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Ghana
Skills:
- Uses maps and the globe as models for places.
- Identifies continents and oceans.
- Uses books, music, art and artfacts to learn about Ghana.
Concepts:
- Compares and contrasts life in Ghana and in Wellesley.
- Constructs a mental picture of Ghana and its people using.
- location-uses a map/globe to locate Ghana.
- topography-is aware of the 5 regions of Ghana: costal, plains, rain forest, Volta and Savannah.
- Folktales-reads and responds to West African folktales.
- arts/music-recognizes Ghanaian art forms, including kente, cloth, adinkra, symbols, music and muscial instruments.