Let's Explore the Continent of AFRICA PPT

WOW your students with LET’S EXPLORE AFRICA, the interactive PowerPoint that introduces them to the sights and sounds of Africa. They’ll love the 32 animated slides (plus image credits), 8 video and music clips, and 60+ amazing photographs; and you’ll love the comprehensive content. Each slide in Let’s Explore Africa contains multiple layers of text and photos, and it covers everything from ancient cultures and biomes to cities, landmarks, and languages. Check out this outline of the 32 slides included...

INTRODUCTION TO LET’S EXPLORE AFRICA (Video Clip: African Lions)

• Size and Location map
• Largest countries map

BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS (Video Clip: Giraffe Eating)

• Ecosystems map
• The Sahara Desert
• The Savanna Grasslands
• The Great Migration (Video Clip: Wildebeest)
• The Serengeti “Big Five”
• The Congo Rainforest

ANCIENT CULTURES (Video Clip: Ancient Egyptian Mural)

• The Egyptian Civilization
• Egyptian Beauty Secrets
• The San Culture
• The Maasai Tribe
• The Maasai Jumping Dance (Video Clip: Jumping Dance)

CITY SIGHTS (Video Clip: Zanzibar, Tanzania)

• Cairo, Egypt
• Marrakech, Morocco
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Djenne, Mali

FAMOUS LANDMARKS (Video/Music Clip: Victoria Falls)

• Mount Kilimanjaro
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Ethiopian Rock Churches
• Suez Canal

LANGUAGES OF AFRICA

• Arabic Number Words
• French Colors
• Swahili (Music Clip: Jambo Bwana Sing-a-Long)

INDIGENOUS CULTURES (Photo carousel)

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

Vocabulary Words and Phrases: (partial list)

aquifer, biome, cosmetics, dormant, ecosystem, Great Migration, hieroglyphics, indigenous, kohl, oasis, pharaoh, savanna, Serengeti, souk

Targeted Skills: (partial list)

• Describing the major biomes and ecosystems of Africa
• Identifying ancient cultures of Africa
• Describing characteristics of the Egyptian Civilization
• Identifying major cities and landmarks of Africa
• Identifying major African languages
• Critical thinking skills of comparing and contrasting
• Building content-area literacy in social studies
• Reading fluency and comprehension

Preview: I’ve included still shots of the slides in the preview, and you can also download the FREE Let’s Explore Australia/Oceania for a better look at the animated format and content of the series.

Photo/Video Credits: I’m so thankful for the many photographers and videographers who shared their talents in this series. The photos and videos that I used came from several sources, including photos in the public domain, images licensed under the Creative Commons, copyright-free images, and images that I purchased for commercial use. Since the list of photos and videos is too long to include here, I’ve included the author credits on the last slide of the presentation.

Technical Information: Because this series contains so many animations, photos, and videos, the individual files are very large and make take a bit longer than usual to download, depending on the speed of your computer/internet. They are also editable, so you can add slides to suit your individual needs, or convert them to Google Slides, if you prefer that format.

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Let’s Explore Africa is included in the Let’s Explore Continents PPT Bundle, which contains PowerPoints for each continent, PLUS The Seven Continents Activity Book as the FREE BONUS.

CLICK HERE to view all of the titles in the LET’S EXPLORE CONTINENTS PPT series.

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RELATED RESOURCES:

• AFRICA: From Adinkra to Zulu
• Exploring the Culture of EGYPT
• Exploring the Culture of GHANA
• Exploring the Culture of KENYA
• Exploring the Culture of MOROCCO
• Exploring the Culture of NIGERIA
• Discovering SOUTH AFRICA
• Exploring the Culture of TANZANIA
• Teaching with TOOBS®: ANCIENT EGYPT

CLICK HERE to view all of my books, printables, posters, and other resources about the countries and cultures of Africa.

ADDITIONAL PPTS: If you enjoy using PowerPoints, you might also like the LET'S EXPLORE THE FIVE BIOMES Science PPT series, which includes the FREE resource, Let's Explore the Forest Biome.

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