West Africa Geography April 8, 2015. Let’s Decorate! Drawing of your flag- make it BIG! Name of country Using your iPad, research 5 facts about your country.

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West Africa Geography April 8, 2015

Let’s Decorate! Drawing of your flag- make it BIG! Name of country Using your iPad, research 5 facts about your country and put them on the back.

Alfan- Cape VerdeIsabella- Algeria Braden- BotswanaDiego- Cote d’Ivoire Bruce- The GambiaMalcolm- Guinea Bissau Zavyer- Sierra LeoneJessica- Somalia Emilee- SenegalHannah- Mauritania Spencer- GuineaGabe- Liberia Rayne- MaliJarreth- Ghana Eric- Burkina FasoCarter- Nigeria Ryan- TogoBritney- Niger Emily- BeninBasim- Sierra Leone Lauren- EgyptLola- Kenya Brook- MoroccoJacob- Rwanda

Nicole- SwazilandPaige- Seychelles Sarah- BurundiVivian- Zambia Matt B- CameroonLaura- Angola Braydyn- KenyaKyra- Somalia Hanna- SenegalEmma- Mozambique Grace- CongoMatt- Liberia Dom- MalawiErin- The Comoros Marissa- MauritiusLilly-Uganda Rachel- Sao TomeMegan- Algeria Jared- SudanSammy- Nigeria Spenser- TanzaniaLiam- Mali Yosef- Ethiopia

Johannesburg City, South Africa

Lagos, West Africa

Africa (my guess)Africa (actual #)Canada Population Area Price of McDonalds combo$8.50 Price of a bag of apples (1kg)$3.29 Price for a movie ticket$12.00 Price for rent of a one bedroom apartment (in the middle of a city) $1019/month

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. How far to the North and South of the Equator does Africa stretch? Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. How far to the North and South of the Equator does Africa stretch? Africa stretches about km north and south of the Equator. Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. How far to the North and South of the Equator does Africa stretch? Africa stretches about km north and south of the Equator.\ What does “Sub-Saharan” Africa mean? Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. How far to the North and South of the Equator does Africa stretch? Africa stretches about km north and south of the Equator.\ What does “Sub-Saharan” Africa mean? Sub-Saharan Africa means is the region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Sub-Saharan Africa is divided into 4 regions: 1) East Africa 2) West Africa 3) Central Africa and 4) Southern Africa. Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Read Pages Objective: to identify, locate, and map West Africa; to list examples of its major geographical features. How does Africa compare to North America and the other continents? Africa is 2nd largest in both size and population; only Asia is larger. North America is 3 rd in size. How far to the North and South of the Equator does Africa stretch? Africa stretches about km north and south of the Equator.\ What does “Sub-Saharan” Africa mean? Sub-Saharan Africa means is the region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Sub-Saharan Africa is divided into 4 regions: 1)East Africa 2) West Africa 3) Central Africa and 4) Southern Africa. Africa has 54 countries and more than languages! Name _____ Lesson #1 - The Location Gr. 6__ And Geography of Africa

Group Teaching Land Climate Rivers and Lakes Population Density Fauna

6A LANDCLIMATERIVERS & LAKES POPULATION DENSITY FAUNA Group 1 AlfanHannahJarrethLaurenBasim Group 2 IsabellaEmilieeSpencerRyanJacob Group 3 BradenJessicaEricCarterBrook Group 4 DiegoZavyerGabeBritney** Group 5 BruceMalcolmRayneEmilyLola

6/7B LANDCLIMATERIVERS & LAKES POPULATION DENSITY FAUNA Group 1 SarahLillyJaredSpenserMegan Group 2 Matt BMatt MErinLauraEmma Group 3 BraydynKyraLiamMarissaSammy Group 4 DomHannaNicoleYosef*** Group 5 RachelVivianGracePaige***

Your Task Read the paragraph you have been assigned. After ~5 minutes, share what you read with your group. As a group, create a page of notes. Feel free to use text and illustrations. This will be photocopied and used while studying for your quiz.