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My Minecraft Africa Geography: Build and Learn African Countries, Capital Cities

Completed by 6 learners

Ages 3-18

Self-Paced Course

Build and learn all about Africa's countries, industries, climate, fun facts and more with hands on building inside Minecraft! Autism, ADHD, Neurodivergent, Gifted & 2E friendly

Julie Alvarez - celebrating neurodiversity!

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52 pre-recorded lessons

12 weeks of teacher support

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What's included

52 pre-recorded lessons

average 6 mins per video

12 weeks

of teacher support

5 hrs 13 mins

total video learning hours

1 year access

to the content

Homework

1-2 hours per week. Learners will build each country with blocks, plus create a sign for the country name and capital city inside their own Minecraft game. Learners are encouraged, but not required, to share their builds with me in the Outschool classroom. I am an enthusiastic and responsive teacher who provides personalized feedback and encouragement.

Assessment

Learners will build each country with blocks, plus create a sign for the country name and capital city inside their own Minecraft game. Learners are encouraged, but not required, to share their builds with me in the Outschool classroom. I am an enthusiastic and responsive teacher who provides personalized feedback and encouragement.

Class Experience

Intermediate Level

Explore the geography and countries of Africa like never before - through Minecraft! In this interactive and educational class, students will embark on a virtual journey to discover the geography, capitals, flag and more for each country in Africa, all while building and creating in Minecraft.

Each week, we will cover five different countries, progressing through the entire African continent over the course of the class. Students will have access to a variety of engaging activities and resources, including short video lessons about each country, coloring pages to decorate, and build maps to help them recreate each country in their Minecraft game.

To further enhance their learning, students will participate in a weekly word search featuring the names of the covered countries and their capital cities. Students can share their work in the classroom to receive personalized feedback and encouragement from the teacher.

At the beginning of each week you will receive:
-short video lesson highlighting the covered countries
-build map to help you recreate the country inside Minecraft
-coloring page of the country flag
-word search pertaining to the countries that week

Inside Minecraft students will learn how to:
-recreate the shape of each country
-construct a sign with the country name and capital city
-record a fun fact in the book and quill

Join me on this exciting Minecraft adventure as we explore Africa, build, learn, and have fun! Enroll now to secure your spot and embark on a unique learning experience through Minecraft!

Age range totally flexible! I have even had adults go through this program outside of Outschool, and they thoroughly enjoyed/learned from it!

Disclaimer: This class is not an official Minecraft product and I am not affiliated or associated with Mojang. The class image is from my own Minecraft game. After this class, you will know how to build it in your world as well!

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Learning Goals

-build and learn the geography of African countries and capitals

Syllabus

Curriculum

Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum

52 Lessons

over 12 Weeks

Lesson 1:

Class introduction

Lesson 2:

Setup Minecraft world to build your Africa map

10 mins of video lessons

Lesson 3:

Morocco

Lesson 4:

Algeria

19 mins of video lessons

Other Details

Learning Needs

This class is intentionally designed by me, a teacher with ADHD, to support unique learning needs such as gifted, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, 2e, etc. Students complete projects inside their own fun and familiar Minecraft game.

Parental Guidance

Students can use any version of the Minecraft game to participate in this class. Students will NOT be playing in the same server or realm together. They will not need to share gamertags. Each student will work individually on their own device. Minecraft players who are familiar with the controls and understand how to build (from medium skill level to more advanced) will have the skills needed to complete the projects.

Supply List

Any version of Minecraft on any device will work for this class.

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Minecraft

Sources

The information shared in this class is sourced from the CIA World Factbook on Africa

Meet the teacher

Julie Alvarez - celebrating neurodiversity!

Joined June, 2020

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Teacher expertise and credentials

Bachelor's Degree from Kenyon College

I have taught over 5,500 students on Outschool and countless others outside the platform. I love using Minecraft to teach my students as it is filled with endless possibilities to learn reading, chemistry, coding, and more! For this class, I have created unique and engaging activities that will get students excited about learning African geography! I have worked with students with a variety of learning differences and I have strategies to engage each student. I am a homeschool mom of 3 with 10+ years of experience including teaching students with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, PDA and more.