1. Post-Colonial Africa: Economics

2. Intro Reading 1.Read “Farming and Tourism Economies” on pages 433-444 1.What is the economy of East Africa based on? 2.How is this a good thing? How is this a bad thing? Read “Economies of Oil” on pages 439-440 3.What is the economy of North Africa based on? 4.How is this a good thing? How is this a bad thing? Read “West Africa Struggles Economically” on pages 443-444 5.What is the economy of West Africa based on? 6.How is this a good thing? How is this a bad thing? Read “The Economic Legacy of Colonialism” on pages 450-451 7.What is the economy of Central Africa based on? 8.How is this a good thing? How is this a bad thing? Read “Southern Africa Grows Economically” on pages 455-456 9.What is the economy of Southern Africa based on? 10.How is this a good thing? How is this a bad thing?

3. Intro Reading 11.What do the economies of the different regions of Africa have in common? 12.What role has colonialism had in the economies of Africa?

4. Sources Guiding Question: What effect do natural resources have on Africa? Identify the in-text citation for each source Come up with at least one main idea regarding this question based on each source Include detailed evidence from your source to back up each main idea

5. SCR Guiding Question: What effect do natural resources have on Africa? Step 1: pick the three best main ideas – These should each be logical, fact based pieces of analysis – They should be the three that work best together – You should write these as your Main Ideas on your outline paper – Write down your supporting evidence as facts on your outline paper Include an in-text citation by each fact Step 2: Come up with a three-part thesis and record it on your outline paper