Pathfinder for Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

1. Books from SLRHS library.

2. Use these online links to databases and Web pages.

Information Please Almanac
     Search for country.    Select almanac for facts.

World Book Online
     Search for country.       Select article and scan outline on the left.          Select Facts in Brief for facts.
     Check Web Links listed for additional information.         Check Magazine Links listed for news.

BBC World News  Browse the profile for facts and then look for news
     Type country name in Search box
          Click on Country Profile
          Note - Overview/Facts/Leaders/Media

CNN News Browse the results list for news articles - skip the sponsored results
     Type the country name in the Search box
     Scan the results

CIA World Fact Book - An extensive list of facts

LC Country Studies - A lengthy outline leads to detailed information including an appendix with many statistics

Gale Net Student Resource Center (for information about the author and to study about Things Fall Apart)

3.  Browse the following Web Sites
 Art & Life in Africa Online: Countries Resources     -  Information for 27 Sub-Saharan Africa
            Countries         http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/toc/countries.html

Art & Life in Africa Online: Peoples Resources  - Information on 107 African Cultures
           http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/toc/people.html

Africa Studies Center http://www.africa.upenn.edu//Home_Page/Country.html

Africa Today: Nigeria http://www.mrdowling.com/611-nigeria.html

Photo Album: Nigeria http://home.att.net/~amanders/nigeria/

Africa: South of the Sahara - Nigeria http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria.html

Nigeria Web http://www.odili.net/nigeria.html

 Books

960 PEO    Nations of Africa
961 PEO    Peoples of North Africa
963 PEO    Peoples of East Africa
966 PEO    Peoples of West Africa
967 PEO    Peoples of Central Africa
968 PEO    Peoples of Southern Africa

REF 305 WOR    Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
REF 305.896 ENC    Encyclopedia of African Peoples
REF 306.097 ENC    Encyclopedia of World Cultures
REF 390 CUL    CultureGrams, 2002
REF 390 CUL    CultureGrams, 2005
REF 909 LAN    Lands and Peoples
REF 910.3 WOR    Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations: United Nations

Teaching Resources

EDSITEment Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Teaching Through the Novel
     http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=382

Web English Teacher Chinua Achebe - Lesson plans for Things Fall Apart
     http://www.webenglishteacher.com/achebe.html

Study Guide by Joseph L. Mbele, St. Olaf College Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
     http://www.sdsmt.edu/courses/is/hum375/achebe.html

Things Fall Apart
     http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/thingsfallapart.html

Teach Kit Things Fall Apart
     http://www.teachit.co.uk/pdf/1569.pdf