Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?

Do Now: What challenges do you face as a student today?

Homework: Create a newspaper headline for the following topics in Africa:

AIDSPoverty

EconomyGenocide

Natural ResourcesEach headline must have a picture and a

caption describing that picture.

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.”

According to this quote, what does Africa need to solve its problems?

Nelson Mandela

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

Background

• European influence under imperialism

• After WWII many countries did not want to return to colonial domination

• Many countries gained their independence and worked on building new nations.

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

Robert Mugabe

What is Mugabe angry about?

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

The Challenges of Africa

• Struggling with the independence

• Economic concerns

• Civil War

• Exploitation of natural resources

• AIDS/other diseases

• Genocide

• Corrupt governments

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

Vocabulary

• Negritude movement: celebration of African culture, heritage and values.

• Jomo Kenyatta: nationalist leader of Kenyan

• Federal system: shared power between local and central gov’t.

• Martial law: temporary military control• Nelson Mandela: first black leader of S.

Africa.

Aim: What are the challenges that Africa faces today?Do Now: What problems do you face as a student today?

How do can Africa solve its problems?

• Working with a partner, come up with a five step plan for solving one of the problems Africa faces today.