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Site created and maintained by:
Fred Kunze and Jesse
Johnson
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Click on any piece of cave art below to return to the main Project Africa page.
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Site created and maintained by:
Fred Kunze and Jesse
Johnson
Director of MAGE
Dr. David Lanegran
Categorized Internet Links to Africa
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on this Africa icon anywhere
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Country Profiles: Country Profiles is an excellent starting point for finding information on any country. Countries are chosen from a pull down menu listed under their continent and the information is selected by clicking on one of the 12 topics.
Infonation:
Africa
InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view
and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States
of the United Nations. Select up to seven countries, then, select statistics
and other data fields to compare the countries.
Africa Geographicia
A nicely done site with one click links to pages on: Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire,
Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Sinai, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
African
Countries Homepages
Click on any country in the alphabetical list and you will go to what
the site says is the official home page of that country. However, the
format of every country page is the same, so I doubt that it is the "official"
page. Still, good information including maps.
African Countries
(country list)
Good information about each African country. Scroll below the map to get
at each country's flag like icon. Countries will provide a map, the embassy
link, information from World Factbook and other on line resources related
to that country. Nice basic place to shop for information.
Table
of Country Specific Links Nice, table generated, set of links
from UPenn.
U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies Scroll down for list of countries.
Country Name Changes: Learn of the many country name changes in Africa.
Ethiopia:
Land of Plenty
"Ethiopia: Land of Plenty is a presentation of OneWorld magazine,
and contains beautiful images and stories about the nation's past (e.g.
Sellassie vs. Mussolini), the land (e.g. Gelada Baboons), and the people
(e.g. Women in Power)."
Ghana
Research Sites
Maps, flags, on line tours, climate, geography, lessons and links at this
site.
Welcome to Nigeria
By anne Hoeper and Aaron Shields
Lessons, pictures and websites. About 30 lessons here for quick reviewal
and download. The pictures are particularly good and abundant. The list
of web sites includes Nigerians who provide insights (http://www.uni.edu/gai/Nigeria/Web_links/Nigerian_web_links.html)
Motherland Nigeria
by OLUBUNMI "BOOMIE" O.
This is a delighful, up-to-date site created by a Nigerian female who
maintains a web site with interesting information about Nigeria. The most
detailed map of Nigeria may be found at:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/CIA_Maps/Nigeria_19877.gif
Lots of things you might find elsewher on this web page, tons of pictures,
music, social information, history, government, and much more other good
information!
List of Nigeria specific sites (annotated) from OLUBUNMI
Africana Web Site
This is a general web site on Africa, but has several very nice features.
Among other good things, this web site has a history index for doing research
at different time periods. There is also a "This Day in Africana
History" tool.
Arab Views of African Countries
Click on the country flag to get in depth informtion about some of the
countries in Africa which are considered to be Arab. The navigation is
graphical, but most of the information is in text form.
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Cities and Urban Agglomerations
Africa
Cities.com
32 African countries haved cities in their database. A description of
cities with photographs. Also, look at the hottext links when you switch
countries. They change too, and lots more information on each country
(such as news reports) are available.
Great Cities of Africa
Much of what you will find here was written by the travel industry promoting
touring in Africa. However, once you select a city you will find some
text to click on which will display a slide show of the city.
Cities
and Architecture of Africa
All of the images you will see are copyrighted here, but if you just want
your students to view the variety of architecture on the continent this
is a great site! Lots of countries and images.
Africa Cities and Towns
This page is rich in information about most topics on most countries in
Africa! Not all of the links were operative in July of 2002, but it looks
like a great cyberspace in the making.
Cities Around
the World (Africa is first on the list)
Click on the name of a city to show a zoomable image centred on that city.
If it's night there, and you'd prefer to see the city by day, click the
"No night" box and press the Update button below the image.
Capital
Cities and States of Africa
A chart shows the country, capital city and the population. Click on the
country name and you will be taken to that country's homepage where a
lot more information mayh be found. This is a very good site for research.
United
Nations: Capital Cities and Cities over 100,000
Select the parts of Africa and then click on the country names to see
the population of the cities over 100,000, size of urban agglomeration
and the latitude and longitude of each city.
Principal Cities
and Agglomerations in Africa
Nice front page with flags and names to click on which reveal information
about each country.
Online
Word Search Puzzle of African Cities
Got time on your hands? You won't learn much, but you will be working
with African city names.
