Lesson 1 of Africa Chapter

1. AFRICA

2. What do you
know about
Africa?

3. African
Beginnings
• You are creating a summary of
information from Lesson 1 in the
chapter on Africa.
• It will be broken down by filling in
a map and summarizing
information.
• The information will make up
pages 0-1 of your Interactive
Notebook.

4. For example:
Label the map of Africa
with the climate zones
found on page 125 in
the textbook (make sure
you put a key at the
bottom of the page.
Label the rivers drawn
and the bodies of water
around the continent.
Draw 5 boxes around
Africa and summarize
the 5 kingdoms listed on
page 132.
Supplement your
information from the
text (pages 131 to 133).

5. For example:
On page 1 of your
IA Notebook
Summarize the
geography of Africa
(pgs 126-128) on
the top half of the
page
Summarize the
section “How did
Sahara Trade
Develop?” on page
129