NIGERIA
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NIGERIA
BACKGROUND INFORMATIONPEDAGOGY STATEMENT
by Dr. Kay Weller - University of Northern Iowa
Africa is sometimes the most neglected continent taught in a geography curriculum because as individuals most teachers have a limited knowledge of the subject matter. Therefore, this project funded, in part, by a Fulbright-Hays grant and the Geographic Alliance of Iowa has attempted to provide useful information and classroom-ready lesson plans.
These lesson plans have been developed to stand-alone or to be used in conjunction with one another. The lesson plans have been correlated to coincide with all the standards as set forth in Geography for Life. Although each lesson plan specifically addresses a standard there are other standards with which each one correlates. It is the intent of this project that there be sufficient lesson plans to help teachers plan a curriculum that includes Africa, and Nigeria specifically. It is our suggestion that as you prepare a unit on Nigeria perhaps to get the students "hooked" it would be useful to try the transportation simulation as the unit introduction and perhaps end with a tie dye workshop.
As the world continues to "shrink," in terms of economics and interaction between countries, it is essential that K-12 students be exposed to all parts of the world through their geography curriculum. Therefore, the team who participated in this project hopes that all teachers will find our materials useful as you prepare to teach about Africa, and specifically Nigeria.
