Using Playdough to Design the African Map + Identifying Conflict Hot Spots in Africa in our Homeschool

Making playdough yourself is very exciting and interesting. Children love to learn using symbols and practical. Africa is one of the continent that has experienced too many conflicts, some from independence while others during coup d'etat that removed civilian governments. Since we are Africans, I decided to introduce geography in our homeschool. Follow us as we go step by step in making our playdough. Greetings from @salvadornkpara.

Items Needed for The Map

• Cardboard
• pencil or pen for drawing
• poster color
• playdough

Items used in Making our Playdough

• 1 Cup of flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• Food colors
• water

How to Make a Salt Playdough
Mix the flour with the salt and add water then stire together with it forms a march.

Get the cardboard and draw the map. I used a free hand sketch to draw the map. The map contains countries but no name was identified but the boundaries were shown.

Geography is very important to every society and understanding the areas of conflict can help travelers and investors. The African continent is a blessed one, it has all the natural resources that'll help it grow both industrially and infrastructurally. Looking at the map, you'll see areas painted with red poster colors, they're known as hot conflict spots. These areas include the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa is known for constant conflict and internal wars. Nigeria, Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Mali.

It's interesting to see my son enjoying using the playdough to play and place them on the map.