Morocco+Activities

= = toc =Early Elementary= 1) After a while of studying Morocco, have them write a journal entry as a child living in that country. Have them include everything they see around them, aspects of school, home life, and information about their family.
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2) Play Market Place! Send home a note asking parents to send 3 toy-type items that the students DO NOT want anymore. They will not get these back. Also have them bring 1 beach towel (they will get this back). Bring extra toys and beach towels. Also bring items for yourself. Put the desks in a rectangle and take out the beach towel and cover the desks. Number the students 1’s and 2’s. Have them switch off being the shopkeepers and shoppers (have them window shop first). Youtube at the end and find an African market place.

=Upper Elementary =

1) All you need is blue balloons blown up. This is a partner activity (partners will sit back to back). Each pair has a black marker. Whoever goes first, put their thumb on a location of balloon and ask the other person to describe where it is to the other person. Say “Twist!” and turn around to see if they’re close. Repeat with the other person. Take the black marker and draw the equator around the balloon and model it. Then, student one will again put their thumb on a location and describe it. Repeat again with the second student. Then, draw lines up/down as the longitude. Repeat steps with both students again. Instruct them to try and describe where Morocco would be.

2) Moroccan Fairy Tales-Print out a copy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles. Compare and contrast the Americanized story and the story from Morocco. Discuss with the class how the characteristics in the story match up to what they have been learning about Morocco and Africa.

=Fine Arts =

1) Recipe: 3 cups of white flower (NOT self-rising), 1 ¼ cups of warm water, 1 cup salt Mix flour and salt first then 1 cup of water (dough should feel like cookie dough). This makes about 2-3 maps (little larger than notebook size). You can make this on a state, country, region, or famous land marks. You’ll need pieces of cardboard a little bigger than a notebook. Trace your item on the cardboard if they’re younger and let them do it if they have a template and older. A note card should be attached as a key. Tell then to make it smooth and after put it in the shape. Have tins of colored push-pins. This dries between 24-48 hours. After, have them paint it with tempera paint but make sure it’s not too watery.

2) Have the students make a quadrama identifying certain aspects of Morocco: It's different landscapes, home-life, dress, school-life...etc. They should give presentations at the end showing all the other students what they did.