The True Size of Africa

The True Size of Africa: "

Africa is the world’s second-largest continent (Asia is #1), but gauging the actual size of something that seems so far away can be difficult. Fortunately, Greg Ousuri has created this incredible visual aid to help put the mind-boggling size of the land mass into perspective. It is fascinating to see that the U.S., all of Europe, China and Japan still don’t fill up the entire surface area of the continent. Personally, I was shocked to see that Madagascar is around the same size as the entire U.K.

It would be interesting to see a few different models that contain other countries, such as Russia, Canada and Mexico.

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Next Monday **Be Sure to Bring Things Fall Apart**

I will not be in school on either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Please make the most of the periods with the substitute to review the material you have read on the scramble for Africa, as well as the effects of and response to the scramble among the native peoples of Africa. The activities I have provided for the subs are exactly the same as those I had planned to teach myself-- these are not simply time-fillers.


***Be sure to bring the book Things Fall Apart to class on Wednesday***

See handout #26 for information on Monday's Africa Test. This test WILL COUNT for the 1st quarter, so it provides a chance for some of you to boost your grade significantly.

As always, you can contact me via email or by commenting on this blog. Comments will go directly to my email but have the added benefit of being available to everyone in the class-- any questions you have are probably questions someone else has, too.

Things Fall Apart

Begin reading "Things Fall Apart" and answering questions for Thursday. Remember, this first sheet is a two-night assignment that should be completed by Friday's class. You have two days to do this reading, however, it is significant work-- don't put it off until Thursday night!

Remember, as always, you can see the homework that will be due for the next few days by clicking on the "Calendar" link above.