Language Arts
- Visit The Embassy
of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the photo gallery.
Write what you think it would be like to live there. Answers
will vary.
- Visit the Ethnologue
for Mauritania and find out how many languages are spoken
in Mauritania. 8 Why do you think
French is one of them? Mauritania was a
French colony. If you need a hint, visit ArabNet,
Mauritania and look at the history.
Social Studies
- Visit The Embassy
of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the Geography
page. Find out what services the government gives to its citizens
free. free education through university
(with a stipend!) and free health care How does this compare
to your country? Answers will vary.
- Visit The Embassy
of Mauritania in Washington, DC and find out what the official
name of Mauritania is. The Islamic Republic
of Mauritania What does this tell you about their religion?
It is Islam and probably a state religion.
- Visit ArabNet,
Mauritania and find out about the nomadic peoples. Who are
they and what language do they speak? Moors,
75% of the population, they speak Hassaniyah, their ancestors
are Berber, Arab and African What crisis caused a big
change for them? a long drought in the
1970s sent them into the cities.
- Visit Atlapedia - Mauritania
and look at the maps. Describe the land forms in Mauritania.
flat and part of the Sahara desert What
countries make up its border? Morocco,
Algeria, Mali, Senegal What body of water borders it?
Atlantic Ocean What is the capital?
Nouakchott Why do you think it is
located where it is? It is an important
sea port and part of the economy... Answers will vary.
- Visit Miftah
Shamali - Mauritania and U
of Penn Mauritania Page for more information.
Math
- Visit The Embassy
of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the first picture
in the photo gallery. Write down your guess of how many inches
of rain fall there a year.
- Now go to this climate page for US
states (you can choose international
cities too) and find the average monthly rainfall
for the city closest to you. Take the average and multiple it
by 12 to get a yearly average.
- Check your first guess for Mauritania. Do you want to guess
again? If so, write it down.
- Now look at ArabNet,
Mauritania and find the average yearly rainfall for the capital.
Be sure the students write down each part
of the process so you can see how they solved it. Nouakchott
has an average rainfall of 7 inches a year.
Bible
- Visit The Embassy
of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the photo gallery.
What else can you pray for?
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