Essential Question: Explain what the best similarity and difference between African and American culture is.

Africa Grade 3 Databases: Brain Pop: Search Africa, many activities and informational reading and lessons Enchanted Learning: Printable lessons and activities Primary Documents:

Image: Personal Letter from an African Society member, An Account of the Congo Independent State: By Henry Phillips Jr. Websites: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/africa/photos/photos.htm http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/search/?frontend=cms_ngkids&output_fo rmat=xml_no_dtd&num_results=25&filter=p&collection=cms_ngkids&meta_field_to_ return=ngs-gsa-feed-title&meta_field_to_return=ngs-gsa-feedslug&meta_field_to_return=ngs-gsa-feed-description&meta_field_to_return=ngs-gsafeed-keywords&meta_field_to_return=ngs-gsa-feedthumbnail&required_meta_field_1=ngs-gsa-feedmediaType%3Avideo&required_meta_field=ngs-gsa-feed-videosource%3Akids&meta_field_filter=ngs-gsa-feed-title&meta_field_filter=ngs-gsa-

feed-description&meta_field_filter=ngs-gsa-feed-keywords&oe=utf8&search=Africa&search_dest=content&btnG=&start=0&sort= Discussion Questions: 1) What is the difference between African culture and American culture? Blooms: Analysis Common Core: Grade 3 Writing Standards: Text Types and Purposes 1.Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

2) What does Apartheid mean in your own words? Blooms: Comprehension Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Craft and Structure 1. Distinguish his or her own point of view from that of the author of a text.

3) What does African wildlife and nature look compare this to American wildlife? Blooms: Knowledge Common Core: Grade 3 Writing Standards Research to Build and Present Knowledge 2. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

4) How does the letter about the Congo make you feel? Blooms: Evaluation Common Core: Grade 3 Writing Standards Research to Build and Present Knowledge 3. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital

sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories

5) What is the difference between African culture and society, within its own country? Blooms: Analysis Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 4. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the topic in order to write or speak about the same subject topic.

6) How do you feel about African nature that is different than Americas? Blooms: Analysis Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 5. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the topic in order to write or speak about the subject topic.

7) What is the most interesting thing you learned about African Culture? Blooms: Evaluation Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Craft and Structure 6. Distinguish his or her own point of view from that of the author of a text.

8) How does slavery in Africa make you feel? Blooms: Comprehension Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Craft and Structure 7. Distinguish his or her own point of view from that of the author of a text.

9) What questions would you ask Henry? Blooms: Synthesis Common Core: Grade 3

Reading Standards Key Ideas and Details 8. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the explaining what the text says explicitly and when text as the basis for the answers.

10)Complete an activity of choice on Brain Pop must be under the African search and related to Africa, then explain what you learned. Blooms: Synthesis Common Core: Grade 3 Reading Standards Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the topic in order to write or speak about the subject topic.