Southern Africa From the Heart of Darkness or Do You Know the way to Zimbabwe?

An Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Thematic Study of Southern Africa This unit was developed for 7th graders to 1) understand the important geographic features of the region of southern Africa and how the water, and climate impacted the cultural development and lifestyles in this region, 2) appreciate the cultural Diversity of the various southern African peoples, 3) understand how aspects of southern African cultures have impacted Western cultures, and vice versa, and 4) under the economic disparity between the various southern African peoples.