1. Changing Patterns of Life
Ch. 5 Section 3 Pg

2. Objective Analyze the impact of modernization on African society.
Flag Activity

3. Illustrate the changes
Political Cartoons
Create a political cartoon on two of the following topics: (pages 117 – 122)
Growth of Cities & Effects of Urbanization
Women’s Lives
Rural Patterns
Schools and Universities
Illustrate the changes
Cartoon must connect to textual evidence
Back of Cartoon
Letter choice
description of cartoon and its meaning
give pages #’s

4. Issues Formal education is improving for many African people.
Employment opportunities can be scarce in many urban areas of Africa.
Decent housing is not available for many African people.
African people need more and better health care.
Many African women have more legal rights than in the past.

5. 1.Changes brought by urbanization
New urban elite made up of Africans in high status jobs = less arranges marriages
Nuclear families are replacing traditional extended families = weakening of bonds
Growing middle class = education
Influence of westernization on young people
Greater opportunities/choice/freedoms
Better infrastructure
westernization

6. 2. Why some Africans oppose westernization
Lose of culture/tradition
It places the individual and material objects before the good of the community

7. 3a. How are women’s lives changing?
Education and Training
Women have gained the right to own and inherit property
bride prices (wealth) have been outlawed
Women have taken jobs as clerks, sales people, bankers, service industry and high-level government workers
Rural women still traditional ways for basic tasks
Girl Rising Clips – Ethiopia 9:30 and Sierra Leone 7:10

8. 3b. How do traditional ways still shape their lives?
In rural areas, women are still the main food producers
Take care of basic family needs
Help husbands grow cash crops
Women prepare food in traditional, time-consuming ways

9. 4. How education leads to social change?
Raises literacy rates
Teaches people job skills = increase wage
Encourages national unity
More choice for women

10. 5. Changes taking place in Africa societies
Rapid modernization has made young people think that technology is more important than people

11. Causes of Cultural Change
Urbanization
Population Explosion
Economic Development
Westernization
Technology
Education

12. Videos Kenya's luxury housing boom 5:00
Portrait of a Nation: Ghana 27:00
Modernization Channel Link
Lagos – Ondo
Ted Talks
The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it 13:00
Africa’s Next Boom13:00 and activity link
Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa
A bath without water – 5:13
My invention that made peace with lions – 7:20
Article: Is the sun rising on an African solar revolution?
Article: Power to the Powerless article.pdf
Tanzania's Biggest City Finds Success With Region's First Bus Rapid Transit System 4:00 NPR