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Around the World Unit Study: Southern Africa Books

12/5/2017

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8 Great Books about Southern Africa! (Part of a neat Around the World Unit Study.) Calm Cradle Photo & Design
We took a delightful literary trip across Southern Africa last week with stops through Madagascar and South Africa. 

Madagascar captured my heart 14 years ago when I spent a summer there doing primate field research. Little did I know that years down the line, it would capture my kids' hearts too. By this point, between visits to and camp at my old stomping ground, the Duke Lemur Center, plenty of books and photos, and a healthy collection of stuffed lemurs, the girls now know as much as I do about Madagascar and conservation issues. But we still enjoyed spending a day reading and writing about one of our favorite places.

South African culture and wildlife also fascinated the girls. Since our cousin just spent the year working with great white sharks in South Africa, we thought it would be interesting to study great whites too. One day we hope to take a closer look at them...from an underwater cage.

Southern Africa (South Africa and Madagascar)

  • Ako the Aye-Aye (Madagascar) by Jolly
  • Madagascar Wildlife by Garbutt, Bradt and Schuurman
  • My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (South Africa) by Angelou
  • Nelson Mandela (South Africa) by Nelson
  • Sharks have Six Senses by Gibbons
  • Goal! (South Africa) by Javaherbin
  • Spotlight on South Africa by Kalman
  • Library books on great white sharks
Around the World Unit Study: Southern Africa. (Books about Madagascar and South Africa) By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Activities
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Identified and labeled Madagascar and South Africa on map. Explored Malagasy culture by studying paintings, fabrics, jewelry, crafts, photos and books. Wrote stories about lemurs. Wrote book reports on Nelson Mandela. Inspired by Ndebele women of South Africa in "My Painted House," beaded necklaces and painted our own house drawings. Used "My Painted House" for lesson on nouns and adjectives. Studied and painted pictures of great white sharks. Field trip planned to aquarium to see sharks.

Learn about my intro photography curriculum
Documenting Your World Through Photography: An Introductory Course for Elementary and Middle Schoolers
Around the World Unit Study: Southern Africa. (Books about Madagascar and South Africa) By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
More Around the World Book Lists
East Africa (Part I)
East Africa (Part II) and Central Africa
North Africa (Egypt)
Southern Africa
West Africa
The Arctic
​Antarctica

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Around the World Unit Study: Southern Africa. (Books about Madagascar and South Africa) By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
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Deborah Lustig
12/7/2017 12:55:16 pm

I love the top picture so much!
the new documentary Jane is fantastic. I think you will love it and it may very well be appropriate/engaging for Cricket (though you should probably watch it first to decide).

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