Pan-African Project
Step 0 Resources:
You must recreate a quality replica of your state’s flag. You can find a copy of the flag using the Global Issues link on the left toolbar.
You must also create an easy to read, quality map of your state. Your map should be on the backside of the paper of the flag and include the following:
- Capitol
- Major Geographic Features (mountain ranges, forests, deserts, etc.)
- Major water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, deltas, seas, etc.)
- Neighboring States
For a copy of the map, go to this page to find an easy to print, blank outline map to use for this assignment.
Steps 1-3 – Research of your state
North Library has the Global Issues database available for your access and while not on NEHS campus, the password is easy to remember (the initials of our school, with the city name spelled out – all lowercase). You can also use the CIA World Fact Book for this information.
Global Issues is a geographical database that is a one-stop shop for all of this project’s needs. Every country in Africa is represented by its own portal with daily updates and contains a wealth of information including:
- A general country overview
- Quick Facts including most of the basic facts about the country and a link to the country profile
- Links to Global Viewpoint editorials
- Links to reference sources from online encyclopedias
- Links to statistical data about the country
- Links to full-text News stories and Magazines
- Links to full-text Academic/Scholarly articles about the country
- There are also links to issues related to Africa as a whole.
Another great feature of this database is that all of the links provided on each portal page also has the MLA citation of each page included at the bottom of the link.
- Step one is simply finding basic information. The portal page, as well as the reference material on each page should be able to fulfill all of the required credentials.
- Step two is finding five headlines about the country. The magazines and news links can help you easily find information about this material.
- Step three includes searching through the scholarly articles to find information specific to economic development, the natural environment, public health, the lives of children, or human rights. All of the sources found on this database will be a reputable source.
Other sources for Steps 1-3
- CIA World Factbook Brief country profiles, fairly current statistics across a broad range of data.
- All Africa.com Current news stories about Africa. Search by Region/Countries OR Topic.
- Human Rights Watch Human rights. Select Africa in left index. Then country in right index.
- Infotrac magazine articles. Search by country name and narrow results.
- New York Times – Africa NY Times index of current topics on Africa
- Geo-Data E-book on physical geography of every country. Search with name of country.
- Flags of the World 25,000 flags
- Book:Ref xxx Cultures of the World
- Book: Ref 320 Fin Financial Times World Desk Reference
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Posted: January 28th, 2010 under IHS.
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