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Philadelphia Zoo

Zoo

Animals from all over the

world, placards identify
where animals originate,
including animals found in
West Africa

No animals
specifically identified
as from Senegal,
dont want students to
generalize all African
animals can be found
in Senegal

Penn Museum

History
museum

Africa gallery has many

artifacts from ancient and
modern Africa, provides
information about African
culture

Not specific to
Senegal, emphasizes
ancient and tribal
Africa

Africa Is Not a
Country by Margy
Burns Knight

Book

Provides information about

the diversity of cultures
across the continent of Africa

No information about
Senegal, long book
with a lot of
information, could be
a bit dense as a read
aloud

Crowds Dance and

Wave as President
Obama Visits
Senegal in Africa

News article

News article on a fourth

grade reading level about
President Obamas trip to
Senegal, talks about the
countrys history of slavery

Needs to be
connected to a
discussion about
Senegals history in
the slave trade
without
problematizing the
country

http://www.everycultu
re.com/wc/RwandatoSyria/Senegalese.ht
ml

Website

General information about

various facets of Senegalese
culture, accessible language
for students to use for their
own research

Doesnt have much

information about
each category, not
sure if all of the
information is
accurate

The Sacred Rac

Article

Fiction article explains

Western cultures reliance on
cars from an outsiders
perspective, can help
students see how their own
culture can be viewed as
strange and that its all
relative

Some language may

be inaccessible and
require a lot of
explanation

National Geographic
collection of photos

Website

User-submitted photographs
from Senegal, high quality

Some photos dont

provide much context

https://newsela.com/a
rticles/obamasenegal/id/467/

from Senegal

photos that show a variety of

elements of Senegalese
culture

http://yourshot.nation
algeographic.com/tag
s/senegal/
CIA World Factbook:
Senegal and United
States

Website

Statistics on countries
throughout the world,
students can use this site to
compare data points about
things like literacy rates,
ethnic groups, and
languages

Information is very
dense, students may
not understand many
of the categories

Videos

Students will see the

performance of a griot living
in Senegal, observe how
music is incorporated into
the storytelling, also will get
a look at the clothing worn
by the Senegalese women

Only watch excerpts

of each to hold
student attention

https://www.cia.gov/li
brary/publications/the
-worldfactbook/geos/sg.htm
l
Griot performing in
Senegal
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=bn4HQqADE2I&ab
_channel=cruzulito
West African griot
performing at a Ted
Talk

Students can compare the

Senegalese griot to a griot
performing in English to get
an idea of the types of
stories told, also see how
music and audience
participation is incorporated
into the performance

https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=cs4LZwgNh_c&ab
_channel=TEDxTalks
Street poet
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=7EG3Z1VhYhw&a
b_channel=Nomadic
WaxMagee

Video

Performance in French, with

English subtitles, of a street
poet in Dakar, subject of
poem relatable to American
students

Fast talking, students

would need subtitles
printed out, and
would probably
benefit from reading it
through before
watching the
performance, subject
relevant but content
may be too advanced
for students