Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Africa and African Countries: Resource List


The following are resources I've found related to African and African countries.   Mostly it's free online resources.

I haven't used all of these resources personally. I'm not an expert on this topic, and nor do I have a cultural or ethnic heritage related to Africa, so I wouldn't be the best person for a "best of" list.   This is just a "what I've come across" list.  I'm compiling this because I feel like Africa is a region of the world that wasn't given enough attention in my own education, and I have tried to give my children more knowledge of Africa than I have.   

When the pandemic first hit and many parents were suddenly home with their children and looking up resources to homeschool (or just do something educational with their kids until they were back in school), I made a Africa Unit Study with the idea that maybe some parents would use this while their kids were home.  Since then I've collected more homeschooling/educational resources on this topic and needed a separate post to share them.   Enjoy.


Note that this is a mix of secular, neutral, and Christian curriculum.  I've tried to mark if the curriculum is religious, but may have missed some, so make sure to preview before using if you want to avoid religious or non-religious materials.

KEY TERMS

BOOK STUDY:   These are resources intended to be paired with a book related to Africa.  The book is usually not included (but libraries often have them).  I will try to put more info about the book after the link.

LAPBOOK:   A homemade book about a topic, often to be put together in a folder or notebook.

UNIT STUDY:  A topical study, often incorporating various subjects in a way that ties them back to the main topic.   Can be as short as one day, or as long as a year or more.




GENERAL

Africa Unit Study by Imaginative Homeschool (Me!)

Africa Unit by Adventures in a Messy Life
(I've included her individual country units in the Country section below, but at this link new African country studies will be shared here as she completes them).

Africa Countries Color by Number (Multiplication)

Free sample pages from Geography Through Art
These have a few African crafts.  Christian curriculum.


REGIONAL


WEST AFRICA


BY COUNTRY


Algeria


Angola

Central African Republic

  • Free sample pages from Geography Through Art
    (On pg 12, numbered 30, they have a craft related to butterfly art which is done in the Central African Republic and several other African nations, not mentioned.   I suggest also taking a look at this page to see examples of this art.)

Benin


Botswana

 

Burkina Faso


Burundi


Cameroon


Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)


Djibouti


Egypt
Note:   I've included some resources on modern Egypt, but am not including resources on Ancient Egypt here because there is SO MUCH available and it would take up too much of the page.


Eritrea


Ethiopia


Ghana


Kenya


Malawi

Morocco


Somalia



Tanzania

  • Ready to Read:  On the Savanna,  by Gather Round Homeschool
    Christian curriculum mixing geography and phonics lessons, themed around the African Savanna.   This is a single sample lesson from a larger unit, and covers Tanzania, and the phonics concepts of ar vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.   The Tanzania material could be used separately from the phonics material.


If you know of other resources that should be on this list, please leave me a comment about them.  Thanks!

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