African and South African Links Pagee
(Scroll down the page for lesson plans)

General African Links:
Aardvark (an African Internet search engine)
Afrol.com (Your portal to Africa!)
History of Africa (World History Archives)
African Geography

Africa (a long list of links)
Africam
Africa: Country-Specific Information
All Africa.com (a good source for news and information)
The Africa Quiz (an on-line African geography quiz)
Africa South of the Sahara
An Abstract History of Africa South of the Sahara
African Diaspora (A brief overview)
Exploring the African Diaspora (More information than the above site)

South African Links:
South African Embassy in Washington D. C.
South African Internet Resources (a well-indexed directory)
Countries: South Africa (information on a long list of topics)

Links2Go: South Africa
Museums Online: South Africa
South African Apartheid (history, timeline, etc.)
A Brief History of South Africa (an excellent site)
A South African Timeline
Project Cape Town (a multimedia project on integration in South African schools)
Spotlight on Parliament (information on South Africa's Parliament)
African National Congress (homepage of the majority political party in South Africa)
The Mandella Page (information and resources for Nelson Mandella)
Desmond Tutu - A Man with a Mission

Lesson Plans and Units for Teaching About Africa:
African Studies: K-12 Educational Resources
Resources, units, and lesson plans.
Africa: It's not a Country
A large collection of elementary lesson plans.
Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds
A nice collection of lesson plans and resources for a variety of grade levels. 
African Geography and Culture
One of the categories of lesson plans from Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds.
Africa
A lesson for grades 4-6 in which students locate geographical features on a map of Africa.
African Geography
A high school lesson plan.

African Geography
Another high school lesson plan. This one is designed to introduce French students to Francophone Africa.
The Sahara Desert
An early elementary lesson plan in which students create a watercolor picture of the Sahara Desert and label it.
Rivers of Africa
Six lesson plans for the 6th grade.
The Seven Natural Wonders of Africa
Another early elementary lesson.
South African Apartheid
A high school lesson plan.
Appreciating Freedom: An End to Apartheid in South Africa
A 2nd-grade lesson plan.
South Africa: The Day the Apartheid Ended
A lesson plan for the primary or intermediate grades.
Indian Migration to South Africa and the Struggle Against Racial Discrimination
A lesson plan from National History Day.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
An on-line simulation.
Early African Kingdoms
A 4th-grade lesson plan.
Deep in the Bush Where Teachers Rarely
A lesson plan on African folktales for grades 4-6.
The 19th Century World
A secondary lesson on colonial rule of Africa by European nations.
What is Currency? Lessons from Historic Africa
Three lesson plans for grades 3-8.
Unfolding the Mystery of Timbuktu
A 6th-grade unit examining the the history of the ancient African city of Timbuktu.
Countries of Africa
An Internet-based high school lesson plan.
What Is It Like to Live in a Village in Kenya?
Sixth-grade lesson plans. For other lesson plans on specific African countries, click here, then scroll down the page.
Oral Traditions in Africa
A lesson that can be adapted to a variety of grade levels.
African Safari
An Internet-based lesson.
African Animals: Can They Survive?
Seven lesson plans for 6th grade.
African Deforestation and Desrtification
More lesson plans for 6th grade.
Africa Falls Prey To H.I.V.
A lesson plan for grades 6-12.
African Art
An elementary lesson plan on African masks, shields and "Kente" Placemats.

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