Uganda

=Change Always comes with a Cost!= =**Can making a National Park ever have an adverse effect?**= Today you are going to learn a little about Uganda and the Pygmy population and what survival means to them. We have visitors, Alice and Fr. Charles Busingye. Alice is the principal of a Primary School (our elementary) - Epiphany School. Fr. Charles is an Anglican priest. The Pygmie community was dislocated from the home, the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest after the Ugandan government __designated the rainforest as a national park__. While the Epiphany school was established to begin to educate the Pygmies so that they can successfully integrate into the culture, the majority of the school enrollment is from the local community. Fr. Charles and others have been working to establish a Pygmy village in which the Pygmies have learned to grow crops and build permanent homes. It has grown over the past few years and will soon need more land for other Pygmy families who are coming into the area. Task: We want gain a better understanding of the Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the Pygmie population, and ultimately address the questions of man vs. environmental protection.

You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcOSXK9tZ7Y

= **Process** = 1. As a class - "Visit Uganda" - using Google Earth, and compare our size to the Pygmy Population - Using Excel. (15 Minutes) 2. Split into groups and learn more about the about Uganda - Pygmy Population - and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (15 Minutes). Groups will create WIKI pages. 3. Present your findings to the class (30 Minutes) 4. Welcome our vistors with Questions.

**The Area** The area - http://www.tototravels.com/2006/12/chapter_24_ugan.html Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - http://www.game-reserve.com/uganda_bwindi.html

Pygmy - http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/pygmies.htm History - http://www.pygmies.net/pages/history.html Prejudice - http://www.survival-international.org/material/20, http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=9&ReportId=58606
 * Pygmy Population**

The park - http://www.acaciasafari.co.ug/ugandanationalparks.html How the park came to be: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/bwindi.html
 * The Park**

Animals - [|Stingless bees], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee Gorilla Tour http://www.gorillatours.com/
 * Wild Life of Interest**

Math - Cost of maintenance and/or tour SS - history - Location Science - Animal life (maybe some chem? Gold?) All reading and writing