1. Pre-Class: From our last class, identify similarities between the solutions generated for the challenges that Africa is facing today.

2. Changing Patterns of Life Ch. 5 Section 3 Pg. 117-122

3. Objective  Analyze the impact of modernization on African society.

4. Issues 1.Formal education is minimal for many African people. 2.Employment opportunities are scarce in many urban areas of Africa. 3.Decent housing is not available for many African people. 4.African people need more and better health care. 5.Many African women do not have legal equal rights.

5. Directions: After reading pages 117-122, students will discuss the issue assigned to their group, and suggest ways their issue might be addressed. That means how might Africans deal with these issues. 1.Explanation of the issue. (factual support, details, examples) 2.Several clearly thought out suggestions to address the group’s issue. Be prepared to defend the feasibility of your suggestions 3.Each group must turn in a write-up of both their explanation and their suggestions. Put the issue and all group members’ names on the paper.

6. Issues Issues (page 117-122) 1.Formal education is minimal for many African people. 2.Employment opportunities are scarce in many urban areas of Africa. 3.Decent housing is not available for many African people. 4.African people need more and better health care. 5.Many African women do not have legal equal rights. 6.Formal education is minimal for many African people.

7. Directions: After reading pages 117-122, students will discuss the issue assigned to their group, and suggest ways their issue might be addressed. That means how might Africans deal with these issues. 1.Each group must turn in a write-up of both their explanation and their suggestions. Put the issue and all group members’ names on the paper. 2.Explanation of the issue. (factual support, details, examples) 3.Several clearly thought out suggestions to address the group’s issue. Be prepared to defend the feasibility of your suggestions.

8. 1.Changes brought by urbanization  New urban elite made up of Africans in high status jobs  Nuclear families are replacing traditional extended families  Influence of westernization on young people

9. 2. Why some Africans oppose westernization  It places the individual and material objects before the good of the community

10. 3a. What are women’s lives changing?  Women have gained the right to own and inherit property  Polygamy and bride prices (wealth) have been outlawed  Women have taken jobs as clerks, salespeople, bankers, and high-level government workers  Girl Rising Clips – Ethiopia and Sierra Leone

11. 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

12. 4. How education leads to social change?  Raises literacy rates  Teaches people job skills  Encourages national unity

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

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

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