Please enter the room quietly and make note of the class work and homework in your agendas.

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the class work and homework in 
your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving 
the journals for your table please do so.

2. TIPS ON NOTE TAKING: GREEN - Don't write it down if you don't want. It is there 
for to read and make a mental note. BLUE - You should write this information down, but put it in 
your own words. Don't worry about coping it exactly. Put 
it in a way that you'll remember. BLACK - You need to write this down. It is important. If 
you can find a way to write it using less words that okay, but 
make sure you are getting this information in your notes. RED - This is very important and needs to be written in your 
notes EXACTLY as it is on the board.

3. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - Plateau - savannah - Natural resource - constant - dense -

4. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - savannah - Natural resource - constant - dense -

5. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. savannah - Natural resource - constant - dense -

6. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource - constant - dense -

7. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource - Products of nature that have economic 
value. constant - dense -

8. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource - Products of nature that have economic 
value. constant - happening regularly or all the time. dense -

9. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of 
the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource - Products of nature that have economic 
value. constant - happening regularly or all the time. dense - tightly packed.

10. Sub-Saharan Africa How is Africa a continent of great geographic contrasts? What do you already know about Africa?

11. An Unusual Continent * Africa is the second-largest 
continent in the world. It occupies more than triple the area of the 
United States. * Unlike most continents most 
of Africa is a large plateau. * For most of Africa's history, 
its discouraged seagoing trade 
because of its lack of harbors.

12. A Vast Desert How many of you have been to the desert?

13. A Vast Desert * The Sahara is the worlds 
largest desert - about 3.5 million square miles. * The Sahara covers most of 
northern Africa except for the Nile 
Valley and along the Mediterranean coastline.

14. The Sahel What kind of environment is the opposite of a 
desert?

15. The Sahel * The word Sahel is Arabic 
for "shore." * The Sahel is a fertile region 
with limited and unpredictable 
rainfall along the southern edge 
of the Sahara. * It supports crops and herds 
of animals.  * Droughts are a constant 
thread to the people who live there.

16. Vegetation Zones Can you identify on this map where Africa's most fertile 
zones are?

17. Vegetation Zones * The Sahel is similar to the 
American prairies. * Further south is the savannah. 
It has wet and dry season. * South of the savannah is the 
rainforest. It is hot and wet all 
year long. * The rainforest has been cut 
down as towns and cities grow.

18. The Niger River Why are rivers so important for civilizations to 
develop?

19. The Niger River * The Niger River is the main 
river in Sub-Saharan Africa. It 
flows all the way to the Atlantic 
Ocean. * It gave a reliable source of 
water to West African civilization 
in a dry region. It allowed 
farmers to grow crops. * Yearly flooding of the Niger 
River allowed for the growth and 
development of West African 
civilizations.

20. Niger River Map

21. Africa's Natural Resources Can you identify these natural resources?

22. Africa's Natural Resources * Trade good came across the 
desert by camel caravan. * Contact with other parts of 
the world came along with this 
trade. * Africa is rich with minerals - most prized resource was gold. * Other valuable minerals: 
copper, iron, diamonds and salt.

23. Africa's Natural Resources * Africans were skilled and 
successful farmers. * Ancient civilizations (Greece and Rome) enslaved people and traded them.

24. Important things to remember: * The yearly flooding of the Niger River allowed for the 
growth and development of West African Civilizations.

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28. Use textbook pages 128 - 132 to complete your worksheet:

32. In your journals create a Classifying (Tree) Map using 
Africa's natural resources as your topic. Use the information in our textbooks on pages 128 - 132 
and your journal notes to help you complete the map. Africa's Natural Resources. Slaves Agriculture Minerals Example Example Example Example Example Example Example Example Example

33. Homework: Go to my blog 
Radfordstimemachine.edublogs.edu and review the lecture for this lesson.