Email C.C.
a Nigerian student at Andrews
University. You can ask her questions about Nigeria.
She is busy, so you should learn a bit about her country first.
Also, she may forward your message to another Nigerian student
to answer.
Language Arts
- Visit the Ethnologue:
Nigeria. How many living languages are there in Nigeria?
What do you think it would be like to live there? Challenge:
Use the Find feature on your browser (Edit, Find) and search
for National. How many of the languages are national languages?
Why do you think English is one of them?
- Visit this World
Citizen Project. Find out how to say different words in Hausa.
How do you say thank you?
- Visit this page of Nigerian
Art and Culture. Look at some of the pictures. What did you
learn about their culture?
- Read about the naming
ceremony of Yoruba babies. What is important to this culture?
Social Studies
- Visit the Embassy
of Nigeria and look under government or administration. Who
leads the country and what is his title? Where did the country
get its name? How many states does Nigeria have and why is that
important to the country? Also see question # 1 under language
arts.
- Visit NigeriaWeb
and read the latest news from Nigeria. What is happening there?
- Visit Atlapedia:
Nigeria. What are the Nigeria's main exports? If you lived
in Nigeria and were looking for a job, which of the industries
listed would you choose? Why?
- Visit Atlapedia:
Nigeria and look at the maps. Describe the land and water
in Nigeria. What countries border it? What is the capital (you
may have to look at question #3)? Name two of the rivers in Nigeria.
Lagos is the former capital of Nigeria. Why do you think it is
located where it is? Why do you think they moved the capital?
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? What is the 1997
population? About how many people live in each square kilometer?
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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