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Geography Pizza
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Students work in pairs or individually.
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Brainstorm meaning of each term to confirm meaning
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Have students put the pizza slices together according to the information.
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If students are unable to match the pieces, they may reenter the text (social
studies or other informational text) to locate the information needed to form the
pizza.
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Students may check their answers by matching the symbol on the back of the
slice:
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+ Landforms, # Waterways, * Resources (renewable/non-renewable), @
Impact on country’s economy
+ Government, # Economics, * Culture (Language /Celebrations/Religion), @
Impact on country’s development
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Students time each other to see who can put the pizza together faster.
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Students use the same graphic organizer to research another country.
Geography Pizza
Geography Pizza
Landforms
Waterways
Impacts on Country’s
Economy
Resources
(Renewable/nonrenewable)
Geography Pizza
Government
Impacts on Country’s
Development
Economics
Culture
(Language/Celebrations/Religion)
Key: Geography Pizza – South Africa
Landforms
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Resources (renewable/non-renewable) +
Africa has two major land types: lowlands and highlands.
The lowlands are in the north and west, and the
highlands are in the south and east. The
highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro. *
In 1866, a child found a pebble on the banks of a river in
South Africa. The pebble turned out to be a
21-carat diamond. +
A plateau lies both in the lowlands and highlands. The
African plateau rises from the coastal plains along
the north and west coast lines *
Africa is rich in mineral resources that have form over hundreds
of millions of years. Copper and diamonds, can
not be replaced or can be replaced only over
millions of years. +
The tectonic plates have been slowly pulling apart to
form broad, steep-walled valleys called rifts.
As it becomes larger East Africa may
become an island like Madagascar. *
Waterways #
Lakes and rivers provide fresh water and fish.
Waterfalls and rapids make travel difficult. #
The Nile River, the world’s longest river, flows northward
out of the mountains of central Africa. The
Okavango River crosses Angola, Namibia,
and Botswana and empties in to the
Kalahari Desert. #
Parts of the Great rift Valley have filled with water to
form huge lakes, such as Lake Tanganyika.
Africa’s largest lake and second largest
freshwater lake in the world is
Lake Victoria. #
Renewable resources can be used and replaced over a short
period of time. Trees, cocoa beans, coffee, and
tea are renewable resources. +
Impacts on country’s economy @
Many natural changes in Africa’s lands have affected the
development of the country. South Africa has
developed into a modern industrial
state since WWII. @
The country is capable of producing a wide range
of consumer and investment goods. South
Africa products one fifth of the
entire production. @
The economy is based on foreign trade. The
mining industry such as gold and diamonds
plays a prominent part. @