1. Hello! Sit at your new seat Today you will need: A writing utensil.
Field Notes.
Paper for taking notes.
Put 7th grade registration in your binder. Due 2/15.
Everything else on the ground.

2. Intro to Africa Day Two Open your DOP book to page 30-31.
Look at the United States on the Interrupted Projection on page 30.
Approximately how many United States do you think fit into Africa?
Let's try!

3. The True Size of Africa If you guessed 3, you are correct!
Since Africa has an area of 30,221,532 km2 (11,717,370 sq mi). and USA has an area of 9,826,630 km2 (3,676,487 sq mi).
This means that the USA will fit times into Africa.
The True Size of Africa

4. Myths Top 10 Myths Now it’s your turn:
Read the 10 Myths About Africa handout. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON IT.
On your notes, write the myth.
Under the myth, write the truth.
Let’s do the first together.
Myth – Africa is a country.
Truth – Africa is continent and home to 54 countries.

5. Closure
Put all lesson documents in the folder and in the middle of the text books.
Put your AFRICA MYTH notes in your Field Notes folder.
Put your FIELD NOTES folder on top of the text books.
Wait for further directions.
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