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Early Elementary

After watching the movie, The Lion King, and discussing the wildlife that lives in Kenya, Africa, the students can complete the word search.

=Africa Safari=

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Upper Elementary
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Make copies of the following folktale for each student. Pass them out and allow time to read the story. When they are finished instruct them to write a fairy tale of their own, preferably with an African setting and/or characters and wildlife. After students have written a fairy tale allow them to illustrate their tales with markers and colored pencils. Collect the tales and illustrations and create a 5th grade African Tales book to keep in our class library.

A Kenya Folktale The Tortoise and the Leopard A story adapted from African Animal Tales

Several Children gathered in a village one morning as a great hunter passed through. One of them declared that he would like to become a great hunter when he grew up. His uncle nearby overheard the wish. He explained to all the children that in order to become a great hunter one must learn how to build traps. He told them animals are clever and not so easy to catch. The children cried aloud for the uncle to tell them how to set good traps. This story is what the uncle told the children. Old Dame Tortoise was walking through the forest one day at a rather slow pace. She sniffed a wildflower here and there as she strolled along. She was enjoying herself and not paying attention to what was in front of her. She didn't notice the large clutter of palm leaves in her path. All of the sudden the trail beneath her fell. Old Dame found herself at the bottom of a deep hole the hunters had dug. Thanks to her strong shell Old Dame Tortoise wasn't hurt. She calmly sat and though about how she could escape the hole. Old Dame knew the hunters would be by in the morning and she could very well end up as turtle soup. Suddenly she heard a loud thud. Behold! Company had arrived! It was Master Magnificent Leopard, large and loud and fierce! Without a flinch Old Dame Tortoise screamed, "What are you doing? Have you no manners? this is my home and you are not invited! Get out of here you spotted clod." The Leopard whirled and starred at the Tortoise in amazement. He roared, "How dare you talk to me in that tone. Don't you know who I am? I am Master Magnificent Leopard. I don't have to get out of this hole--you do, you wrinkled-neck old shell!" With one big swoop he picked Old Dame Tortoise up and threw her out of the trap. "My thanks, kind Magnificent Leopard," cried the Tortoise from above. "Now may I suggest you save your strength to save yourself before the hunters come." With that Old Dame Tortoise crawled away home. "So you see," the uncle explained to the children, "it is important to be clever and resourceful in life. you can solve many problems that way." ( Unit 1: Africa. //Ready-to-use interdisciplinary lessons & activities for grades 5-12).//

Fine Art Activity Materials Needed: brown grocery bags, paper cutter, pencils, practice paper (optional), black markers, hole punchers, white and/or black yarn, large needles (plastic), scissors, glue Teacher can prepare brown grocery bags for African leather saddlebags by cutting the sides and bottoms of the grocery bags. Use the two large pieces for the front and back of the bag and the strips from the side for fringe. Allow students to create designs for leather saddlebags or they can create a picture of African wildlife. Display the saddlebags around the room during the unit.

References <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">Welcome to Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker--Create your free Word Search Hidden Message Puzzle.. (n.d.). //Welcome to Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker! Create crossword puzzles, word searches, mazes, and other puzzles for your classroom today!//. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchWithMessageSetupForm.asp <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">Bloom, D. (1997). Unit 1: Africa. //Ready-to-use interdisciplinary lessons & activities for grades 5-12// (pp. 54-97). West Nyack, N.Y.: Center For Applied Research In Education.

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