You can read about some of the books set in Africa I read before First Son did this study.
First Daughter will be reading Safari Journal, Listening for Lions, and A Gift from Childhood. Because she has a tendency to read more than I've assigned, I expect her to finish the three books quickly so I've also listed Mamba Point and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition) (written about later on the blog) as optional books at the end.
[UPDATE June 2020: I have written a master lesson plan for The Geography Coloring Book to avoid assigning the same map in multiple years as much as possible. I'll leave First Daughter's assignments below, but here is the Africa Mapping Lesson Plan for the master list.
These mapping activities can be used with any of the Africa readings. They do not follow a particular schedule. At this age, the student could be encouraged the read the paragraphs for each country as they color.
First Term
Lesson 1
Algeria and Chad on p. 39
Lesson 2
Egypt and Libya on p. 39
Lesson 3
Mali and Mauritania on p. 39
Lesson 4
Morocco and Western Sahara on p. 39
Lesson 5
Draw the border between Sudan and South Sudan and color both on p. 39
Lesson 6
Niger and Tunisia on p. 39
Lesson 7
Benin and Burkina Faso on p. 40
Lesson 8
Cape Verde and Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on p. 40
Lesson 9
The Gambia and Ghana on p. 40
Lesson 10
Guinea and Guinea-Bissau on p. 40
Lesson 11
Liberia and Nigeria on p. 40
Lesson 12
Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo on p. 40
Second Term
Lesson 13
Angola and Cameroon on p. 41
Lesson 14
Central African Republic and Congo on p. 41
Lesson 15
Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea on p. 41
Lesson 16
Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe, and Zambia on p. 41
Lesson 17
Burundi and Djibouti on p. 42
Lesson 18
Eritrea and Ethiopia on p. 42
Lesson 19
Kenya and Rwanda on p. 42
Lesson 20
Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda on p. 42
Lesson 21
Botswana and Lesotho on p. 43
Lesson 22
Madagascar and Malawi on p. 43
Lesson 23
Mozambique and Namibia on p. 43
Lesson 24
South Africa, Swaziland (now eSwatini), and Zimbabwe on p. 43
Third Term
Lesson 25
Congo River on p. 38
Lesson 26
Gambia and Limpopo Rivers on p. 38
Lesson 27
Niger River on p. 38
Lesson 28
Nile, Blue Nile, and White Nile Rivers on p. 38
Lesson 29
Orange and Senegal Rivers on p. 38
Lesson 30
Ubangi and Zambezi Rivers on p. 38
Lesson 31
Lakes Albert, Chad, and Edward on p. 38
Lesson 32
Lakes Kivu, Malawi, and Turkana on p. 38
Lesson 33
Lakes Tana, Tanganyika, and Victoria on p. 38
Lesson 34
Atlas Mountains on p. 38
Lesson 35
Drakensberg Mountains on p. 38
Lesson 36
Ethiopian Highlands and Ruwenzori on p. 38
There are 23 lessons using the Geography Coloring Book. I'm scheduling them separately from the novels but concurrently, so she'll read once a week and map once a week (but not on the same day). There are alternative ways to schedule out the lessons, however.
- Spread out some of the coloring so fewer countries are colored on a given day.
- Alternate the coloring book with readings from your selected novels.
- Including assignments to trace or freehand draw maps of the areas using the coloring book.
- Add some tests or exams where the student would label a provided map.
We also use the Concise Atlas of the World, but any atlas you have at home would work.
Lesson 1
Find the newest country in Africa on p 111 of the Concise Atlas of the World. Draw the changes on the maps in The Geography Coloring Book on pages 37, 38, and 39.
Lesson 2
Read the instructions on how to color the maps in The Geography Coloring Book on the pages before p. 1: How to Use and Color This Book, What the Symbols Mean, A Glossary of Geographical Terminology.
Lesson 3
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Northern countries on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries). Be sure to color South Sudan a different color than Sudan and add it to the list.
Lesson 4
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Western countries on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries).
Lesson 5
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Central countries on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries).
Lesson 6
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Eastern countries on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries).
Lesson 7
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Southern countries on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries).
Lesson 8
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Colonial Africa map on p 37 with light colors (see instructions under Africa: The Countries).
Lesson 9
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Principal Rivers on p. 38 folowing the instructions under Africa: The Physical Land.
Lesson 10
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Principal Lakes on p. 38 folowing the instructions under Africa: The Physical Land.
Lesson 11
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Principal Mountain Ranges on p. 38 folowing the instructions under Africa: The Physical Land.
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Principal Mountain Ranges on p. 38 folowing the instructions under Africa: The Physical Land.
Lesson 12
Geography Coloring Book - Color the Land Regions map on p. 38.
Lesson 13
Geography Coloring Book - Color Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, and Mauritania on the map on p. 39.
Lesson 14
Geography Coloring Book - Color Morocco, Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara on the map on p. 39 (Don't forget South Sudan.)
Lesson 15
Geography Coloring Book - Color Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, and Ghana on the map on p. 40.
Lesson 16
Geography Coloring Book - Color Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo countries on the map on p. 40.
Lesson 17
Geography Coloring Book - Color Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Congo on the map on p. 41.
Lesson 18
Geography Coloring Book - Color Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, and Zambia on the map on p. 41.
Lesson 19
Geography Coloring Book - Color Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia on the map on p. 42.
Lesson 20
Geography Coloring Book - Color Kenya, Rwanda Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda on the map on p. 42.
Lesson 21
Geography Coloring Book - Color Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, and Malawi on the map on p. 43.
Lesson 22
Geography Coloring Book - Color Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe on the map on p. 43.
Lesson 23
Concise Atlas of the World - read p 102-105. Look at the maps on p 106-107. Narrate orally.I have received nothing in exchange for this post. Links to Bookshop and Amazon are affiliate links.
