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Water: Source of Health, Source of Illness
- Although water is needed to sustain life, it can also serve as a conduit of illness and even death. In this unit, students examine the connections between water and disease in four West African countries. Students will become familiar with general concept
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All History is Local: Students as Archivists
- The collection of an archive of primary source materials constitutes the principal activity of a year-long American Studies class focusing on historiography and the use of primary sources. Students collect primary source materials from their families or l
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Water Sources in Cape Verde and West Africa
- The Republic of Cape Verde, which consists of 10 islands and five islets is located off the coast of West Africa. In this unit students learn the scarcity and importance of a continuous supply of fresh water in Cape Verde. They subsequently research five
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Celebrating Our Connections through Water
- In this unit, students will reflect on the role of water in ceremonies and celebrations around the world. Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) vignettes will provide the basis for researching and collecting data to be organized into a class retrieval chart. As a c
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The Hare and the Water: A Tanzanian Folktale
- Students explore the literary elements of a Tanzanian folktale about animals collaborating to dig a well. Students will make connections between the message in the tale and contemporary life in Tanzania as shown through pictures on the Water in Africa Web
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Water Uses and Children's Lives in East Africa
- This unit uses children's interactions with water to help them compare and contrast their lives with those of children in Kenya and Tanzania. It looks at the ways access to water helps define children's roles in the family, and how this shapes culture. St
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Water: From Neglect to Respect
- The goal of this learning unit is to make students more aware of the ways in which they are dependent upon water to maintain their standard of living. By comparing water use in Lesotho to water use in the United States, students realize that they may be t
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Splish Splash: Daily Use of Water
- This unit is designed to facilitate students' understandings of daily water use through reading stories from Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Kenya (East African Region) and Ghana (West African Region). As a product of this unit, each student will mak
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Precious Droplets: The Value of Water
- This unit is designed to facilitate students' understandings of the value of water through reading stories from Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Kenya (East African Region) and Ghana (West African Region). As a product of this unit, each student will
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