Happy World Hijab Day!
Read the CNN article "How to Survive The Sahara: Three Weeks With the Tuareg":
http://travel.cnn.com/surviving-sahara-468896/
Complete the worksheet. Fill in this sheet:
Name__________________
“Surviving the Sahara: Three weeks with the Tuareg”
Fill out the blanks with information from the article.
Author Mark Eveleigh goes on a journey. Fill in the facts:
With whom?
How does he know they are experts?
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Where?
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How long?
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Purpose?
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Mark Eveleigh, the author, discusses the oppressive heat and negligible. Please fill in the amounts for each, and then convert Celsius into Fahrenheit and millimeters into inches, respectively.
Temperature
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From _____ to ______ degrees Celsius
Convert to Fahrenheit using the website on the blog.
From _____ to ______ degrees Fahrenheit.
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Annual rainfall
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________ millimeters rainfall
Convert to inches using the website on the blog
________ inches rainfall
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Author Mark Eveleigh writes about how the Tuareg protect themselves and survive. Explain each survival or protection aspect and why it is important:
Survival/protection
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Purpose
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eat dates
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dig in wadis
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beat ground under juniper bushes
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camp on leeward side (see image on blog)
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goat-skin water sack
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https://www.google.com/search?q=convert+celsius+to+fahrenheit&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS760US762&oq=convert+ce&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.5537j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Use this website to convert millimeters to inches:
https://www.google.com/search?q=convert+millimeters+to+inches&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS760US762&oq=convert+mill&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.8857j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Leeward side image:
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