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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Botswana: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this brief history of Botswana from its pastoral roots to the current time. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Botswana: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete guide to the statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the Southern African country of Botswana.
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Graphic
Curated OER

University of Texas: Botswana: Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A small map of Botswana that shows the Okavango River and delta as well as the salt pans. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Botswana: Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
A graphic showing the various aspects of Botswana's physical environment. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Botswana: People

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the people of Botswana, called Batswana after the largest ethnic group. Find out about the religions practiced and the languages spoken. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Botswana

For Students 1st - 9th
On this site, explore the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Botswana.
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Website
InterKnowledge Corp.

Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana

For Students 3rd - 8th
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
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Handout
CRW Flags

Flags of the World: Botswana

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a large flag of Botswana with an explanation of the flag. Links are also provided for additional information on Botswana.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Foot and Mouth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, learn about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Botswana.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Modernization

For Teachers 10th
A comprehensive learning module on modernization that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the impacts of development in...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana

For Students 3rd - 8th
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana

For Students 3rd - 8th
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Flag of Botswana

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the geography, history, government and facts of Botswana. Maps and current flag are included.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Botswana Political Map

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this great satellite image of Botswana from Google Earth. Scroll past the informative political map to see the image. There is more information about the country below the satellite map.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Botswana Satellite Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this great satellite image of Botswana from Google Earth. Scroll past the informative political map to see the image. There is more information about the country below the satellite map.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Map of Botswana

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the geography, history, government and facts of Botswana. Maps and current flag are included.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Botswana

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about religion in Botswana, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile which includes general facts, history, and religious data.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: San Speaking Peoples

For Students 9th - 10th
San-speaking peoples do not constitute an ethnic group in the usual sense. The most widely known are those who call themselves "Zhu I oasi" (!Kung or Juwasi in most ethnographies), although the other peoples mentioned above have also...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Fence

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the fence that is part of the border security system between Botswana and Zimbabwe.
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Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: From the Kalahari to Malibu

For Students 9th - 10th
Join Jumanda Gakelobone and Roy Sesana in their quest for help in their fight to live on their ancestral lands in Botswana. The Bushman of Kalahari have a dispute with the government of Botswana that centers on the dilemma of modernism...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Herero

For Students 9th - 10th
The Herero are a Bantu group living today in Namibia and in the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The Herero speak a form of southwestern Bantu that is shared most closely by two other major groups. Cattle herding remains the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Work Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, Mary, a college educated Zimbabwean migrant, describes her life and work in Botswana.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Detainees

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the conditions that have caused some Zimbabweans to leave their homeland for Botswana.
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Article
Other

Water Wars in Africa?

For Students 9th - 10th
A 2002 article by Dr. Peter Ashton of Science in Africa stating that war between countries over water rights is inevitable, especially in countries where the water supply is scarce. Since many such countries share water boundaries,...

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