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Maps of Africa: This page has a pull down menu which will provide the user with a simple political map of each African country. Some cities are listed on the maps.
Africa Maps: Many types of maps from all of the countries! Courtesy of the great Perry-Castaneda library.
Africa Maps
This is a great site which allows the user to pick a variety of types
of maps about each country. In addition, you can see graphs and pictures.
Select maps which show the economy, roads, railways, airports, cities,
major towns, rivers and lakes and more.
Africa
Data Dissemination Service's Reference Maps
Maps of all the countries, the continent and the Greater Horn of Africa.
On Line Interactive
Map of Africa
This is a nice, large map of Africa which reveals the countries as you
run the mouse across a country.
Historical
Maps of Africa Over 20 maps beginning in 1808. From the great
Perry-Castaneda library. Historical Maps This is a section of the great
Perry/Castaneda Map Library out of the University of Texas. The general
Africa map section is located at:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html
The main page for the map library is at:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Make a Quick
Map
QuickMap makes basemaps. The user selects an area and country or world,
can zoom in for more detail.
Xpeditions
Atlas (from National Geographic)
A great map making site, easy to use, allows the user to select some level
of detail as well as the specific country. You may also enlarge the map,
print from your browser or "grab" the image for download.
How
Big Is Africa?
This is actually an advertisement for a large poster of the African continent
which compares several land masses to Africa. I haven't seen one quite
like this before and included the address for your perusal.
ERSI
Maps ERSI has a choropleth map-making page that allows for comparing
demographic info, including many of the world health indicators. It also
has other thematic and political maps. By zooming in on Africa, you get
a more specific legend and eventually the country names pop up. Otherwise
it is a great comparison
of the continent to the rest of the world (site
contributed by Project Africa seminarian Bob Manning).
Maps.com
Digital Maps of Africa
http://www.maps.com/cgi-bin/magellan/Maps___Africa
This commercial site has lots of digital maps. You can view the maps,
and they do have “maps.com” imprinted on them. A variety of
types of maps about Africa.
Cities
Countries Maps
Population Lessons WebQuests
Issues Aids
and Diseases Interactive Images
Other
World Population at Midyears (1950-2050)
International Population Data Bank: this U.S. Census Bureau site allows the user to choose how to rank countries by population. There are many African countries in the top 35.
Population Pyramids: this US Census Bureau site allows the user to choose the country and year to display colorful and dynamic population pyramids.
IDB
Summary Demographic Data
This page allows you to obtain summary demographic data and population
pyramids for one country. Select the country from a list. Then, view
table data or see a population pyramid. Scroll down after submitting
a query to view the multicolored population pyramids.
Aggregate Country Populations: this US Census Bureau site allows the user to choose the country and type of population data as well as the type of display. One type of display is spreadsheet friendly and can be downloaded for experimentation or for creating charts and graphs.
Data for Demographics from the MAGE web site.
Population
Growth 1970-2000
This is a nice site which shows the ranked countries and statistics
about them. Click on the country name for more information. Also, on
the frame at the left, click on additional topics.
Africa Population Data from the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Population
Statistics of Africa: 1992-1997
http://www.globalgeografia.com/africa_eng/africa_demographic.htm
The countries are listed and show: annual growth rate; birth rate; death
rate; life expectancy for male and female. The data for each is shown.
Major
Cities of Africa
http://www.globalgeografia.com/africa_eng/africa_cities.htm
The list shows cities of 500,000 and more. The data include the population
of the urban agglomeration and the country.
Area
of African Countries
http://www.globalgeografia.com/africa_eng/africa_sup.htm
This site shows the 53 African countries ranked by area, population
and population density. The data, country name and rank in Africa is
shown.
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Africa WebQuests
A "WebQuest" is a self-contained, interactive learning activity on the Internet. Students follow a set of directions which results in learning about a specific topic. WebQuests are self paced and contain the same essential parts:
Introduction
Task
Resources
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teachers interested in learning more about WebQuests may choose to visit
a site with training materials such as the San
Diego State University site. The links below are all existing
WebQuests about Africa. Where I could I have indicated the suggested
grade level.
African
Art on the Internet
A WebQuest from a high school in New York designed by a teacher.
"Today you will be taking an Internet field trip to explore several
galleries and museums specializing in the art of Sub-Saharan Africa.
