Friday, April 24, 2009

Johnston Middle School's - Travel Africa web site

Six graders at Johnston Middle School students are preparing for Teach Africa with a travel Africa web site:

http://www.geocities.com/tajms1/

They recommend starting your tour of Africa by looking into the following webpages: Mozambique, Tanzania, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai is one of the Conservation Heroes in Teach Africa Youth Forum. Over 1,500 Houston students will attend the May 11th event. Click here to read the Teach Africa press release.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Taking Root - The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Thursday, April 2, 2009

What is your favorite AfriGadget?

Check out AfriGadget.com http://wwww.afrigadget.com/

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Teach Africa Educators Workshop

Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Beauty of Africa!

What makes Africa so unique?
Teach Africa Phase III
Interactive Student Summit
Monday, May 11, 2009 George R. Brown Convention Center

The World Affairs Council of Houston is proud to partner with The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, and the Travel Channel for a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Africa-education orientation program.

- For middle and high school students, no limit of students per school
- This forum is a curricular field trip for HISD schools
- No cost! Bus reimbursements can be provided upon request

Register your students now or learn more about this event by contactingElizabeth Ferruelo at teachafrica@wachouston.org

Get Ready for Teach Africa - Classroom Projects & Student ParticipationStudents are invited to participate in the Teach Africa Student Forum with travel brochures, cultural studies or performance, or country posters. Teachers can assign these projects in February since this is when Africa is taught in many districts. Prizes will be awarded for the most outstanding entries.

Visit www.wachouston.org/teachafrica to learn more.

Please, use this blog to post your thoughts and comments about Africa.