This theme is easily extended into all areas of the curriculum. For example we are able to teach many aspects of Geography, including land regions, location of the continent and some of the countries, where Africa is in relation to North America and South Carolina, and climate in the different regions. We also are able to tie in many reading and writing activities into this theme. The children are able to see and understand through our reading how these people live, work, and go to school. They enjoy writing stories about what they have learned and sharing them with others.
Science is also a large part of our unit.
The children learn about many different African animals and make their favorite ones in art class. We try to include our art, p.e., and music teachers into our unit as well. The music teacher teaches them African songs, the art teacher helps them to create African art, and the p.e. teacher teaches them traditional African games or dances. The children perform and share what they have learned for their family and friends. Math proves itself to be a little more difficult to include, but we are able to teach the children how to count and write their numbers in Swahili.