The purpose is to explore and enjoy the many types of art produced throughout
Sub-Saharan Africa."
Aids and Africa Students try to identify the cause of the aids epidemic and create a plan to cure it.
A Visit to Africa A site created for middle school students.
Africa By....? Students plan a trip to Africa on a $20,000 budget.
Africa
Diseases
Students become team members who seek to find out about disease in Africa
and what can be done about it.
Africa
(for 6th grade) Developed at the Fox River Schools
Africa Issues: Look into the issues of contemporary African countries.
Africa
The Cradle of Civilization
Well developed site created by U.S. and South African students and advisers.
Amistad WebQuest Based on the well known story (now a movie).
Ancient
Egypt WebQuest
Elementary and middle students can now enjoy locating information on
Ancient Egypt! Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies,
Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and
Archeology.
Ancient Africa Explore the realms of long ago Africa via a WebQuest.
A
Journey Into Africa (WebQuest)
Africa WebQuest Here, you will find examples of WebQuests from all levels.
Africa WebQuest (another source)
Kenyan WebQuest Students create a report to convince the school board to send them to Africa as a learning experience.
Kingdoms
of the Medieval Sudan
"Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan" provides a narrative historical
overview of Mali, Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland before the modern
era, a hyperlinked glossary with pronunciation helps, and self-tests
on the history of these regions. The text is also accompanied by the
work of photographer Lucy Johnson.
Living
Africa
An educational site about Africa content areas which include people,
land, and the wildlife. Lots of topics, including a virtual safari,
electronic post cards, a Living Atlas, and take a Wildlife Conservation
Challenge.
Mali
to Mecca
A problem based WebQuest dealing with a 1324 leader named Mansa Musa
who makes the pilgrimage called the Hajj.
Mali WebQuest The achievements and challenges of Mali in seven parts.
South Africa WebQuest for grades 9-12. This site was designed by a college student for a class.
To Timbuktu--A Journey with Ibn Battuta
Zimbabwe WebQuest The achievements and challenges of Zimbabwe in seven parts.
Cities
Countries Maps
Population Lessons WebQuests
Issues Aids
and Diseases Interactive Images
Other
Environmental Issues About Africa
Forestry and Logging Issues
Forest Conservation
Portal
This is a great page with nothing but a LONG list links to forest conservation
(and a few other topics) in various parts of Africa. The larger site
is dedicated to conservation.
African
Environment
This site has a lot of topics, reports, papers and maps as well as specific
information about countires. An easy to use main page. Several pull
down menus. Select by country and by topic.
National
Geographic's sites on deforestation (click on title for main
site).
A nice "Eye
in the Sky" slide show (view the slides in your browser)
Online
Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps from Berkeley
List of Africa specific maps. Some are useful for high school, some
not. There are several ineractive maps, click on "Interactive Forest
Maps: Africa", as an example. The maps are nicely categorized by
country and region.
Central African Regional Program
for the Environment
This page deals with deforestation issues of the Congo Basin. Very busy
page with lots of text, topics links and pictures. Click on the "Congo
Basin News Stories" link at the bottom of the page, you'll next
see a long list of story headlines. Scan the list for stories about
logging and forest conservation.
Forests Monitor
This seems to me to be a very useful and easy to use page. Specific
African contries are listed: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Euatorial Guienea and Gabon. Five topics
on each country yeilds good information on forestry.
Logging
& the World Bank
Some text and pictures about the Congo only (for Africa).
World Rainforest Movement
Lists are categorized by Continent. Some of the pages are still under
development. There is a nice photo section organized by country.
Virtual
Field Trip to Ghana
This site has a specific part on preserving the forest in Ghana. One
screen of pictures and text. Part of a larger site with a map and more.
Mining Issues
Mining:
Overview of South Africa Mining Industry
A mostly text site with lots of information on all types of mining and
minerals, not only in South Africa.
Diamonds:
Forever or For Good?
This is a 24 page (Acrobat Reader) document by Ralph Hazleton on "The
Economic Impact of Diamonds in Southern Africa".
Conflict
Diamonds in Africa
The sub title of this article is "Human Securityh and the International
Diamond Trade in Africa". It deals with controlling diamonds as
fuel for continuing conflicts and war in Africa. A naviagation panel
on the left allows the user to focus on specific parts of the African
diamond industry.
