sst4-Africa

=Africa - South of the Sahara=


 * Regional Study**
 * [|Africa for Kids]
 * [|Atlas of Africa] from Wikimedia
 * [|Expert Africa]: plan a safari or holiday
 * //National Geographic//features:
 * [|Daily News]
 * [|Maps]
 * [|Travel: Africa]
 * [|Video] - see Music Video-Regions and Travel & Culture Videos
 * Library of Congress - [|Subsaharan Africa]
 * Data about Africa
 * [|The Geography of Kenya] - scroll down for a climograph
 * [|Journey to Africa] - includes climographs and desertification in the Sahel


 * Historical Perspective**
 * [|African Voices] (Smithsonian)
 * [|The Story of Africa] (BBC): African History from the Dawn of Time
 * [|Wonders of the African World] (PBS)
 * [|The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade]


 * Anansi the Spider, African Folk Tales, etc.**
 * [|Anansi Stories]
 * [|West African Folk Tale]s from LibriVox.com
 * [|Motherland Nigeria Stories]
 * African Cultural Center: [|Folktales]
 * [|The Elephant's Child] by Rudyard Kipling from [|Just So Stories]


 * Current Events**
 * Click here [[|africa_sos_current_events.pdf]] for the classroom presentation describing this project.
 * Use these sites for your research:
 * Current News: [|BBC: Africa] | [|CNN: Africa] | [|Africa Sun News] | [|allAfrica.com] | [|Google News] (select region)
 * Recent News: [|CIA World Factbook: Africa]| [|National Geographic: Africa] | [|World Atlas: Africa]


 * Other links**
 * [|Africa DVD Set] from //National Geographic//and PBS' Nature
 * [|Home page] from PBS to support the video series
 * [|African Studies Center: K-12 Online Programs]
 * [|The African Concert] - Paul Simon's Graceland tour in Zimbabwe. Topic: [|apartheid (listen at NPR)]