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Activities
for Libya
Language Arts
- Look at this
photographer's pictures of Libya (they're
all black and white). Describe what you think
it would be like to live in Libya.
- Read the World
Heritage Newsletter No. 9 to learn about
one of the five sites of interesting cultural
significance. Describe one of them.
- Visit ArabNet
Libya and find out what the people in
Libya eat. What
country influenced their cuisine and why?
Social Studies
- Who is the leader
of Libya and what does the West think
of him? What book has he written, trying to
change this view? What do you think?
For more background on this issue,
visit ArabNet
Libya and read about the modern history.
- Look at this
page to learn about the Libyan economy.
What is the economy based on?
How much revenue does it bring in?
How are UN and US sanctions affecting Libya?
- Visit ArabNet
Libya and look through Libya's history.
See if you can find out when Libya was prosperous
because of its pirates. Would you like to
have lived then?
- Visit Atlapedia
Libya and look at the maps. What countries
surround Libya? You may need to visit this
page and look up another country to find
out the country on the west side. Where do
most of the people live? Look at the physical
map. Why do you think this is?
What sea is north of Libya? What is
the capital of Libya?
Hint: you may have to look at another
map from the Atlas at NationalGeographic.com.
- Miftah
Shamali - Libya, the U
of Penn Libya Page, and this Libya
page all have more information.
Math
- Visit ArabNet
Libya and look at the road information.
How many km of roads are there in Libya? How
many km are paved?
Bible
- Visit Miftah
Shamali - Libya and read the description
beside the map. Do you think there are many
Christians in Libya? Why? What can we pray
for?
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