Ethnic-Studies-WJUSD - Unit 7- Africa, South of the Sahara

Major Concept (Unit/Theme) Unit 7 – Africa South of the Sahara		Week	Textbook Coverage:
Chapter/Section		Chapter Essential Questions
Chapter 20: Physical Geography of Africa South of the Sahara The Land Climate and Vegetation
Chapter Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
	fault	Rift valley Escarpment cataract desertification delta estuary Leach Savanna harmattan		Africa Map - Physical Africa Map - Political Proposal for "Highway across Africa" project
Chapter/Section		Chapter Essential Questions
Chapter 21: Cultural Geography of Africa South of the Sahara The Sahel East Africa West Africa Central Africa Southern Africa
Chapter Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
	Indigenous domesticate	Oral tradition patriarchal Clan Nuclear family sanitation Lingua franca Urbanization Service centers Pidgin Coup d’etat Apartheid Universal suffrage		African Story Map Assignment
Chapter/Section		Chapter Essential Questions
Chapter 22: The Region Today: Africa South of the Sahara The Economy People and Their Environment
Chapter Concept/Skill	Academic Language- Basic	Academic Language- Complex	Instructional Strategies	Chapter/Section Assignments
	Cash crop	Subsistence farming Shifting cultivation Sedentary farming Commercial farming Conservation farming Infrastructure e-commerce carrying capacity habitat extinction poaching eco-tourism
Unit Assignments
Assessment(s)	Cultural Connecting Project		Resources
	Global Poverty- Latin America, Asia, Africa		Reading Essentials 145-169 Cultural Differences- Sudanese - Video
Traditional Culture Case Study	Traditional Culture Case Studies African Tribalism Nigerians Rwandans Sudanese Zulu
Contemporary Culture Case Study	Good News for Elephants: How These Communities Reduced Poaching by 35 Percent