Water and River Issues
Congo
River Basin ThinkQuest
Well done ThinkQuest from the 1998 competition. This project includes
more than forestery, several other environmental issues.
Web Sites to Explore About African
Environmental Issues
This is a lenthy list of annotated sites about a wide variety of environmental
issues related to Africa. I especially enjoyed the Lake Chad satellite
shots, maps and explanations which showed the environmental change going
on there.
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Internet Sources of Lessons About Africa
Note: please look at the "Lessons" page for lessons created by the 2001-2002 Project Africa Seminar.
Africa:
It is not a country (early grades)
Lesson plans for teaching about Africa in the early grades. These lessons
were created by preservice teachers at Utah State University under the
direction of Professor Deborah A. Brynes. There are close to 100 lessons
at this site. The lesson content runs the range from daily life, environment
to folktales, music, names and Apartheid, African slave trade, to name
a few.
Africa (grades 2-3-4) Developed by a student at Mankato State University.
Africa-Not
Just One Big Safarai (elementary)
A lesson plan with resources for elementary aged students about cities
in Africa.
African
Cities are Modern!
Lesson plan written for early elementary students.
Africa: Its people and places (grades 3-5) Nice lesson from DiscoverySchool.com
African Deforestation and Desertification World wide concerns in an African setting from Florida State.
Ancient African Civilizations
Ancient
Africa
Use the navigation bar at the top of the text area to select from nine
ancient topics.
Walk
Like an Egyptian
A Guide To Ancient Egyptian Religion and Philosophy by Ramona Louise
Wheeler. This site is particularly useful if some of your students get
involved with "old" Egypt. Well organized and easy to use
site.
Terry's
Egyptian Page
Some topics not found on most sites. Nicely designed. Informative as
well as games pages and links out. For example, there is a brief introduction
to glyph writing as well as an online game based on an ancient game.
One of the "History Ring" web sites.
Ancient
Egypt
Scroll down to the list of topics. Most pages have large graphics and
easy to read text.
Nubian Home Page Lots of links to good information about the ancient civilization which rivaled Egypt.
Kush and Axom Textual history of early Africa with some pictures thrown in of art and artifacts.
Songhay Not much text and no graphics here, but there is a "jump menu" to sites where most of the other early civilizations exist.
Other Internet Based Africa Lessons
What is it like to live in a village in Kenya? Six activities in this lesson from Florida State University.
Geography Lessons: Lessons from the Geography exchange. Use their search engine at the bottom.
Characteristics
of Africa (elem/mid) This is an introductory lesson. From Indiana
University.
Brochure
of African Countries (mid school) Detailed lesson from Indiana
University.
National Geographic Lessons Great site for maps and lessons. These sites are not Africa centric.
K-12 Africa Guide This is a K-12 comprehensive guide from the University of Pennsylvania.
State Department Africa site
Learning Site on Africa from Penn State
Digital Chart of the World from Penn State
Geography
Teacher Home Page (Brad Bowerman's Africa Links)
This site has perhaps 100 links to Africa topics. The site was developed
at a Lakeland High School, in Pennsylvania, by a teacher, Brad Bowerman,
and his students. At this site you can find links, crosswords, word
finds, quizzes, tutors, games, timelines, ThinkQuest project links
and much more! A great site for Africa!
Lessons Plan Page for Africa UPenn has yet another rich source for our perusal.
Africa:
An Introductory Look by Anna E. McEwan
This is a list of lessons. First page has a table of contents showing
the lessons. Some other resources such as downloadable activity sheets,
maps and stories.
Florida Geographic
Alliance's Africa Lesson (from the 1992 Academy)
Designed for 6th grade.
South African Embassy
in NYC
Best bet is to start by clicking on the navigation bar on the left
on "About South Africa". This site is a little slow to load.
Mr. Dowling's Africa Lessons
All of the lessons below were made by a teacher and consist of
very brief text with maps and images. It looks like a very good starting
point for 4th grade and up (better for middle school and up). The
pages also include the proper citation for documenting their uses
at the bottom of each page. The following Africa topics may be found
here and the short lessons connected to them:
Colonial Africa
This is a list of things a student should know about Africa.
Ancient Egypt
Use the navigation bar at the top of the text area to select from
six topics.
Prince Henry
the Navigator (Africa connections)
Maafa
This is a description of the triangular trade practice involving slavery.
