Maasai Culture

1. Entry Task:
Describe one aspects of the Maasai
Tribes “surface culture” and one aspect
of the Maasai Tribes “deep culture.”

2. Seating Chart:
•Needed for the KHDA Inspection, which
will be held on March 6th – March 9th

3. Objective:
•The students will be able to
distinguish between aspects of
surface culture and deep culture.

4. Interactive Notebook:
•Date =
•Page # = Maasai Tribe
•Date =

5. Grade 8 – WWW – Kenya
•https://drive.google.com/drive/folde
rs/0B8C6iNZBxeylOTRnS3lreWlpW
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6. Joseph Lekuton
•http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorer
s/bios/joseph-lekuton/

7. Read Aloud:
•Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the
African Savanna
• https://books.google.ae/books?id=XXIDAQAAQ
BAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

8. Comprehension Questions:
*Directions – Answer each question in complete sentences.
1.) Who are the Maasai? How did they get their name?
2.) Maasai are a community of nomads. What are nomads?
3.) What does a lion mean in Maasai?
4.) What do Maasai look for as they move around? Why?
5.) What can we learn by studying how people live in other places and
cultures?

9. A Tribe Called…
• Mission: In Africa there is a tribe called the Dinka tribe in the
Sudan. They worship their cattle and their whole life is centered
around those cattle. Your table group is now a tribe. You must
now set-up your tribe’s rules and culture.
• Directions: You are now a tribe. Its time to set up your tribe.
Everyone should participate and have the following items written
in their Interactive Notebook.