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=Classroom Activities=

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Lower Elementary
Created by Bridget Mc Inerney ©
 * Title:** Past, Present, and Future of a Nigerian Child Activity
 * Objectives:** Using their new-found knowledge about Nigeria, students will pretend to be a student in a Nigerian school and present a story to the class to describe their childhood as well as their past, present, and expected future.
 * Illinois Learning Standard:** Explain the difference between past, present and future time; place themselves in time [16.A.1a].
 * Materials:** dry erase board and markers, sheet of paper with a past/present/future table to fill out, pen, imagination!
 * Procedure Outline:** Students will participate in a class discussion about their past, present, and expected future experiences here in an American school. Students will discuss their similarities and differences in relation to other students in the class. Next, the class will discuss the life of a typical Nigerian child. As a class, students will come up with similarities and differences between American children and Nigerian children. These similarities and differences may be based upon culture, education, hobbies, family life, and etc. As students come up with ideas, the teacher will organize the ideas into a Venn Diagram on the dry erase board (which will be left on the board as a reference for students during the main activity). Students will then be instructed to create their own individual character of a Nigerian student that is their same age. Students must choose specific traits and descriptions about the Nigerian student's life. During the following day of class, students will present themselves to the class as their chosen Nigerian student. They will share their information with the class in first-person as if they are the Nigerian student. It is vital that students include past, present, and future experiences to show that they have learned about Nigerian culture, as well as the difference between past, present, and future time. Students will be graded on their knowledge of Nigerian culture, their knowledge of past, present and future, as well as their creativity and overall effort. If desired, students may choose to dress in a way that portrays Nigerian culture, although this will not be required.

Upper Elementary
Created by Bridget Mc Inerney ©
 * Title:** Nigeria Map Activity
 * Objectives:** Using an outline of Nigeria on a full sheet of paper, students will create their own map of Nigeria by incorporating major physical landmarks, various types of terrain, water systems, and other important physical features.
 * Illinois Learning Standard:** Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places, and environments [17.A.2b].
 * Materials:** blank outline of Nigeria, textbooks, Africa Wiki, pen, paper, markers, colored pencils, crayons
 * Procedure Outline:** Students will be given a blank outline of Nigeria on a full-size sheet of white paper. Students will be informed that they will be creating their own unique map of Nigeria. Students will be instructed to choose at least three (3) or more major features to include on their maps. Some ideas include, but are not limited to: states, mountains, water systems, landmarks, natural landforms, and etc. Each map will also have a paragraph-long description to explain the features of the map and why they are important. Students will be reminded that spelling and grammar will be graded as well. Each map is expected to look different, but all maps should be appropriately created in regard to the actual layout of Nigeria. Each map must also include a title, labels, and use of color. Students are encouraged to be creative with this map and to make it into something that they find interesting. Students will be given class time to work on the maps and descriptions that will then be due the following day. Students will each share their individual map and description with the rest of the classroom. After presentations, the maps will be displayed in the classroom so that they can be visual study tools for students to review for the upcoming Nigeria test. Good luck and remember to be creative!

Fine Arts
Created by Bridget Mc Inerney ©
 * Title:** Nigeria Comic Book Strip
 * Objectives:** Using the facts that they have learned in class and on the Wiki, students will create a comic book strip scene to share the important cultural, geographical, and other information that they have learned about Nigeria.
 * Illinois Learning Standard:** Identify how customs and traditions from around the world influence the local community [16.D.1].
 * Materials:** textbook, Africa Wiki, paper, markers, colored pencils, crayons, paints, and any other requested art supplies
 * Procedure Outline:** After exploring the Africa Wiki and Nigeria information, students will be assigned a Nigeria Comic Book Strip Activity. For this activity, students are expected to create a comic book strip that portrays customs and traditions of Nigerians. Students can choose any aspect of Nigerian culture to portray. However, all comic books strips must include the following requirements: at least one scene portrayed, a title, at least one talk bubble, and a caption of at least 2 sentences that describes what is happening in the scene and why it is important in Nigerian culture. After comic book strip scenes are completed, students will present their comic strips with the class. If more than one student has chosen to portray the same scene, students will present together so they they can talk about how their comics were similar and how they were different from one another.