Comparison Table of the Nations of the Middle East and North Africa This table may be sorted by clicking on the column headings in the table: Nation, Population, Area, Density, Arable, Muslim.
The Boers
Early settlers in South Africa.
Apartheid
Racial policy of an earlier South Africa.
Liberia
Only nation founded by former slaves.
Nelson Mandela
Modern leader.
David
Livingstone
The early explorer and missionary.
Africa
Today
Text, maps and descriptions about modern Africa. Use the navigation
areas above and below the text area to select among several topics.
The
Amistad Comes to Life! (Education World)
Lesson (mainly text description) and links. Several links have excellent
supporting materials (slavery timeline, map of the Mende Africans).
Scroll down and you will find numerous links to sites about slavery.
Southern
Africa Lesson Plans
This is an index page with links to four other major centers for studying
Africa. Some of these are excellent and loaded with a large number
of well developed lessons contributed by teachers at all levels. This
is one of the few lists where you can find quite a few lessons focusing
on cultural Geography of Africa.
Cities
Countries Maps
Population Lessons WebQuests
Issues Aids
and Diseases Interactive Images
Other
U.S.
Census Bureau: HIV/AIDS Country Profiles
Click on a country to get a PDF file which reports on the status of
AIDS in that country. I clicked on Nigeria, it has an 112K report
which opens up first in Acrobat Reader (this is a necessary, but you
probably already have it on your computer, utililty program which
is a free download). When your browser opens up Acrobat, you will
see buttons at the top which are normally not there. These allow you
to download the file or print the file, among other things. The Nigeria
document had a wide variety of factors in statistics and tables related
to AIDS status in 2000.
U.S.
Census Bureau: HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database Maps
A wonderful source of data in map or table form (also some links out).
At the set of maps, you may choose color or black and white. The black
and white are choropleth style maps. Maps and tables are about Africa,
but include some from elsewhere in the world as well. Topics include
high risk urban areas, high risk populations at various places in
Africa, incidence change among various test populations, as well as
other topics.
UNAIDS/WHO
Epidemiological Fact Sheet by Country
Extremely well organized site. Select a country from a list or select
a region by clicking on a map or a pull down menu. Africa is one of
the regions. At the next nicely organized screen, you may narrow down
the African countries by letter and then choose the country. I looked
at Nigeria, Acrobat Reader opened a 14 page document with colorful
graphs and text and tables.
AIDS
in Africa: Heartbreak and Hope
This site is sponsored by the Methodist Church. There are a lot of
resources here, not all only Africa specific, which are sometimes
hidden among the links. It has several links on the main page which
should be very useful. For example, an AIDS timeline from 1981 to
the present. The timeline is not a line, but descriptive text and
clickable text which allows the user to see articles from those years.
I clicked on 1981 and followed the link to a New York Times article
which described how doctors had discovered 41 cases of a "rare
cancer" in homosexuals. The user can also get streaming video
(with sound). I watched the first reports on aids at home on a high
speed DSL line and it worked great! School T-1 lines should handle
the streaming video as well. The user has a choice of RealPlayer or
Microsoft players (I used RealPlayer).
HIV/AIDS
in Africa: Socio economic impact and response ( UN AIDS commission)
This is an on line slide show with color maps and graphs. It comes
from the UN. The site was brought to my attention by Bob
Manning of the Project Africa Seminar.
AIDS
in Africa: Dying by the numbers
A better place to start might be at
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/
This is a very good site by CNN. It may be the best use of the Internet
I've seen on the AIDS topic. It has text, color, buttons with popups
which have facts and maps! There is even an 8 question quiz which
is graded once question at a time. Cclick on "Image Gallery"
to view a photo-narrated slide show. Click on "Quick Facts"
to see a map with lots of colorful data.
The
Highway Troubadour
HIV/AIDS is extremely widespread in West Africa and one of the groups
most at risk to contract this, and other STDs, is truck drivers. The
article deals with AIDS Control / AIDS in Mali - Djéli Dadoua.
This site has possibilities for use as a WebQuest research site.
Uganda
AIDS
This is a case study by a staff writer for African Odyssey. The town
is Malaba, Uganda and they follow a specific driver on a 13 day trip
in Uganda and other countries. It has video, pictures and maps in
addition to the "log" of the trip.
