1. Creating Sustainable Development: Economic Challenges
LG4: Analyze how economic activities in Sub-Saharan Africa affect levels of development in the region.

2. Learning Goal 4 Question of the Day: Geographic Terms:
What advantage would coastal countries of West Africa have over countries of the Sahel?
Geographic Terms:
microbusiness, microcredit, commodity

3. Economies at & since Independence
Types & challenges
Economies at & since Independence

4. Economies: at Independence
Weak Economies
One Commodity Economies
Lack of Infrastructure
Lack of educated & skilled workforce

5. Economies: Resource-Driven in Primary Activities

6. Economies: Policies & Development
Lack of Policies
Limited access clean water
Desertification
Lack of economic development
Deforestation

7. Economies: Types Traditional Market Still found in rural areas
Cottage industries
Subsistence farming
Nomadic pastoralism
Much of population still engaged in this system
Market
Found in more urban areas
Strongest economies operate under this
Market-oriented agriculture
Cash crops
Commercial industry
Not common to all countries

8. Economies: Types Traditional Market Still found in rural areas
Cottage industries
Subsistence farming
Nomadic pastoralism
Much of population still engaged in this system
Found in more urban areas
Strongest economies operate under this
Market-oriented agriculture
Cash crops
Commercial industry
Ex.) South Africa

9. Economies: Processes Needed for Commercial Industry
variety and availability of raw materials
stable governments
better infrastructure
Ex.) South Africa
coal for energy
investment capital
large pool of cheap labor

10. Economies: Africa’s HDI Ratings

11. A document analysis practice
Economic Challenges

12. Economic Challenges DBQ rotations
Doc S O A P T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10 groups
Supplies: document stations, writing utensil, spiral, your brain 
Directions:
You will rotate through the 10 document stations around the room.
At each station, your small group will analyze the document.
You will have 3 minutes at each station.

13. Economic Challenges DBQ Pre-write Practice
Prompt: Analyze how economic activities in Sub-Saharan Africa affect levels of development in the region.
Thesis:
Answers prompt
Makes an argument
Shows critical thought
Introduces topics
BP#1:
TS:
Documents:
BP#2:
BP#3:
POV Analysis:
Break down the prompt
Create BP topics/concepts
Organize documents into BP topics/concepts
Write topic sentences
Analyze POV (point of view)
Write thesis
Peer critique

14. Resource-Driven Economies & Conflict
The role of resources as a driver of conflicts
Resource-Driven Economies & Conflict

15. “Managing Africa’s Resources: Oil, Diamonds, and Death”
Governments
Corruption
Transparency
Management of Resources
Control
Security
Historical Influences
Europeans
Cold War
“Managing Africa’s Resources: Oil, Diamonds, and Death”
Read the article actively
Highlight/underline
Create notes using the topics in the graphic organizer to the right
After you read
Country examples would be nice
You have 20 minutes
Discuss

16. Learning Goal 4 REflections

17. Economic Activities & Development
Learning Goal 4
Economic Activities & Development
Types of Activities
Economic Challenges
Role of Resources
Write a summary paragraph about how economic activities influence the level of development in Africa.