Kenya

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 3 Kenya

Unit 3

Kenya

Kenya

Can you guess these facts about Kenya?

In the next slides, we will take you on a trip through Kenya. Can you guess the facts?

Kenya has 70 different tribes. Kenya is a culturally and ethnically diverse country. It is also a big tourist attraction. The large set of cultures and traditions makes Kenya unique .

tribe = stam

culturaly and ethnically = cultureel en etnisch

There are 25 national parks in Kenya.

1. true
2. false

These national parks consist of 10% of the whole country.

1. true
2. false

There are 54 national parks in Kenya. About 10% of the Kenya’s land mass is protected area for wildlife conservation. Maasai Mara National Park is the most visited national park of Kenya.

protected = beschermd

In Kenya people drive on the left side of the road.

1. true
2. false

In Kenya people drive at the left side of the road. This is a leftover from the English occupation. You can drive with your European drivers-licence in Kenya. The main roads are in fairly good condition but the minor roads are overal poorly maintained.

leftover = overblijfsel

occupation = bezetting

minor = kleine

Kenya has a lot of famous athletes because they have to run to school a lot.

1. true
2. false

Kenya has a lot of famous athletes. Lornah Kiplagat is one of the most famous female athletes. The reason why Kenyans are good runners is probably because of the fact that they run several miles to and from school every day. Also their physique could be a very important part of their running skills.

One of the official languages of Kenya is Swahili.

1. true
2. false

The official languages of Kenya are Swahili and English.

 At schools children are educated in Swahili and English. These languages combine once in a while. For example in Swahili they use a lot of English words. Besides the official languages there are also a lot of local languages like Kikuyu, Luo, Kikamba, Maasai en Samburu.

The big five of Kenya are the five most important citizens of the country.

1. true
2. false

The big five of Kenya are the five animals which the early big game hunters considered as most difficult and dangerous animals to hunt on foot. The big five are the Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Elephant, and Cape-Buffalo. They are the largest tourist attraction in the reservations.

Baba Yetu

We're going to watch a music clip

Song: Baba Yetu

Language: Swahili

Answer these two questions:

- What do you think the song is about?

What do you think 

the song is about?

https://parkersymphony.org/baba-yetu-meaning-lyrics-awards

Cradle of mankind

Who are we? Where are we from?

archeologists

traces of our hominid (mensachtigen) ancestors

significant findings in Northern Kenya

Cradle of Mankind -> place where all humans stem from.

• The size of Texas
  
• Dozens of languages
  
• School is for free, but many help in the family businesses
  
• Second largest fresh water lake (Uganda and Tanzania)
  
• Mount Kenya, second-highest mountain in Africa.
  

How big is the population of Kenya?

1. 40 million
2. 43 million
3. 46 million
4. 49 million

The highest selling exports in Kenya are

1. Coffee/tea
2. Mangos
3. Pineapple
4. Flour

When do the prices of lodges drop?

November 1st

What's the name of Africa's highest mountain?

Kenya has which of the following geographical features?

1. Rivers
2. Mountains
3. Cities
4. All of the above

What type of Government does Kenya have?

1. Monarchy
2. Republic
3. Dictatorship

Fable

In the next slide there is a story about how the zebra got its stripes. This story is called a fable. 

In the previous slides you can see the difficult words.

Read the story and go on to the next slide for the assignment.

How the zebra got its stripes [Luhya]

 

Long ago, the only tame animals were dogs and men hunted and killed animals to eat When men went into the bush to hunt, they carried the prey on their backs. Sometimes the prey was too heavy for a hunter to carry so one man decided to find a better way. Maybe it was easier for a strong animal to carry the prey? Just then he noticed a donkey in the bush.

The man took the prey and put it on the back of the donkey. The donkey accepted the load, and the man led the way to his village.

He unloaded the donkey and gave it some food the donkey liked the food and from this time on, the man kept the donkey.

The story went round the village that someone had a tame donkey. Now everyone wanted a tame donkey to carry their heavy loads because it worked so hard. They went into the bush and found their own wild donkeys and tamed them.  

The villagers captured many donkeys, so the donkeys started to hide in the bush. They were frightened when they realised that a lot of their friends were no longer free.

The donkeys worried that their friends worked too hard and only received just enough food to survive.

The rest of the donkeys wanted to stay free. They talked about how to solve the problem. One donkey suggested to ask Hare for help, as he was the smartest animal in Kenya.  The next morning the donkeys went to see Hare. He agreed to help them.

Hare asked all the donkeys to come to his house early the next morning. When they arrived, they found Hare with white paint in a big can and a big paint brush. 

 The donkeys wondered why. Hare tried to explain that he wanted to put paint on them. At first the donkeys were very stubborn, and nobody wanted to be first.

Finally, one donkey volunteered and stepped forward. Immediately, Hare started painting stripes of white paint on the donkey's skin. Soon the donkey had black-and-white stripes instead of being plain black or grey. As the first donkey received his stripes, the other donkeys admired him. Now they all wanted to look like their friend. They all fought to reach the paint bucket first.

Hare warned them but it was too late One donkey pushed to the front and stepped in the paint bucket. The whole bucket fell over and the paint spilled out

This was the end of everything. There was not paint left over for the rest of the donkeys.

The unfortunate donkeys who were still black or grey became pack animals for humans. Those donkeys that had stripes were safe from humans. They were the lucky ones and changed their name to zebras. This is how the zebra got its stripes.

 

Source: http://johntyman.com/africa/folk/

Assignment:

Make a comic about this fable. Try to use a website or draw the pictures yourself if you can do that.

On the next slide you can upload your comic.

assignment = opdracht

comic = stripverhaal

draw = tekenen