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Life in West Africa

Mr. Rush/ Mr. FarrellGo Muskies

+West African Map

http://www.focusonforests.org/large/westafricamap.htm

+What did you learn?

What did you learn about West African. . . Daily Life/ Poverty Culture Treatment of Family/ Elderly/ Strangers Food Religion Governments Education

+West African Life

Listen to Speaker

Ask questions of the speaker

Compare/ contrast the speaker and Ishmael Beah

Develop 3 questions for further study.

Explain how political and economic conditions, resources, geographic locations and cultures have contributed to cooperation and conflict.

What you will do What you will learn

+How does life in ___________ compare with Ishmael Beah’s life in Sierra Leone?

1) What are 3 similarities?

2) What are 3 differences?

3) What are 2 things you still want to know about life in West Africa?

4) Would you want to visit? Why or Why not?