Travel Document Systems
Tds: Botswana: History
Read this brief history of Botswana from its pastoral roots to the current time. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Botswana: Introduction
Complete guide to the statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the Southern African country of Botswana.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Botswana: Map
A small map of Botswana that shows the Okavango River and delta as well as the salt pans. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Botswana: Geography
A graphic showing the various aspects of Botswana's physical environment. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Botswana: People
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Botswana
On this site, explore the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Botswana.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
CRW Flags
Flags of the World: Botswana
This site gives a large flag of Botswana with an explanation of the flag. Links are also provided for additional information on Botswana.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Foot and Mouth
In this Wide Angle video, learn about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Botswana.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Modernization
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...
Curated OER
Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
Curated OER
Inter Knowledge Corp: Exploring Botswana
InterKnowledge Corp provides a brief look at the location, climate, geography and culture of Botswana in southern Africa.
Curated OER
Flag of Botswana
Explore the geography, history, government and facts of Botswana. Maps and current flag are included.
Curated OER
Botswana Political Map
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.
Curated OER
Botswana Satellite Photo
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.
Curated OER
Map of Botswana
Explore the geography, history, government and facts of Botswana. Maps and current flag are included.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Botswana
Learn about religion in Botswana, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile which includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: San Speaking Peoples
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Fence
In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the fence that is part of the border security system between Botswana and Zimbabwe.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: From the Kalahari to Malibu
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...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Herero
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Work Abroad
In this video segment from Wide Angle, Mary, a college educated Zimbabwean migrant, describes her life and work in Botswana.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Detainees
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the conditions that have caused some Zimbabweans to leave their homeland for Botswana.
Other
Water Wars in Africa?
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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