Lessons from Africa 2: A Day in the Life of an African Schoolgirl

Lessons from Africa 2: How is life different in Africa? A Day in the Life of a Zimbabwe Child

About This Primary Resource

This lesson plan aims to help pupils understand how their lives differ from children going to school in Africa. The Powerpoint shows a typical day in the life of a rural child in Zimbabwe and has 17 slides with simple activities that the children participate in during the day, with a variety of photos to accompany them. This resource is ideal for using as part of your ‘Africa’ topic and would also be a suitable for Citizenship lessons, to how children how different cultures live.

This resource has been kindly shared with us by Lessons from Africa, which is the education programme run by the charity Send a Cow. For 25 years Send a Cow have been helping thousands of African families and orphans grow enough food to eat, sell their produce and develop small businesses that last.

If you would like to find out more about Send a Cow, or make a donation to the charity, then please have a look at their website: www.sendacow.org.uk. Lessons from Africa also offer hundreds more resources suitable for Key Stage 2-4, find them all at their website: www.sendacow.org.uk/lessonsfromafrica.