Ethiopia+Activities

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**Activities Page ** =Early Elementarytoc=

 In this activity, students will review the content they have learned about Ethiopia. They will have to go around the room and meet different people who hold different roles in the country. This activity is best suited for third grade but can be adapted to fit students at a younger age as well.
 * Find Someone Who... **
 *  Materials: **
 * A grid worksheet containing information about Ethiopia (enough for each student + a few extras)
 * Role papers (enough for each student)
 * Pencils (each student needs one)
 * Steps: **
 * Students will receive a paper with a grid containing information about Ethiopia the students have learned.
 * They will also receive a slip of paper defining their role in the country.
 * They will be given a minute to look at their papers and to memorize their role.
 * Next, students will get up and walk around the room trying to find someone whose role matches a box on their paper. They have to go up to the person and ask them if they fit a specific box. If the person says yes, they put their initials in the box. If they say no, the student who asked says "thank you" and moves on.
 * Once students have finished, they sit and review their grids.
 * The teacher then collects them and reviews the content with the class.

=Upper Elementary= **Salt Dough Maps**  This activity will be used to help student see where the different land formations are located in Ethiopia. The activity can be used for grades 4-6 to help them in the geography skills.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Materials: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Flour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Salt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cardboard (a little larger than a notebook in size)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Index Cards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Paint
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Map Template


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Recipe: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3 c. white flour (not self-rising)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1-1/4 c. warm water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1c. salt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mix together the flour and salt first. Then, add just 1 c. of water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mist until it feels like a dough consistency. Then, finish mixing in the rest of the water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Add more water if it is needed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This makes approximately 2-3 maps.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Steps: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal;">Pass out pieces of cardboard to each student as well as the map template. Students should draw the country onto their cardboard.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Glue the index card to the side of the cardboard and label it "key."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Each student will get some dough and they are to spread it out into the shape of the template. The template needs to be completely filled and the thickness should be about 1/4" thick.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will go back through and make sure it is as smooth as possible.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Then, with colored push pins, students will begin marking the different topography (or land formations) on their maps. This process will have been modeled to them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Next, students need to mark the item on their key to correspond with the color of the push pin.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The map will dry for 24-48 hours.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal;">Then, students will add color by painting the maps and this will help them put in more of the land formations such as rivers, mountains, etc. Students need to be careful not to get the map too wet though.

=Fine Arts=

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Flag Ornament** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> This ornament is to help students remember the flag of Ethiopia and all they have learned about it. During this time a flag description will be given so that students know why the flag looks the way it does. [|Flag Description] The activity is best suited for fourth graders but can be adapted for younger students as well.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Materials: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Red, yellow, and green construction paper
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ribbon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hole punch
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Print out of the middle of the Ethiopian Flag
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scissors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Glue
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Map Template
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cardboard (small size cut into a rectangle)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Picture of student

**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Steps: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pass out construction paper, cardboard, and print out of the middle of the flag. Hang an example of the flag on the board.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Have students cut the same size pieces (length and width) of each color of construction paper. They need two pieces of each color.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Next, have students glue the construction paper on in the same order as the flag.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students need to glue the middle piece to the flag on in the middle as shown in the example on the board.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Now, they need to take their picture and cut it in an oval so their head is showing and glue it onto the flag in the bottom right corner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Have students come up and put two holes at the top of the flag and tie a piece of ribbon onto each hole to make the hanger.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lay the ornaments on the drying rack to dry.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> To adapt this project to suit younger grades is very simple. It will however, require more work on the teachers part. The teacher needs to cut the strips of construction paper out and the middle piece to the flag. Ribbon also needs to be pre-cut for them. Pictures need to be collected before the project as well so the teacher can have them cut out too. Then, all of the pieces for the project need to be put into a baggie. The day of the project, students will be handed the baggie and shown how to make the ornament. When they get to the point of needing hole punched they need to raise their hand and ask the teacher instead of doing it themselves.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Adaptations: **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Adapted from: [|Rainbow Kids]



=At Home= <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Parents, are you looking for things to do at home with you children? Why not try making some Ethiopian food. Below you will find a recipe and a link to give you more recipes to choose from.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Doro Wat **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ingredients: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Chicken Legs and thighs, skinless - 2 pounds
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lemon - juice only - 1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Salt - 2 teaspoons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Onions chopped - 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Garlic crushed - 3 cloves
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Gingerroot peeled and chopped - 2 tablespoons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oil, butter or niter kibbeh - 1/4 cup
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Paprika - 2 tablespoons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Berbere paste - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Water or stock - 3/4 cup
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Red wine - 1/4 cup
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cayenne pepper - from 1 teaspoon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Salt and pepper - to taste
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hard boiled eggs (optional) - 4


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Method: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mix together the chicken pieces, lemon juice, and salt and in a large, non-reactive bowl and set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">While the chicken is marinating, puree the onions, garlic, and ginger in a food processor or blender. Add a little water if necessary.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Heat the oil, butter or niter kibbeh in a large pot over a medium flame. Add the paprika and stir in to color the oil and cook the spice through, about 1 minute. Do not burn. Stir in the berbere paste and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Add the onion-garlic-ginger puree and saute until most of the moisture evaporates and the onion cooks down and loses its raw aroma, about 5-10 minutes. Do not allow the mixture to burn.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pour in the water and stock or wine and stir in the chicken pieces, cayenne to taste, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add water as necessary to maintain a sauce-like consistency.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Add the whole hard boiled eggs and continue to cook for another 10-15 minutes, or until the chicken [[image:poultry-doro-wat-picasaweb-christen.kinnare-DSC03074.preview.jpg width="240" height="179" align="right" caption="Click to find more recipes" link="http://www.whats4eats.com/africa/ethiopia-cuisine"]]<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> is cooked through and very tender.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Adjust seasoning and serve hot with injera bread or rice.

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=Parent Resources=

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Parents, do you want to incorporate some reading with your children at home. The link below will provide you with an Ethiopian children's book. I encourage you to find it and read it. If you take the time to sit down and read them I am sure you and your child will enjoy them.



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= =Parent Resources for Additional Learning=

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|BBC News - Ethiopia Profile] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This site gives you as parents another look that country profile. This will help you as parents learn along with your children. The site will also help with any questions students may have with activities or about the country itself.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|African Studies - Ethiopia] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This site is one full of more resources for learning about Ethiopia. The site has different important links to aid in more research if you or your student want to research more on the country.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Oxfam's Cool Planet] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This site as well has extra links to help you and your student learn more about the country of Ethiopia. The site will help you when thinking about activities or working on homework.

Ethiopia Home Page


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