Language Arts
- Visit the Ethnologue:
Nigeria. How many living languages are there in Nigeria?
470 What do you think it would be
like to live there? Answers will vary.
Challenge: Use the Find feature on your browser (Edit, Find)
and search for National. How many of the languages are national
languages? 9 - Edo, Efik, English, Fulfude,
Hausa, Idoma, Igbo, Kanuri, and Yoruba Why do you think
English is one of them? They need some
common language!
- Visit this World
Citizen Project. Find out how to say different words in Hausa.
How do you say thank you? I believe it
is something like Nagodi.
- Visit this page of Nigerian
Art and Culture. Look at some of the pictures. What did you
learn about their culture? Masks are important
in their rituals! most of the pictures are of masks.
- Read about the naming
ceremony of Yoruba babies. What is important to this culture?
Answers will vary depending on which areas
they read. It is important that the baby is named within 5-7
days and family is very important.
Social Studies
- Visit the Embassy
of Nigeria and look under government or administration. Who
leads the country and what is his title? His
Excellency Late General Sani Abacha Where did the country
get its name? from the Niger river
How many states does Nigeria have and why is that important to
the country? 30 (31 if you count the capital
territory) there are so many different groups of people, states
helps create more equality Also see question # 1 under
language arts.
- Visit NigeriaWeb
and read the latest news from Nigeria. What is happening there?
Answers will vary. You may want to check
out the news first and guide the students in a certain direction.
- Visit Atlapedia:
Nigeria. What are the Nigeria's main exports? Crude
Oil and Refined Products, Hides, Natural Gas, Timber, Tin If
you lived in Nigeria and were looking for a job, which of the
industries listed would you choose? Why? The
choices are: Agriculture, Cement, Fertilizers, Food Processing,
Lumber, Mining, Motor Vehicle Assembly, Oil and Natural Gas Processing
and Refining, Petrochemicals, Textiles.
- Visit Atlapedia:
Nigeria and look at the maps. Describe the land and water
in Nigeria. fairly flat, lots of rivers
What countries border it? Benin, Niger,
Chad, Cameroon What is the capital (you may have to look
at question #3)? Abuja Name two
of the rivers in Nigeria. Niger, Benue
Lagos is the former capital of Nigeria. Why do you think
it is located where it is? the traffic
on the rivers and out to sea would be important to the economy
Why do you think they moved the capital? to
be more centrally located Hint: Here's another
map.
- Visit U
of Penn Nigeria Page for more information.
Math
- Visit Atlapedia:
Nigeria. What is the area in km of Nigeria? 923,768
km What is the 1997 population? 100,767,900
About how many people live in each square kilometer? about
109 people
Bible
- Look again at the pictures
of Nigeria or the news.
What else can you pray for?
- *Read this mission
story from Nigeria. What can you pray for?
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