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Welcome to 7th Grade!

Hi students!

I am looking forward to this upcoming year in Social Studies.  We will be studying many interesting topics this year related to the regions of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.  Please frequent my blog for class updates, resources, and activities.  I am looking forward to a successful school year!

Mr. Cavanaugh 

Africa's Ethnic Groups

Africa’s Ethnic Groups Research List

Africa

: http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/index.htm

Arab:

http://www.arab.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/middle_east/arabculture.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-45294/Arabia

http://www.lexicorient.com/e.o/arabs.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9008139/Arab

http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/ (click the links at the bottom of this page for Arabic words)

Bedouin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin

http://www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/bedouin.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9014079/Bedouin

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/bedouins.htm

http://www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/bedouin.htm

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/bedouins.htm

Ashanti

:

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ashanti.htm

http://www.ashanti.com.au/

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057534/Osei-Tutu

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009806/Asante-empire#671839.hook

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/ashanti_culture.html

http://www.nathanielturner.com/ashantichronology.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter6.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Twi.htm (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

http://www.twi.bb/ (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

Khoikhoi:

http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_people/ethnic_khoi.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0827555.html 

http://khoisan.org/ 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/khoisan.htm 

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa-SAColonists1.htm

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/khoisan.html

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/the-broken-string/arrival-of-khoikhoi.htm

http://khoisan.org/social.htm (customs/traditions)

http://khoisan.org/religion.htm (religion)

http://ling.cornell.edu/khoisan/nama/nama_tale.htm (folktale in written in Khoisan/Nama language)

San / Bushman:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/khoisan.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Religion

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa-SAColonists1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/bushmen.htm

http://goafrica.about.com/library/bl.san.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109812/Khoisan-languages

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/khoisan.html

continued on next page . . .

Ibo:

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ibo.htm

http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Igbo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people

http://www.igboguide.org/

http://ilc.igbonet.com/ (click on the “lessons” on the bottom of this page for Igbo words)

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/igbo.htm (language)

Swahili: continued on next page

http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/swahili/swahili_people_lo.html

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Swahili.html

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/swahili.html

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Hello McCleskey Students, Staff, and Parents!

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Mr. Cavanaugh