African Jewelry Jewelry is popular all over the world. Intermediate grade level. African Metalworking Over 2,000 years ago, Africans developed forging and metalworking. Kit includes items such as iron bells, cast brass figures from Ghana, and Tuareg crosses from North Africa. Intermediate and upper grades.
Kit includes books and activities.
Games and Recreation A sennet game illustrates how ideas of religion and afterlife were made part of Egyptian recreation. Pictures of tomb paintings, dominoes, and other games are included. Life Along the Nile Learn how ancient Egyptians used water for irrigation by assembling a model of a shaduf. Using a cubit stick, experiment with Egyptian measurements. The Bamun people of Cameroon's grasslands in West Africa are noted for their artistic achievements.