Africa Resources: Lesson Plans - Teaching The World

Teaching the Ancient World: NCSS Poster

by East Asian Studies Center (The Ohio State University) | Nov 18, 2024 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, International, Latin America, Lesson Plans, Middle East, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies

Teaching the Ancient World Resources: Ancient Celts: Classroom/Teacher Resources Ancient World Poster - Celts Ancient China: Teacher Resources Classroom Resources Ancient World Poster - China Ancient India: Teacher Resources Classroom Resources Ancient World Poster -...

Confronting Apartheid Textbook

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, Book, For Teachers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, International, Lesson Plans, Resources, Social Studies

A free, open access textbook on the history of struggle against apartheid developed jointly by the African Studies Center and Facing History and Ourselves. Click here to learn more about this textbook!

What continent is it? Lesson/Activity

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, Arts, For Teachers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades k-5, International, Lesson Plans, Literature, Online Resource or Webpage, Social Studies, STEM, World Languages

Help your students questions the assumptions they have about Africa using a simple photo viewing activity. For more information about this activity, check out this link here!

Teaching about Africa: Where to start?

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, Arts, For Teachers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades k-5, International, Literature, Online Resource or Webpage, Resources, Social Studies, STEM, Subject, World Languages

Want to know where to start when teaching about Africa in the classroom? Check out this website here to learn more!

What Teachers Need to Know Podcast

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, Arts, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades k-5, International, Lesson Plans, Literature, Online Resource or Webpage, Resources, Social Studies, STEM, World Languages

Are you look for an engaging and curated resource to share with your students this year? Check out our newest episodes of “What teachers need to know – Africa Edition” developed by Primary Source, in collaboration with Boston University’s African Studies Center. The...

The Gold Road Interactive Map

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, For Teachers, Grade Level, International, Lesson Plans, Online Resource or Webpage, Resources, Social Studies

The Gold Road Interactive Map highlights the people, places, and items related to the medieval Sudanic empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. Gold, the region’s most valuable resource, moved along regional and trans-Saharan routes reaching as far north as France. The...

How Big is Africa? Poster & Curriculum

by africabuedu | Mar 20, 2024 | Africa, For Teachers, Grade Level, Images, International, Lesson Plans, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies

The African Studies Center K-16 Education Outreach Program at Boston University has produced some award-winning educational materials for all age ranges–including adults. Below are the materials available for purchase. The How Big is Africa poster invites all students...

Lessons from Morocco

by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plans, Literature, Middle East, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, Subject

Teacher-produced lessons about life, government, and Jewish-Muslim coexistence in Morocco. These lessons were developed as part of a 2017 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Morocco. Lessons from Morocco

Global Views of COVID 19

by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, For Teachers, Latin America, Middle East, Recorded Lecture, Resource Type, Resources, South America, South Asia, Western Europe

This series of presentations took place during the height of the pandemic and explored differing experiences and responses around the world. Global Views of COVID 19

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Middle East, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, South Asia, Subject

Follow Ibn Battuta's extensive travels! This site features descriptions, maps, quoted excerpts from his account, images of featured locations, and suggested student activities. The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Monomyth: Hero’s Journey Project

by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, East Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Literature, Online Resource or Webpage, Resource Type, Resources, South Asia, Subject

Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, developed in Hero With A Thousand Faces, describes the common heroic narrative in which a heroic protagonist sets out, has transformative adventures, and returns home. It is a useful formula for comparing literary traditions across time and...

What Do Historians Do?

by oriasatucb | Nov 21, 2023 | Africa, Asia, Europe, For Students, For Teachers, Grades 9-12, Latin America, Mexico, Recorded Lecture, Resource Type, Resources, Social Studies, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands, Subject, Western Europe

Interviews with six different historians. They describe what they love about history, how they define history, details about their job, and how the study of history can change people's lives. What Do Historians Do?