DS) A Book About Africa: ©. What Everyone Should Know ai A Culminating Project Overview ‘This Culminating Project challenges students to create an illustrated book describing modern Africa that answers this question: What eight key ideas should everyone know about modern Africa? Working in pairs, students create books with four sections: Overview of Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, and African Cultural Connections to the United States. After outlining their ideas, students write books—complete with visuals-—that desoribe eight key aspects of modern Africa. The book is written for a fifth-grade audience and should demonstrate a clear understanding of the unit’s major historical issues and legacies. (© Techies" Cust Isa Modem Acs 141Culi Mirco Procedures in Detail 1. This culminating project challenges students to create an illustrated book that explains cight key ideas about modern Africa that everyone should know. The book, which will be in the shape of Africa, should be ditected toward a fifth-grade audience. To create the hook, students are required to synthesize the key ideas from the unit’s most important topics. This culminating project may be used as the final activity of the unit or as a formal unit assessment. 2. Place students into mixed-ability pairs. Give each student CP Student Handout A: Creating an Illustrated Book About Modern Africa, which clearly sets forth the project topic, overview, and requirements. Review these thoroughly with your students, and answer any questions they have, Emphasize that the focus of their book is to explain cight key ideas about modern Africa that everyone should know. 3, Pass out CP Student Handout B: Illustrated Book Project Evaluation to each student, Review the standards for assessment with students, Determine the points possible for cach category. Allow students to complete the self-assessment column when they tum in their projects. 4, Once students have a general understanding of the project's requirements and standards for assessment, pass out CP Student Handout C: Brainstorming Ideas for an Illustrated Book About Moder Africa, Have pairs complete the matrix, which asks them to list eight of the most important ideas they learned about in the unit and to make sketches of ! visuals to represent them. Before pairs begin the final draft of their book, have pairs bring their matrices to you, Carefully review what they have writ(en and encourage them to make their ideas clearly reflect important concepts in the unit. 5. Allow pairs adequate time to work on their books. Encourage them to incorporate as much of their existing work from the unit into the book as possible, and help them to locate other resources, Remind students to write their books for a 10-year-old audience. (Option: You may want to show students examples of children’s books to review with them the language appropriate for a 10-year-old audience.) Monitor progress by checking to make sure pairs incorporate all relevant information from CP Student Handout C into the final draft of their book, Presentations 1, When students finish with their books, allow them to circulate around the room to read other students’ books. If possible, arrange to have your students read their books to elementary-school classes, parents, and other interested members of the community. 2 Modem afon (© Teachers Cursculu IsisEEE Creating an Illustrated Book About Modern Africa This culminating project challenges you to create an illustrated book describing modern Africa that answers this question: What eight key ideas should everyone know about modern Africa? Working in pairs, you will create books in the shape of Africa with these four sections: Overview of Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, and African Cultural Connections to the United States. After outlining your ideas, you will write a book—complete with visuals—that describes eight key aspects of modern Africa. Your book should be written for an audience of 10-year-olds who know very little about Africa and should demonstrate a clear understanding of the unit’s major historical issues and legacies, 1. Your book must be designed to support your answer to this question: What eight key ideas should everyone know about modern Africa? The book must contain information ‘on each of these topics: + Overview of Africa + Nigeria + South Africa + African Cultural Connections to the United States 2. Your book must be shaped like the continent of Africa and have a visually appealing cover that illustrates the contents of your book. It should be written for 10-year-olds and must contain these clements: a. A title page with a catchy title and illustrations b, Bight separate pages, each beginning with the statement “You should know that...” and stating an important idea about modern Africa, Each page should include: + A one-paragraph description of that key idea + A one-paragraph explanation of why it is important for the reader to understand that key idea c. Simple visuals—illustrations, maps, pictures, symbols—on each page that support the text and make the book understandable to a 10-year-old, (© Teaches" Curiulan Istiate Moder Attica 183,