When we were labeling continents on a world map, E drew in his home country of Kenya. He told us about Lake Victoria and how it was the source of the Nile. He found Madagascar off the coast of Kenya. The students asked him what it was like there. "Were the homes like ours?" they wondered. He told them the cities looked like ours, but the villages had mud homes. I asked him if he had any photos to bring us.
The following day he wore a shirt covered with many colorful animals. He showed us several carvings of animals, including a pair of giraffes and a zebra. He opened a large cloth also covered with animal drawings in black and white. He told us about the acacia tree pictured with the animals and how its gum could be used for toothaches. He had some beaded jewelry which impressed the young ladies.
I had brought in some New York Times today to do a lesson on finding places in the news and labeling their latitude and longitude. E asked me if he could have our used New York Times because he missed being able to hear news about Africa since our local newspaper has gone really local and rarely has any national, let alone international news. It will be a pleasure to recycle our newspaper in that way!
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