAW Celebration

The Hawaii Geographic Alliance and the National Geographic Society invite you to join us in celebrating Geography Awareness Week.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS:
Hawaii's geography standard is: Standards 7: Geography: World in Spatial Terms -Use geographic representations to organize, analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments and understand the nature and interaction of geographic regions and societies around the world. To see the grade level benchmarks for geography and the other strands in the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards for Social Studies Grades K-12, please go to the Hawaii DOE website: http://standardstoolkit.k12.hi.us/index.html

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
I. INTRODUCE THE THEME
Africa in 3-D: Diversity, Demographics, and Discovery!

Explore Online at National Geographic on Africa
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/africa
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_southafrica.html

Download a free Teacher's Guide, developed National Geographic and ThirteenWNET New York.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Trek through the Congo; Encounter man-eating lions; Meet Mbuti Pygmies; Search for dinosaurs and fossils; Explore the Tomb of Tutankhamen and the Okavango Delta (National Geographic Interactive Edition: September 2005)
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0509

For links to various resources, go to the NGS website.
http://nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/

For Online Lesson Plans, Go to Classroom Companion -Africa Resources- Companions include lessons relating to the articles (downloadable) from National Geographic magazines:
Africa Sept. 2005
Africa Megaflyover Sept. 2005
African Wolf March 2006
Hearbreak on the Serengeti February 2006
Sourth Africa: Living With AIDS Sept. 2005
West Africa: Oil Boon Sept. 2005

http://www.ngsednet.org/community/resources_category.cfm?community_id=7&category_id=710&subcategory_id=1283

Other lessons from NGS website:
http://ngsednet.org/community/resources_category.cfm?community_id=7&category_id=710&subcategory_id=1281

For past lesson plans from HGA, go to
https://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/Africa/africaIDX.html

Visit a Local Zoo
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/

Encounter animals, birds, and reptiles native to Africa. See which animals in the Honolulu Zoo are on the endangered list. Ask zoo experts how you can help protect African wildlife.
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/_vti_script/default.htm0.idq

Take a wild hunting dog quiz.
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/wild%5Fhunting%5Fdog%5Fquiz.htm

Celebrate Africa!
On your own, do simple things. Listen to African music. Eat traditional foods such as couscous, plantains, cassava, and rice. Say "Hello" in another language. (The Masai, in Kenya, say "sopa sopa" ["SOH-PUH SOH-PUH"]). As a class, hold a cultural fair. Prepare traditional foods. Wear clothing from different countries. Display artifacts and photographs; play music and tell folktales. Spread awareness -invite parents and community members!

The Geography Action! Community
http://ngsednet.org/ga Online Community will give educators a vast collection or resources to enhance students' understanding and appreciation of Africa.

II. POSTCARD CONTEST
Participate in HGA Annual GAW Postcard Contest.
Postcards must be postmarked by December 8, 2006.

See Postcard Contest Rules for information. To see postcards from the past years, go to: http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW.html and choose postcard winners.

III. T-SHIRT DAY
Encourage your students to wear a T-shirt that relates to the theme of Africa. Have the students explain why they selected that particular T-shirt and how it relates to the GAW theme. For a lesson, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW97/tshirt.html

IV. GIS Day
Explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS). What do the GIS users do with the data they collect? How do the agencies use the data for public lands?

Celebrate GIS DAY. Check to see who is using GIS near your school. The GIS users are everywhere. You will find them in private businesses, federal, state, and city agencies, or in many non-profit organizations.

To see past GIS Day events, go to
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gis00/gisindex00.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gisday2001/gisday2001.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gisday2002/gisday2002.htm

V. STEWARDSHIP
Wonder. Explore. Learn. Take Action! Ask zoo experts how you can help protect African wildlife.

Community Outreach - Have students create GA! related posters and have them displayed at shopping centers, libraries, school newsletters, etc. Encourage students to be a steward in the community by planning, organizing, and carrying through a plan of action.

VI. OTHER RESOURCES

FREE POSTERS

INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT
As an extension students can create additional questions and exchange these with classmates.

SPEAKERS
Invite speakers to share about their experiences living in Africa.

ARTICLES
Collect articles on Africa from the daily newspapers and/or magazines. Discuss.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
See the HGA website for a list of books that can be used with students.

http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW2006/Africabooks.htm

OTHER ONLINE LINKS

GAW REPORT - We would love to hear from you and your students. Use the attached Report Form or online Report Form to let us know about your classroom activities and celebrations. If you have created a GAW site on your school's website that HGA can link to, please contact HGA. Deadline for sending in the reports: December 20, 2006.

GAW SONGS - Includes GAW songs from 1996.

The Hawaii Geographic Alliance: UH Manoa, Dept. of Geography,
2424 Maile Way, Saunders 408,
Honolulu, HI 96822.
Phone: (808) 956-7698. Fax: (808) 956-3512.
Email: uhgeohga@hawaii.edu