Doctors
for Life
World AIDS statistics. This is a good site for statistics. It has
a map. I was shocked to learn that 85% of Zimbabwe's army is HIV positive!
Role
of Mobile Populations in Spread of HIV
Targeting HIV-prevention efforts on truck drivers and sex workers:
implications for a decline in the spread of HIV in Southern Africa.
Be aware that this all text document has research statistics
which include % of drivers who don't use condoms, engage in anal,
and other topics!
Truck
Drivers in Zambia
This is a 60 page report on the social concern in PDF format. You
need Acrobat Reader (free download)
Southern
Africa Regional Program (HIV/AIDS)
Text and links to side issues about AIDS such as how it affects African
businesses. Access to graphs, maps, etc. to use in class ... it outlines
the main topics and is fairly brief.
Africa
Recovery
A story about AIDS programs in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Be aware
that one picture shows a female worker teaching truck drivers how
to put a condom on a fake penis. Could be a problem for 8th graders
and any students not properly introduced to this site. Also, a lot
of related issues of morality, cultural behaviors, etc. could be controversial
and have to be addressed cautiously.
Failure
of Fear
HIV-AIDS campaigns in Africa not working. This is a short article
based on a woman who traveled in Africa in 1995.
AIDS
in Cameroon is a 4 page PDF document summarizing the situation
in Cameroon. Statistics in a table.
Guinea Worm
Disease
This is a nasty disease that the Carter foundation is trying toeradicate
(Africa has over 90% of the instances). If accomplished, it will become
only the 2nd disease to have had that happen (smallpox). The main
site is at the Carter center. However, you can go directly to the
instructional site at:
http://www.cartercenter.com/guineaworm.html
Good use of color, text, photographs and animation to explain the
disease and how it works. Can you imagine having a 20 ft. long worm
in your body?
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Internet Interactive Activities About Africa
Ancient
Egypt Discover Case
Students work from an interactive case filled with interesting objects
to explore the World of the Pyramids. Elementary and Secondary. Click
the activities button and learn how to make a mummy or "Write
Like an Egyptian".
Africa
Information Center
A map of Africa and the use of "frames" to navigate makes
this site wonderful for students to get quick information about Africa.
African
Virtual Field Trips
Take your students on an image rich, virtual field trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro,
South Africa Mining, Kenya and more!
Africa
Interactive Map (Owl and Mouse Software Site)
This is a very nice map of Africa, in colors, which reveals the names
of the countries as the mouse is moved over them.
Africa:
ThinkQuest Nicely done site with images and a "Virtual
Safari".
African
Timelines (from Oregon Community College)
Timelines are divided into five parts: Ancient Africa, African Empires,
African Slave Trade & European Imperialism, Anti-Colonialism &
Reconstruction, Post Independence & Contemporary Trends. Each
timeline has information and graphics as well as links to art and
archeology.
CongoTrek
(National Geographic)
This is a beautifully finished off site from National Geographic!
It is based on the trek of Michael Fay while exploring and photographing
in the Congo for 15 months. The site includes animation, virtual reality
and sounds. You need Macromedia Flash Player (free download) and may
want more than a modem connection to fully appreciate the site.
Kenya Interactive Map (from Houghton)This is an excellent interactive map. One of the features is a language dialect map of Kenya. Roll your cursor over the Kenya map and click on hot spots. You will see pictures and text. Well worth your visit.
Kids
Africa (PBS)
Designed for younger students, a guide spider named Anasi leads students
through discovery activities in Africa.
Name
in Hieroglyphic
Enter your name and get an image back in hieroglyph.
On
Line Africa Games and Quizzes (see also the "Quizzes"
section on the navigation bar).
9 online activities ranging from an Africa Capitals Quiz to a pop-ups
game, a tutor, wildlife challenge, Mt. Kilimanjaro jigsaw puzzle and
various interactive maps. Middle school and secondary.
Africa
Links (Brad Bowerman)
This is a good set of links (about 30) to information, quizzes and
on line activities about Africa.
On
Line Geography Game (Gary Radley)
Menu allows quiz, tutorial, word game, holiday game and find game.
Good site.
World
Time Zone Map
This nice page from Maps. com shows a world map overlayed with time
zones. But, you also see 13 clocks ticking away displaying the local
time! You can compare those to your time. How many time zones does
Africa cover? Check it out here!
