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Magical
Mali is an online school activity exploring Mali for
8-12 year olds. It contains six different activities:
Mali on the
Map, which asks children to point to
Mali on a map and then allows them to look closer at
four locations in Mali; Landscapes
of Mali which presents some different
landscapes in Mali, and asks children to compare them
with where they live; What's
the weather like?, an activity which
compares weather in Mali with weather in your nearest
town, The Sounds
of Mali, which explores life in Mali
through sounds; Timbuktu,
a detailed 'visit' to the ancient city of Timbuktu (Tombouctou);
and The Mali Quiz, which
contrasts country information from the UK and Mali.
The
thinking behind the activity and suggested ways of extending
the work into the classroom, are outlined in the Teachers'
notes, Framing
geographical enquiry into a place
Magical
Mali was written by Kate Russell from the Staffordshire
Local Education Authority, and developed into an online
activity by Jeremy Dennis, from the On the Line web
team.
The
information, story and photos for the activities were
supplied by Oxfam GB.
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