tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22810034556577329852011-04-21T11:21:16.457-07:00Welcome to the blogspot for Phase III of Teach Africa Houston. Teach Africa is is a collaboration of the World Affairs Council of Houston, the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership with funding from USAID.World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-84629036952997717062009-04-24T09:23:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:27:09.281-07:00Six graders at Johnston Middle School students are preparing for Teach Africa with a travel Africa web site: <br /><br />http://www.geocities.com/tajms1/<br /><br />They recommend starting your tour of Africa by looking into the following webpages: Mozambique, Tanzania, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-8462903695299771706?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-84280621223367075742009-04-08T13:38:00.000-07:002009-04-08T14:38:52.431-07:00Wangari Maathai is one of the Conservation Heroes in <a href="http://www.wachouston.org/teachafrica">Teach Africa Youth Forum</a>. Over 1,500 Houston students will attend the May 11th event. <a href="http://system.gocampaign.com/files/file.asp?f=149679">Click here to read the Teach Africa press release.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-8428062122336707574?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-436780418811308212009-04-07T11:13:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:14:59.221-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p5GX6JktJZg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p5GX6JktJZg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-43678041881130821?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-66376181543146187312009-04-02T12:26:00.000-07:002009-04-02T12:28:24.965-07:00Check out AfriGadget.com <a href="http://wwww.afrigadget.com/">http://wwww.afrigadget.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-6637618154314618731?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-52940392928092322802009-03-19T14:27:00.001-07:002009-03-19T14:29:01.915-07:00<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yU_OoWFjVzU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yU_OoWFjVzU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-5294039292809232280?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-87548797942729638752009-01-22T14:23:00.000-08:002009-01-22T14:24:56.748-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">What makes <span style="color:#33cc00;">Africa</span> so <span style="color:#33cc00;">unique</span>?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-8754879794272963875?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281003455657732985.post-55808717462083843652009-01-22T13:08:00.000-08:002009-01-22T13:12:27.085-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Teach Africa Phase III</span><br />Interactive Student Summit<br />Monday, May 11, 2009 George R. Brown Convention Center<br /><br />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.<br /><br />- For middle and high school students, no limit of students per school<br />- This forum is a curricular field trip for HISD schools<br />- No cost! Bus reimbursements can be provided upon request<br /><br />Register your students now or learn more about this event by contactingElizabeth Ferruelo at <a href="mailto:teachafrica@wachouston.org"><span style="color:#3366ff;">teachafrica@wachouston.org</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span><br />Get Ready for Teach Africa - Classroom Projects &amp; 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.<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.wachouston.org/teachafrica"><span style="color:#3366ff;">www.wachouston.org/teachafrica</span></a> to learn more.<br /><br />Please, use this blog to post your thoughts and comments about Africa.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281003455657732985-5580871746208384365?l=teachafricahouston.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>World Affairs Council of Houstonnoreply@blogger.com3