Atlas
of the World
This is a FREE, easy to use online world atlas. Click on Africa to
get to a map of Africa and a list of the countries of Africa on the
left. Then, click on any name of a country (or click on a country
on the interactive map).
East
Africa Living Encyclopedia
"The Teaching & Learning about East Africa" Project
(TLEAP) is a "living library"--a work in progress--of resources
for teaching and learning about East Africa and about Swahili, the
most widely spoken language of that region. The educational resources
are provided or recommended by East Africa experts on the faculties
of the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and Haverford
Colleges, and by Master Teachers of the School District of Philadelphia.
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The following sites were provided by Dave Hedenstrom
from the Project Africa Seminar
Daily Mail and Guardian newspaper from South Africa http://mg.co.za/
The AllAfrica site provides daily digest of news stories from all over Africa, by country or region http://allafrica.com/
Lessons on water in Africa for elementary, middle, and high school http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/
Annotation and Critiques of Children's Materials on Africa http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/specialprojects/africa_access/
The following sites were provided by Colleen Keen of Gustavous Adolphus College
South
African Newsletter is
a site(ImageIt) for South Africans and it has some wonderful images
on it.
Khayelitsha
is a site advertising a private bed and breakfast place in Khayelitsha,
Cape Town. Nice story.
Robben
Island/Mandela is the host site of the above and is Joel's
study abroad time in South Africa. Interesting stories and images. Good
Robben Island/Mandela site.
The following sites were provided by Kelly Swanson from the Project Africa Seminar
Africa online.com has broad based information about key topics in African countries, as well as links to other good Africa sites.
Degree
Confluence Project
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude
integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each
location. The pictures and stories are then posted. The following countries
of Africa have been visited and pictures posted: Benin, Botswana, Burkina
Faso, Cote d' Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Maruitania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zambabwe, Egypt
Africa
from Afar
Enjoy satellite views of Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, South Africa
and Tanzania on this main page. Click on "other countries"
to get to more images of other countries.
Clickable Map for South African Photos
Pics4Learning
This is an education-friendly site for copyright free pictures.
You will find a topic list with a wide variety of topics. A geography
section. A country section with some specific Africa countries
Houghton Mifflin Virtual
Field trips of Africa.
Below is the list of trips available. The trips vary in quality. Some
have very few images, mainly text.
Virtual Tour: The
Sahara
Above is the index page for information and some images about Africa.
Some countries and the Sahara are included. Easy to use navigation menu.
Below is the direct link to the Sahara address:
http://www.ontheline.org.uk/explore/nature/deserts/sahara.htm
The Sahara (PBS site)
http://www.pbs.org/sahara/index.htm
Typically nicely constructed site from PBS. Good images and general layout.
Morocco Photo Site rich in images
Morocco photos Images courtesy and © 2000 The Unitours Group, Annette Solyst, Tomasz Hilsberg and Tore Kjeilen/LexicOrient
Virtual
World Tours (includes a few African countries) Probably useful,
but be warned that this is a banner-rich commercial site. Scroll down
after you get to the address listed here to find the countries. Click
on the flag to see the flag only, click on the name to get to a encyclopedia-like
description of the country. A menu on the left provides a list of topics.
The slide shows are usually very short, but images are high quality.
Multimedia
Links for Africa U Penn's multimedia links for Africa contains
flags, music, maps, art, face masks and more for your classroom.
Photo
Field Trips to Madagascar and Ghana
An easy to use page with a navigation panel on the left. The panel includes
the "7 day" field trip (photos and text) as well as a map, background,
and a 3 minute video with sound (takes a couple of minutes even with a
high speed connection to download it).
Color
Tour of Egypt
Browse the sites by a clickable map or by selecting one of the 11 sites.
Site has not been updated since 1996.
Wonder of the African World
(PBS site)
Extremely attractive PBS site developed from personal experiences of Dr.
henry Louis Gates, Jr. . Includes some music, personal pictures of cultural
events and more. Well worth the visit.
PhotoScope
A great theme page in photo essays! Take a closer look at contemporary
Africa via five photo essays on: conlict; urban Africa; environment and
women. The environment section includes photos and text about forest issues.
Temples
of Egypt Visited Through Virtual Reality
http://www.bartneck.de/work/qtvr/egypt/
Temples of Egypt displayed via 360 degree virtual reality images of Karnak,
Luxor and five other sites.
