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Map allows students to cross Africa
Published December 1, 2009
GERONIMO — Social studies students at Navarro got to take a trip around the world without even packing their suitcases.
Navarro High School geography Anthony Warzecha took his students, and students from the middle school and elementary school to Africa for the day with some help from the National Geographic Society and the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education. Warzecha said the giant map of the African continent proved to be a fun learning tool for the students.
“I want the kids to get excited about geography,” Warzecha said. “I think that if they know more about the world, they’ll hopefully be better world citizens.”
From the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro to the banks of the Nile River, students played games like “Simon Says” to learn more about the geography of the continent. The large map took four students to lay across it to demonstrate the width of Africa, and then four to lay down to demonstrate the length, but it was a little bit longer than the students. Entire classes could sit inside the borders of the Sahara Desert, which is bigger than the United States. As students raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the Mediterranean Sea, they learned about the bodies of water that surround the African continent.
The more they students explored Africa, the more interested they became in visiting it — and other places on the globe. Ninth grader Sara Hancock said she wouldn’t mind taking an overseas journey.
“I want to go to Africa some day to see the different people and cultures,” Hancock said.
Mariah Magallanez, another ninth grader, said exploring the African continent inspired her to do some world travels of her own.
“I think the map is pretty cool,” Magallanez said. “We get to explore each country in a bigger version instead of sitting at our desks looking at little maps in books. I think Africa would be cool, but I really want to go to Europe some day.”
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