Listen to music from Africa (Smithsonian Folkways).  Use percussion instruments to match the beats you hear. 

Use some of the links below to visit some of the locations from the region.  Use the postcard template to have the students draw a picture of a preferred location and write about it on the back of the postcard.  Postcard link.  

Read a folktale from Africa and make a comic to retell the plot.

Go through the DK Africa site as a class.   Make a list of important words for the region.  Make a word-search (online) or print it out.

(another online word-search maker) 

Create an art project - two are supported below (Kente cloth or a Khamsa hand).  

Go on a safari and watch the animal videos below.  Make a journal of your trip.

Watch a day in the life and then create venn diagram (online creator).comparing your life to Linda's.

Make a food from Africa  (see ideas below).