Photographs
from Africa
http://www.globalgeografia.com/album_eng/album_africa.htm
The photos are selected by clicking on a country name. Only 8 choices
are listed and each choice has 4 to 8 photographs.
The
Earth from Space
http://www.globalgeografia.com/satellite_eng/satellite_earth.htm
Some very nice satellite images, several of Africa including the Horn,
Gibraltar Strait and others.
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Countries Maps
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and Diseases Interactive Images
Other
Africa Art Great clickable map of Africa which brings you to art from each African region.
Africa,
The Art of a Continent (Guggenheim)
Trail of Tears
(Rwanda Refugees)
Human Rights in
sub-Saharan Africa
Colorful, nicely done site in English and Spanish. The website "hopes
to guide you to some of the resources."
African Voices
A very polished site made by the Smithsonian Institute. Great use of graphics,some
automatic loading/navigation timelines, and much more. Their description
is, "African Voices is a permanent exhibition that examines the diversity,
dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over
time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment."
Africa for Visitors This about.com site is travel oriented but has a variety of topics and places.
Africa's
Weather (actually, any country's weather)
Select your country from an alphabetical list. Then, select a city or
location. The display provides a wide range of weather conditions over
a period of a day. Easy to make comparisons to other parts of the world
on a daily basis or over a longer weather period.
Principal
Rivers of Africa26 main14
http://www.globalgeografia.com/africa_eng/africa_rivers.htm
Twenty five of the major rivers in Africa are displayed with their length
and the countries they flow through. No other information is on this page.
Nelson Mandela This is a biography of Mandela. Mandela Resource Page A searchable resource about the life of Nelson Mandela. The Long Walk of Nelson Mendela Very well done site from PBS.
Ethnologue of Countries: This site provides maps and information on the languages spoken in countries. The user may choose Africa and then find the languages by clicking on specific countries.
African
Languages (K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the
Internet)
This section includes information about the spoken languages of Africa,
as well as linguistic analysis of some African languages.
Swahili
A table of common Swahili words with a pronunciation guide and the meaning
in English.
Africa
Today (from GeoTeacher)
News, issues, culture and information. Long list of links. Some annotated.
Many culturally oriented links.
Newspapers of Africa The site is organized by country. Click on a country and then go to any of the newspapers or web newspapers listed.
Africa South of the Sahara (from Stanford) General and regional indexes cover a broad range of topics, from art to weather. Maintained by the African Studies Association at Stanford University.
Virtual Game Reserve See African wildlife through the lenses of this company's waterhole cameras. Find out the latest news from the veldt.
afrika.no This is a major index for Africa links. It is made by a Norwegian studies group. Over 2,000 categorized links.
United Nations Economic Commission for the Development of Africa. Topics and links.
Stories
from Africa (This is elementary. Some of the lessons are K-2).
Stories and sounds and images about Africa.
Sounds and Sights of Africa Interactive, hear and see animals (mainly) of Africa.
African
Songs, Chants and Games
Text of several songs, chants and games.
African National Anthems Find all of the national anthems of the world here! You can test the songs by clicking on the titles. If you want the MIDI file downloaded to your computer, (on an Apple) Option+click and a dialog box will appear asking where to save it.
Read About Africa Lots of articles. Some are biased.
Enchanted
Learning: Africa
This target age range appears to be for middle elementary and up.
Africa
Links A pair of URLs which you may find useful. The first is from
the MAGErage page
which has a few annotated links. Also, the Africa onLine site below has
links and information which is focused on kids. http://lagos.africaonline.com/site/Africa/kids.jsp
Top
100 Africans of the Year
A list an narrative about what this person has achieved.
The
Living Africa
This is an extremely attractive ThinkQuest site. The site is about cultural
geography, including: population, ethnic groups, languages, religions,
pictures, cities and a multimedia gallery with great images and sounds.
Crime in
South Africa
Academic paper with nice graphs on how crime has changed over time in
South Africa. The PDF document opens in Acrobat Reader.
Costumes
and Artificats from different nations and times.
The address above will show a list of "plates" created by Albert
Kretschmer, a famous theatre designer. He was a painter and costumer to
the Royal Court Theatre, Berlin. There are some nice designs for Ancient
Egypt.
African City & Farming Development
There are four sites. In all cases the text consists of "raw notes"
but should be useful.
Click on any word below to see that links category
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