Teaching SuggestionsPrint this Page - Subject(s): Social Studies
& Geography, Cross-Cultural Understanding, Science - Region /
Country: Africa / United Republic of Tanzania - Grade Level(s):
3–5, 6–8 Students will focus on aspects of the Maasai
pastoralist culture and compare it with their own. After reading
the letter and participating in class activities students will
be able - To identify a few traditional and modern features of
Maasai culture. - To list characteristics of the pastoralist way
of life. - To distinguish the roles of Maasai men and women. -
To describe what it's like for a Westerner to visit a Maasai
village. - Soneka's Village by Richard Lupinsky Jr. - The book
Masai and I, by Virginia Kroll, or another children's book on
the Maasai - Reference materials on the Maasai, especially
pictures - World map - Show the students a globe or world map
and point out Tanzania. Explain that there is an indigenous, or
a native, tribe called the Maasai (muh-SYE) that lives in
Tanzania and neighboring Kenya.