Read aloud:: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. Weave a vocabulary mat with English words on one side and Kiswahili words on the other. Keep adding to this mat as you learn more words. Alternative activity: Write a story using English and Kiswahili words. Do this on a sheet of plain paper. Cut out (or ask mom to help you do this) the Kiswahili words, leaving a “hinge” so that each can be opened like a door/window. Attach to African design paper (glue all around the cut out words) and write the English words under the Swahili words. This is for the Adventure:Africa scrapbook.

Read (older kids): Listening for Lions

Copywork/Vocabulary/Spelling List:

amoeba
barrister
contagious
dog eared
flounder
gruesome
loutish
retinue
scarce
shamba
Wellingtons

Questions to think about/discuss:

Do you agree with Rachel’s decision not to tell the grandfather the truth? What would you have done similarly/differently?
What do you think was Rachel’s most important character trait? Why?
Share your thoughts about female doctors in the early 1900s.

Watch Africa: The Serengeti.

Make charmoula with Mom for the pork chops.

Cooked Carrot Salad (Morocco)
8 medium-sized carrots, into 1/4-inch thick rounds
1 cup water
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Boil carrots with garlic. Toss with everything else.

Watch Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa

Read aloud Zambia/The Hare’s Revenge and Zimbabwe/The Cat Who Came Indoors in Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales

Read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. (Reading Rainbow movie link here).
Read I Lost My Tooth in Africa. (Reading Rainbow movie link here).

Pick one of the stories above to narrate and/or illustrate. (Note: My kids did *not* want to narrate any of the above and picked other selections instead.)

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia pp. 206-208. Make entries into Book of Centuries.

Todays’ Menu from South of the Sahara:

Orange Lemon Squash p. 17 (beverage)
Rice with Black-eyed Peas p. 71
Cool Okra with Spices p. 91
Yassa Chicken Breasts with Lemon and Onion p. 122
Guava Sorbet with Lime p. 168

History: Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 174, 175 and 195. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries.

Listen to Putumayo Kids African Playground. Amazon Link

Lyrics here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/pdf/Lyrics_AP.pdf
Additional activities here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/pdf/African_Playground_Guide.pdf

Visit the Vatican Museums’ Ethnological Missionary Museum online.

read aloud:
Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree (Botswana) and Mmutla and Phiri (Botswana) in Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.

Make harissa from The Vegetarian Table: North Africa

Today’s Menu:
Cheese Mantecaos (Algeria)
Chou-Fleur Et Courgettes en Salade (Algeria)
Aubergine a l’Ail (Tunisia)
Matisha Mahsheeva (Morocco)
Tmar M’Hammar Bi Loozo Met’hoon

Geography: Print out this map of Africa. Label the following:

- major bodies of water
- Equator
- major land forms

Fill out this chart and discuss. Additional discussion questions can be found here.

Craft: Choose a mask to print out and cut..

History: Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pp. 164-167. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries.

Read-aloud:Lesotho and Swaziland and their accompanying stories in African Tales. Narrate.

Today’s Menu:
from The African Kitchen
Elephant Foot Bread
Carrot and Pineapple Juice
Grilled Sweet Potato with Ginger and Lime Dressing
Muththawin (Garlic Meatballs) from From the Lands of Figs and Olives

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 46, 51, 60, 95, 117. Read pp. 268-269 of All Ye Lands. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries.

Read-aloud: Namibia: Nolwandle, Girl of the Waves in African Tales.

Take a peek at Africam — you might catch some elephants!!

Today’s Menu
from The Africa News Cookbook:
Squash Soup
Piri-Piri Prawns
Boiled Plantain
Mango Snow

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 4, 6, 20, 30 and 31. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries.

African Mathematics: Read, take notes/narrate.

Art Study:
Our Lady of Africa chapel

Read aloud: We All Went on Safari

Today’s Menu:
Jollof Rice
Sweet Pepper Salad
Grilled Whole Fish with Tamarind

Mom: Read Africa at New Advent.

Read (can be aloud) All Ye Lands, pp. 257-262

Color in and label Africa Outline Map, or pick something from Enchanted Learning’s selection.

Copywork/Vocabulary:
voracious
assimilate
scimitar
cuisine
colonialism

Snack: Plantain Crisps (Ghana)
Salad: Moroccan Grated Carrot Salad
Starch: Mustard Roasted Potatoes
Main: Moroccan Chicken Stew

Read Aloud from African Tales

Older kids: Read Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna. It’s not great literature, but gives a realistic picture of how life was like as a young boy in this area of Africa. There is a chapter where the author describes going through the ritual of circumcision, so I suggest that parents pre-read the book before giving to their children to read.